I never skipped ASN. Asansol can't be skipped, Asansol is skipped by only by the HWH-RAJ & SDAH,HWH Durontos...My train is a mere express train man!
I only bypassed Asansol as Asansol is very busy at that time, SDAH-BUI,HWH-JBP,ASN-KGP Pax,ASN-JSME local, ASN-DHN pax, RNC-HWH Shatabdi, DHN-HWH Black Diamond....these are the trains at that time at that slot at Asansol.
Ok, let me explain my entire plan to you:-
LC...
more... means Loco Change
RR means Rake Reversal
Plan 1:-
At first I took a very unconventional, but a long route via BGP-SBG-RPH....RR.....DMKA-DGHR-JSME.......RR----- MDP-CRJ-ASN....LR & RR.....DHN-BKSC-TATA......RR...........CBSA-CTC-BB S-VSKP-BZA-MAS-MDU-CAPE.
Member Soumya & Jayant Anand rightly fully pointed out, my route was flawed.
Someone, I don't remember who, chatted with me and asked me to take RPH-UDL-DGR-ASN route.....
This is how KIUL-MDP-JSME got rejected totally
Plan 2:-
ASN rejected do LC at DHN......still objected
Plan 3:-
BGP-SBJ-RPH-BHP-BWN....RR & LC.....DGR-ASN-PRR-KGP...RR....VSKP....MAS.....
Rejected by myself because of LC & RR required at extremely busy stations, practically difficult at that time.
Plan 4:-
Via HWH or DKAE-ANDUL-SRC..........rejected to clash in time slots with reallife trains.
Plan 5:-
Take ASN-PRR-KGP route...........rejected wanting to avoid either one of them KGP or ASN (I didn't know of satellite station Hijli then, it was only after going through member Brandon Buffard's IMG train)
Plan 6 & final plan:-
After learning about Hijli & I had already planned to go via DVD in favour of VSKP, I started to find out if ASN can be bypassed.......Then I found about the UDL-BBI-STN line, I shifted the.....LC.....to DHN, RR happened at DGR and I had managed to avoid two RR. This also boosted my net average speed upto 55kmph!
Now Problems if the train goes via ASN:-
1> Disturbs an already very busy station.
2> If it takes the route via Joychandipahar......may be slowed by the ASN-KGP passenger.
3> If it directly goes to DHN, will be slowed by the ASN-DHN pax.
This is how the final TT came into existence............
ASN pax can easily board at DGR/DHN, both are 50-60 Kms from ASN and transportation between them is superb...
Besides that let me try out atleast one unconventional route!