The weekly MAO-ERS/ERS-MAO is actually waste of path and resource. Not sure why it is being run. I guess KR didnt want to park the rake of Sampark Kranti exp and is running a weekly service from MAO on Sunday. During the peak season especially during the Dec vacation time it runs with some occupancy at least in the MAO-Kerala sector. In the reverse direction earlier it used to leave ERS around 1pm and reach Madgaon in the morning around 4:30am which was slightly better. Now it leaves at 10am and reaches Madgaon at midnight. Not of any benefit. They should instead try and see if Madgaon-Mysore can be run since already so many trains run in Madgaon-Kerala sector