That'll depend on the quality of road you're travelling, the kind of bus it is[if it stops at every other km to take on/off passengers, you might be screwed]. Oh and some bus drivers love to randomly stop at dhabas for half an hours for totally useless reasons. Factor that in the travel plans as well. Honestly, unless and until someone has gone on that route before[and more specifically, on that specific road since multiple bus routes exist], it's hard to get an exact answer. That being said, one thing being in your favor is that you beat the early morning rush by starting at a good time.

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Not a great chance. Especially with just three days left. Though I must say it has more chance than that of the first AC coaches[One whole First AC coach would need to be cleared and it still won't be completely cleared :p].

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I am yet to roll my head around the TT of this train. Upto Khalilabad, it runs like a decent express train. But post that, it becomes worse than a passenger. The only reason I can think of is that IR wanted to slow it down enough so that they could sell it as an LJN GKP Overnight train[which IMO, isn't feasible considering that dual electrified tracks has made the route much faster]. Heck, it even stoppages at Sihapar Halt and I am quite sure even the DRM GKP will struggle to explain if ever, anybody has deboarded at these stations.

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NTES is showing cancelled for two straight days. Most likely, they will cancel it tomorrow as well. I won't cross my finger hoping this train to run.

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As again,cancelled today as well. If anything, Railways is peddling false hope by saying that 'tomorrow' 's relative run is right on time. Better to cancel it all at one go than give some odd passengers false hope.

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