See the response of this spl train KGP-SMVB Spl. This Spl train must be Regularised.
Kharagpur gives very good number of passengers to all Bengaluru bound trains. Not only Bengaluru but to all trains stopping at KGP gets very good no of passengers from KGP. Kharagpur is a boarding point for not only Kharagpur but also for passengers from Midnapur, Balichak, Panskura, Jhargram, Bankura, Bishnupur, Adra, Narayangarh and also for passengers from around 150 stations surrounding or connecting Kharagpur. Kharagpur is a very big junction station. Kharagpur has very good Rail and Road connectivity with a huge number of places is the plus advantage of KGP.
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i have seen passengers comming to Kharagpur from Tatanagar to catch trains from Kharagpur if not getting seats in trains from Tata.

KGP doesn't have any long distance trains starting from KGP except KGP-VM Exp is because of 3 reasons :
1. Pitlines at KGP are small and cannot do r PM or SM at 1 go. Part by part maintainance of full rake had to be done.
2. Pitlines at KGP is not suitable for LHB maintainance.
3. SER negligence is also responsible. SER prefers...
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SRC, SHM, PDPK for long distance trains depot. KGP CDO is always ignored and till date is not a fullfledge depot. It is still a half-cooked depot for maintaining only few ICF mainly GS coaches of some passenger turned express trains.
I thank previous RM Mamta Bannerjee for giving KGP-VM Exp to Kharagpur, the one and only long distance train starting from KGP. I still remember many railway officers refused to start this train from KGP stating pitlines issues, staff issues, infrastructure issues for maintaining AC coaches. But RM. Mamta Bannerjee was adament to start this train Biweekly from KGP, and railway babus had to follow. Later weekly service of KGP-VM Exp was extended to Purulia and it was made biweekly now.
Once ECOR wanted to extend Vishakha Exp to KGP in IRTTM, but then also SER denied citing same Pitlines issue, staff issues, infrastructure issues in KGP CDO. The proposal dropped.
For the 1st time in history of KGP, KGP-Bengaluru direct spl train is given with SM at KGP. Hope SER regularise this train.
Since KGP-HWH section is super conjested, KGP can serve as a terminal point of many long distance trains as KGP is well conected by road and rail to many places even with Howrah by EMU trains for passengers who do not get seats in trains from HWH can catch it from KGP in emergency situations.

Today Digha-Hwh Tamrolipto exp entered howrah at 17.30 pm. Don't know about todays Kandari exp status
SER KGP Division punctuality is -1000% now. Very bad condition.
This govt gave joomla on mission raftar, 130 kmph, 160 kmph , development of rail infra, etc and money eaten in corruption in last 8 yrs and the result is that since last 2 yrs punctuality is worst and passengers r suffering daily.
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money had been really spent on development of rail infra in last 10 years, then now we could have seen punctual running trains with 130kmph 160kmph speed travel would have been smooth and beautiful