This train was one of few trains which used to run from Kurla Terminus in way back 1996 when it was newly built along with Pawan Express and Coimbatore Express, I can very faintly remember my first ever outstation train journey to my native place when I was just 4 yrs old... at that time 18029 used to depart at 22:50 Hrs (Kurla Terminus) and reach on 3rd day at 15:30 Hrs (Howrah)... while 18030 used to depart at 11:30 Hrs (Howrah) to reach on 3rd day at 05:15 Hrs (Kurla Terminus)...
Truly this train had improved a lot... :)