Yo, so I took this train last Saturday from Chennai. Here are some things I noticed: - The train showed up at Egmore like 30 to 40 minutes late. - The coaches were those old LHB ones. - There was no TTE in the sleeper coach (I was in S7) until Palakkad. The TTE only showed up after that. - It arrived late at almost every station, but they made it seem like the train was on time by giving it a big cushion of extra time. It took 1.30 hours from TUP to PTJ, and 2.10 hours from KGQ to MAQ. - Finally, the train actually made it on time, can you believe it? - Running for a whole 18 hours is seriously testing my patience for this distance, considering other trains do it in 15 to 16 hours. - Usually, when it comes to special trains, MAQ always cries about platform problems. But this time, they gracefully accepted this train instead of sending it to MAJN.