This is only a recent trend post the change in the days of operation. Rest assured the train runs packed in both the directions . Its just that the tickets are available just a little longer on the SBC-MAS sector. But come Saturday it would go full.And I do agree with the idea of providing stoppages at ynk and hup.Perhaps even Dodballapur and Gauribidnur. In any case it runs almost empty on the SSPN-SBC routes.