Agreed your concern sir.. Going current scenario, whatever measure is taken, people will protest. They changed departure timings for 2 reasons. To free up PF 8 at SBC and to have an early arrival at SMET.
People from MYS were actually not happy with Tippu's arrival everyday as the same was getting delayed by 15 mins everyday. Now the arrival is at 1:45 officially and commuters from MYS are bit relieved as the train departs MYS now at 11:15. Hence SMET ICE will have to be idle at SBC for just...
more... 1:45 mins. which is actually good.
As I have seen personally, the crowd in SMET-SBC direction is more compared to the opposite direction. Many pass holders (majority railway employees) were using this train to TK and Tiptur. Now its disadvantage for them and hence this is in headlines everyday. Let's wait for the patronage to improve and then we will discuss after few days.