Obtaining an average speed of 65Kmph in itself is a huge achievement on a single line saturated route like KR. Very few trains on this route eg.:DR-MAO JS, TVC/MAORajdhani and CSTM-MAJN SF are the only ones getting very high priority on this route. Most other trains take 12Hrs for Mumbai-Goa Journey, so people will prefer this train
Also, people spend 1500-2000 Rs for 15-16Hrs of sitting overnight journey in a bus through the Ghats den why will they mind spending the same for a comfortable 8.5Hrs journey in Tejas.
Even if Tejas doesnt...
more... attract Airways passengers, it will definitely draw a huge crowd from the Bus service plying between Mumbai and Goa. Also not only, end-to-end travelers but native people of Konkan settled in Mumbai will definitely use this train as the fastest and comfortable means to reach their native places in short time as no flight service is available from Mumbai to Ratnagiri/Sindhudurg districts.
5:00Am departure and 23:00 arrival is not at all a problem in a buzzing Metro city like Mumbai where u can easily take an EMU from the suburban station nearest to ur home n board Tejas at CSTM/DR/TNA/PNVL.