Yes in fact took more like 19 :) .. indeed the overtakes by 3 rajdhani delayed it, else would have been even better. .. no complains though as, unlike my journey from ndls to Pnbe, this was the usual original rake with full 1ac and the service was good. In fact the run was great till CNB and even with fog it kept all trains behind... looking forward to another trip in future :)... by the way I am still confused with the fog concept... both for up n down there was dense fog between pnbe and ndls... still this and other trains ( esp poorva in down run n db raj in up) did almost 90 to 100 on avg. While beyond mgs ( towards ald) speed was reduced for all trainon both sides although similar fog conditions