Another reason for not poor patronage of simlipal exp is its odd days of run. It would have received better demand if it would have been running daily or 6fays a week . Second thing is Simlipal exp is running very slow . Buses going from Baripada to Kolkata can reach kolkata in 4hrs or max up to 5hrs . But this train is taking around 6hrs which is making passengers not to prefer this train