It was an important train between Howrah and Tata and Purulia in morning. Although it had 1 reserved coach, it used to run full in the morning. Those passengers who missed Ispat Exp for TATA in the morning or didn't get reservation in Ispat preferred this biweekly train.
Yes it used to get cancelled frequently between Santragachi and Howrah. It used to get short terminated at Santragachi although Santragachi was not a regular stop of this train.