The jurisdiction of KR is the reason for the failure of KR in MH, GOA and KA. With no major junctions in its contol, with no pitlines, with dominating neighbouring zones, how can KR survive?
Mangalore in SR, VSG in SWR, no big town in MH under KR.
Only state which got maximum benefit is Kerala. Entire Kerala has atleast two daily trains via Konkan, apart from numerous biweekly, weekly trains.
Karnataka...
more... lost its originating train Mangala to Delhi. Now depends on Mangala Lakshadweep express from ERS with odd timings and odd quota at MAJN / other KR towns of Karnataka.
No train to anywhere in Karnataka, other than just a daily train from Konkan side to Bangalore. No train to Mysore, Mandya, Ballari, Chitradurga, Davangere, Hubli Dharwad, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Bidar.
No trains to neighbouring states TN, TS, AP, MH, Goa also. Biweekly MAQ TO KCG also plies via SRR, not via UD, KAWR, MAO, UBL.
Let us not count innumerable number of trains running from Kerala to Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi, as they have almost zero seats for KR controlled stations of Karnataka.
Why did Karnataka participated in KR Project? To get better connectivity from coastal areas to other cities in Karnataka/ other neighbouring states. But this is not fulfilled.
please wait...Translate to EnglishKR is totally screwed in places like MH, GOA, and KA due to its limited power there. It can't even survive without any major train junctions or proper facilities. Mangalore in SR and VSG in SWR are pretty much on their own, while there ain't no big towns in MH under KR. The only one benefitting from this mess is Kerala, with daily trains and loads of others passing through Konkan. Meanwhile, poor Karnataka lost its Mangala train to Delhi and now has to rely on some janky Mangala Lakshadweep express with weird schedules. Can you believe there's practically no proper trains to all those important places in Karnataka, let alone to neighboring states like TN, TS, AP, MH, and Goa? It's a total disaster! They really should've thought twice before bringing Karnataka into this whole KR mess.
