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@venkat: Re# 67578-32
Shatabdis 2 small cities:
Dehradun Shatabdi:
Good revenue earning stoppages: Meerut(population around1500000), Haridwar (population around300000+tourist spot)
Neither good nor bad stoppage:Saharanpur(Population 400000)
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around 530000): state capital, tourist spot.
Kalka Shatabdi(2)
Good revenue earning stoppage:Chandigarh(population around 810000, state capital)
Neither good nor bad stoppage:Ambala Cant(Population 300000)
Destination:gate way of tourist spots.
Amritsar Shatabdi(2 or3):
Good revenue earning stoppage:Ludhiana(population around 1300000), Jullandhar(700000)
Neither good nor bad stoppage: one doesn't stop at Ambala Cant (Population around 300000)
Destination:population around 100000 + tourist spot
Ajmer Shatabdi
Good revenue earning stoppage: Jaipur (population around 2500000+tourist spot+state capital)
Neither good nor bad stoppage:Alwar
Destination:population around 495000 + tourist spot
Ranchi Shatabdi
Good revenue earning stoppages:Durgapur(495000), Asansol (including Raniganj-1050000), Dhanbad(population around 1050000), Bokaro(population around 475000)
Destination: population around 865000 + state capital+ tourist spot
Mysore Shatabdi:
Good revenue earning stoppage: Bangalore(population around 5800000 + everybody knows)
Destination: population around 800000 + tourist spot
comment: 72.4% of its journey is b2wn Chennai Central and Bangalore city
Secunderabad Visakhapatnam via Warangal (if introduced)
Good revenue earning stoppage:Warangal(population around 550000 + minor tourist spot), Vijayawada(population around 1000000), Rajahmundry(450000)
Destination (population around 1400000 - 1500000).
Secunderabad Visakhapatnam via Guntur(if introduced)
Good revenue earning stoppage:Guntur (population around 500000 ), Vijayawada(population around 1000000), Rajahmundry(population around 450000)
Destination (population around 1400000 - 1500000).
Secunderabad Vijayawada via Warangal:
Good revenue earning stoppage :Warangal(population around 550000 + minor tourist spot).
Destination: population around 1000000
Secunderabad Vijayawada via Guntur(if introduced):
Good revenue earning stoppage:Guntur (population around 500000).
Destination: population around 1000000
Note:a)Population of big 6: Mumbai(population around 16400000), Kolkata(population around 13200000), Delhi(excluding adjacent towns of Haryana & UP like Ghaziabad 968000, Faridabad105000, Gurgaon 300000, NOIDA 300000 etc. because of province border), Chennai(population around 6400000), Bangalore(population around 5800000), Hyderabad(5700000)
b)Minor halts are not here.Population of very small towns are not here
c)population: around census 2001(not exactly)
So, Secunderabad vijayawada will not be successful but Secunderabad Bangalore and Secunderabad Visakhapatnam willbe successful.Minor halts are not here -including them halts b2wn Secunderabad Visakhapatnam:via warangal:warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Samalkot en route.
via Guntur: Nalgonda, Guntur, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Samalkot

@guest: Re# 67578-41
Dont consider Visakhaptnam city population as 14-15 lakh....

This railway station used by whole visakhapatnam district which is around 40 lakh

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some parts of srikakulam and Vijayanagaram too

So it makes users vizag railway station is about 45-50 lakh...

But Sathabdi is a day train....i dont think it can cover 700km in a day...

That to day train wont be a big hit....

I know the demand between SC-VSKP....this route needs a duranto or super deluxe train