SUVITHA airfare train drives away the 30% passengers to the private AC sleeper buses and 20% to the low cost Airlines.
IR / SR have no concrete policy of augmentation of passenger patronages.
They unnecessarily convert the Short distance expresses as SF with huge Thatkal Quota.
From Nagercoil to Trichy all the Chennai bound trains are...
more... operated between just within 2 hours only.
After doubling some of the daily / weekly trains from Chennai to the Northern cities have to be extended to Trichy/ Madurai / Tirunelveli/Thoothukkudi/ Nagercoil / Shenkottai/ Karaikkal /Rameswaram for good patronages of the passengers .