"average of 81 passengers boarded Egmore Express every day from Central" - shows MAQ is just a dumping yard for all TN-KL trains. High time they developed a terminal in Malabar region and terminated few trains there. Simply loss to run till Mangaluru when it empties out at CAN/CLT itself.
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"Even if god grants a boon, the priest wont" - goes the saying. PGT never cares for Mangaluru stations (though the main source of passenger and freight/port revenue), has now (surprisingly) agreed to shift the terminal to MAQ, but now HQ...
more... is sitting on the proposal. Like KL members point out, MAS wont bother to take any decisions regarding PGT. Hopeless situation.
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