Howrah Rajdhani - At 50, the Handsome King 👑 is still ruling the tracks superbly. - Somanko

Maharashtra,Karnataka, Kerala and Goa contributed 22%,15%, 6% and 6% respectively towards construction of Konkan Railway. Total 49% by all 4 states and balance 51% by Government. So, in % proportion, 30% tickets should be available to Karnataka stations. Is it really happening??
From Karnataka, only 5 trains are originating in Konkan Railway (Matsyagandha and SF to Mumbai, 1 SF and 1 pass to Madgaon and Karwar-SBC). Karnataka pax have quotas only in these trains. Others trains are passing ones and specific quotas are not there (except MAO-ERS weekly). Most of these passing trains cross coastal Karnataka (KR stretch) at odd hours with no use (Mangala, Netravathi, Rajdhani and other Delhi bound trains).
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Konkan via MAO, many north Karnataka towns (BGM, UBL, BJP, BAY, RC, GR, BIDR) can be connected. But not even one train is running in this route to link coastal KA to north KA. After contributing good amount for construction, there are no benefits to KA pax. There should be trains from MAQ to PUNE, HYB, BZA, NGP and few important towns of GJ/ RJ. All stns in KR in KA are located away from towns, connectivity from/ to stns is a big issue. So, new trains should ply at conveninet timings in this stretch and not at odd hours.
Needs some real improvement in trains in this stretch.