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SER seems to have ZERO NEW SPACE for new trains (be it at SRC or PDPK, and that's why the turnaround times are so huge in existing SER trains - there is still abysmal delay in departure of all trains departing from HWH/SHM/SRC - leading to further delays, and more delays and so on... cascading and loop effect.

You may think that Malda, Azimganj, Rampurhat are least prioritized railway divisions or sections, wait till you see the condition of India's WORST RAILWAY ZONE - The Great South Eastern Railway, and especially its KGP Division! These divisions are only interested in making money by running freight, passenger train services are like they are doing charity for us all! Dirtiest of trains, zero maintenance, no place to park trains (that's why many rakes are parked as far as Panskura!), no interest in quadrupling the much demanded SRC - KGP line, severe wastage of space at SHM yard, lowest EMU/MEMU services, incomplete terminals at SHM & SRC for over a decade, no augmentation of services towards Digha or Haldia or anywhere else (by increasing track count)... think of anything bad, and you can relate SER to it!

You think those useless Babus sitting at Garden Reach or KGP are even least bit bothered about the plight of daily passengers and those who want to travel interstate from Bengal? I cannot write much using accurate adjectives, or else IRI moderators will again send me one more pink slip - deleting my post...

So I seriously doubt SER will be taking one more new train (or will be increasing the frequency of its existing trains) - see the condition of the trains to Kerala and Goa and elsewhere, despite demands of daily trains for years together, absolutely NOTHING! Better to bypass via HWH (ER). Ideally Maldah/BLGT/North Bengal should have its own trains to Kerala/South India via Dankuni, but then Kolkata (HWH/SDAH) as a transport hub would lose a lot... Seriously 'wish our ER & SER Railway zones were as efficient as CR & WR zones as in Mumbai/Maharashtra...