A valid proposal, however one big constraint in having trains extended to these smaller stations would mean railways having to deploy extra staff in these stations just for the purpose of cleaning and maintenance only for 1 train. Similarly the electrical wing will keep highlighting loco utilisation as another point. New set of loco pilots will have to man the train in return direction so that will be Xtra cost. They will have to travel from bigger stations like MAQ to these stns and will have to be provided with some allowance. I do recollect one rail staff mentioning this that cost, utilisation of staff are all being looked at very closely by railways whenever such extensions are proposed. These are valid suggestions though

---

Pls extend it to kumta/Angola bro. nice proposal i am 100% supporting these.

---

Kerala got huge benefits from Konkan Railway. They gave 6% funding.
Karnataka gave double that of Kerala. What benefits they got? Just compare.
Also, till date, there is no proper train connecting big Tamilnadu towns to Karnataka west coast (Mangalore to Madgaon). Be it Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Salem, Erode, Coimbatore or Pondicherry. Zero link with Udupi Kundapura Murudeshawar Kumta Karwar etc. 🤔

---

Instead of keeping the trains on hold at odd stations, atleast on these days Netravathi and Mangala can go to MAQ and wait there for 30 to 45 minutes.

---