How is this going to spoil CBE connectivity ? The occupancy will remain as it is. Passengers bound for PGT will get down at CBE and take a bus and still reach faster as compared to going via POY. Similarly in return direction nobody will board train from PGT at 3am in the morning. There was an article today in papers which mentions that even PGT division is not sure if this extension will benefit. What I have heard is that SA division wanted to decongest CBE, hence wanted extension to PGT. Because of scheduled maintenance block, route via Walayar was not possible. MDU division didnt want to deploy resources just for one train and so probably they didnt want to terminate the train there. The result of all this is complete waste of resources. Will benefit POY to some extent which is the only good thing that I can see.

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The division was not decided by PGT division. It ended up as a result of SA division being carved. The then MoSR R Velu ( from TN) was the key person in this regard. Only the RB would know what was the basis of carving out this

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In rail operations there are many factors at play including crew deployment, crew linkage & utilisation, availability of staff for maintenance, loco change, shunting & so on, whether the station has adequate facilities for ensuring staff has resting place and other things. Unfortunately its a fact that all these constraints are observed in smaller pass through stations. In this case I have heard that Palani was being explored, but since it is a pass through stn MDU division was unwilling to spare staff just for the maintenance of this one train if it was terminated there. For now terminating at PGTN seems more from an operational point of view.

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It may be changing though. As per some sources, in the recently concluded TT committee meeting, from proposals submitted by SR, the ones that probably got approved are mostly from TN. Also heard that some trains terminating at CAPE will be terminated at NCJ leaving CAPE for more trains to be operated (example Pune-CAPE). CBE-RMM via POY is a strong possibility when the new Pamban bridge becomes operational. Lets hope for the best !!

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Has the rake been sent back ? I also read about some issues in maintaining VB rakes in ER marshalling yard but also read that they are in process of resolving the same

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Let's wait and hope for the best

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Every region wants trains for their territory and doesn't want it to be allocated elsewhere !!!!

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The MAO-ERS express is unnecessarily taking up a path...the occupancy is hardly there. Similarly the ERS-MAO after time change is now reaching MAO at midnight !!! KR doesn't want to keep the rake of Goa Sampark Kranti hence moved it to ERS for a day....This can be utilized in some other route probably

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