It will be premature to assume, Karmali is the permanent terminating station for the 12051/52. A tender is already out for laying 2 additional lines at Thivim. While, I always favored a halt for the Jan Shatabdi at Karmali, this halt should never have come at the cost of Madgaon. I feel the train should run up to Madgaon and both halts Karmali and Thivim should be retained.
Imagine, when the JS terminated at Madgaon, the no of seats available were just not enough. Now, by terminating the train at Karmali, the KR has actually created a big hole for the travellers of South Goa.
Nevertheless,...
more... as I said, I will not be surprised, if the train starts terminating at Thivim once the additional lines are laid as the KR is just not able to run trains on time this time around. The normal fast non-monsoon time table is in force for the past 6 days and all I can say is, train schedules have been haywire. From what I have seen over the last 6 days, the 10112 Konkan Kanya is yet to be overtaken by the 12134 till date. Still, the 10112 is unable to reach Panvel on time.