Increasing line capacity on this route will never happen unless someone dedicated like our great Metro-Man Sridharan takes charge of it. It was oly because of him Konkan Rail is a reality now, there was huge opposition from bus & truck lobby of Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. It was his sheer determination to complete the project with the backing of then Union Minister George Fernandas who envisaged the project else it would have been dragging even now.
In this case of MAJN-SKLR-HAS line, nothing has been done for capacity augmentation after gauge conversion. There are private interests of politicians of all hues behind these as many of these people doesnt want rail development in this region. Only persistent popular hue and...
more... cry can do something. To begin with introduce atleast 2 flag stations on the ghat section (SBHR-SKLR) will help increase the number of trains.