Welcome move, especially the reserved train to KGP. Special fare train on a route which does not have a single regular connectivity is a compulsion for the poor people to compulsorily pay very high fare and acts as a dampener.
It is surprising that even after about 2 decades of operation of Konkan Railway, it is not having a regular & directly connectivity with almost 80% section of Mumbai-NGP-HWH which is one of the premier rail routes of IR. Populace in crores residing in the huge geographical tract in the region comprising from Bhusawal/ Akola/ Badnera(Amravati)/ Wardha/ Nagpur/ Gondia/ Durg/ Raipur/ Bilaspur/ Rourkela/ TataNagar/ KGP to Kolkata & adjoining area still have to change trains to enjoy the beautiful & hitherto...
more... unexplored beaches of Konkan region. There is a huge latent tourism potential for Konkan region including Goa from this vast and heavily populated unconnected region.
Various non daily options are possible with two destinations from the two clusters consisting of (Goa/ Manglore/ Ernakulam/ TVC) at one end and (HWH/ RNC/ Korba(BSP)/ NGP) at the other end. Even a suitably timed daily train from HWH-Panvel-MAO-Ernakulam-Allepy-TVC shall be well patronized on this high demand route.