It is not SWR which controls MAQ. It is SR. If you see the timings or slots alloted to SWR trains in Mangalore central as well as junction, it is pathetic. Triweekly YPR MAQ is made to reach MAJN at 0245 and at MAQ at 0400. Is this the way to handle a train connecting to capital of its state?
If Kannur Bangalore trains are taken over by SR, situation will dramatically improve. But they don't seem to be interested. MAQ is meant for maintaining trains to Trivandrum and Chennai only, not even for Malabar area.