i think some of tour explainations are reasonable;
1-but the KR with all its hype comes unstuck in monsoons;and it is this parallel line which bails it out;
2-doubling is going on on some sectors between londa and bangalore-will eventually extend to pune-so speeds and capacity should improve;
3-engine reversals should not be major deterrents for running trains-if done efficiently shuoldn't take more than...
more... 10 minutes, and should not matter in long runs
4-let the KR trains run there only-this sector needs more new trains-because there is more populace here than in the remote stretches of the konkan-most of these are upcoming tier 2 cities-kolhapur, sangli-miraj, belgaum, hubli-dharwad;
5-some connections like
yeshwanthpur-shirdi, via PVR, MRJ, UBL
V asco-nagpur-via PVR, AKOLA OR NANDED
Vasco-hyderabad-via PVR, SUR, GULBARGA
will really help the region and also put to good use the new stretch of PVR line;
6-and of course people have to rise, push the leaders, and make efforts to get things-otherwise accepting things attributing it to reasons, some valid some invalid will only let things stagnate;
personally i would like all stretches devloped and used well-be it KR, PUNE-UBL-SBC line or the SUR-GTL-SBC line-all are important-as we see when one is blocked the other bails it out;
v sutar