Some of the things that I came to know recently from a senior rail ZRUCC member. Trying to mention it briefly. The Malabar region always had a great preference for road travel ( own transport, pvt and govt buses and so on ) Rail travel was less. Now with work happening in NHAI, there has suddenly been a huge surge in passengers trying to opt for rail since travelling by road has become a big burden. This has increased manifold especially post covid. Existing rail is unable to meet this sudden surge in demand. Extn of SBC train is not going to happen. Even people of CLT wont prefer. VB extension is also not going to happen.
As an immediate step they...
more... are starting a short fully gen service between SRR-KAN notification for which has already come. Mostly to cater to office goers in peak hrs in morning and evening. This will move slightly ahead of Parasuram exp in morning and in evening it will return slightly ahead of Nethravathi exp.