Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu, on Sunday, announced that the proposed weekly train from Goa to Tirupati will be launched by the end of January, 2017....
So finally a good thing by SWR by allowing new trains on ghats. Many of us will start liking swr now :P. After Goa-Tirupati next will be SC-UBL extension to VSG which will fulfill Vasco-Bijapur wish also.
Next train ? Let this only start first don't think SWR has softened up only because of heavy pressure by RM this train might start. They won't allow further new trains take my word. Also no reason to like SWR only RM and SCR deserves the liking as SC VSG was a long pending proposal of SCR which is only partially fulfilled as SCR demanded full rake and that too triweekly as a replacement for the slip.
Dec 06 2016 (9:13AM) You might be right, this also they might are planning to use slot of 17309/10 in ghats on other days, as this new train will be mostly weekly/bi-weekly
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