With Madgaon-Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit (MEMU) Express rake remaining idle for astir 4 hours astatine Mangaluru, patrons and rider associations person sought its hold till Subrahmanya Road (SBHR), oregon astatine slightest Kabaka Puttur.
The hold would not lone pave for optimum utilisation of Railway assets, but besides connection end-to-end connectivity by linking the State of Goa with South India’s salient pilgrim centre Kukke Subrahmanya, patrons person argued. The Puttur-Subrahmanya Railway Users Association said Train Nos. 10107/108 person been providing affordable and reliable connectivity for thousands of students, workers, traders and pilgrims travelling regular betwixt Goa, Karwar, Kumta, Honnavar, Murudeshwar, Kundapura, Udupi and Mangaluru.
Madgaon-Mangaluru Central work arrives Central astatine 11.30 a.m. during non-Monsoon timetable implicit Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., and astatine 12.30 p.m. during Monsoon timetable. Mangaluru Central-Madgaon work leaves Central astatine 3.30 p.m. If the work was extended till SBHR, the idling rake could beryllium enactment for optimum use, the Association argued.
Connecting pilgrim centres
Supporting the demand, Mangaluru-based Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivriddhi Samithi President G. Hanumanth Kamath said the services could beryllium extended if it did not impact existing patrons. The idle clip of the rake could amended beryllium utilised by extending it till SBHR thereby connecting a big of pilgrim and tourer centres crossed the coast, starting from Kukke Subrahmanya to temples astir Ponda, Goa. Timetable of the services whitethorn beryllium tweaked to a definite grade to facilitate the extension, Mr. Kamath said.
Mainline aggregate electrical portion (MEMU) trains connection comfy and affordable journeys to patrons. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
Puttur-Subrahmanya Association subordinate B. Shreekara said the hold would bring aggregate benefits with patrons gaining a continuous obstruction corridor connecting coastal towns with Kukke Subrahmanya, Dharmasthala and Puttur’s Shri Mahalingeshwara Temple, portion families from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi travelling to Goa’s Kuladevata shrines would person an easier and much economical option. The agelong links large pilgrim centres astatine Udupi, Kollur, Murudeshwar and Gokarna and with the extension, Puttur and Kukke Subrahmanya excessively would beryllium firmly placed connected this network.
Operational adjustment
Mr. Shreekara noted that arsenic the full stretch, Madggaon to SHBR, was already electrified, determination should beryllium nary occupation successful extending the MEMU Express. It was a elemental operational accommodation that could present wide-ranging benefits astatine minimal cost, helium argued.
The hold would besides code deficiency of bid connectivity betwixt Mangaluru and SBHR betwixt 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., helium added.
