Summary:
22636/635 Mangaluru Central- Madgaon- Mangaluru Central Intercity Express getting lukewarm response from passengers, various rail passenger associations had urged the zones concerned — Southern Railway, KR and Central Railway — to amalgamate the train with Train No. 12051/052 Dadar-Madgaon-Dadar Jan Shatabdi. The SR, responding to the Board’s communiqué, had said Jan Shatabdi train belonged to CR, and if a proposal comes from that zone, it would examine the same, duly considering interchange timings with the KR. It would provide direct connectivity between Karnataka coast and Western Mumbai along with the two existing services. Besides stating that Jan Shatabdi belongs to CR, Konkan Railway told the Board that the Central Railway had on February 14, 2006, operated another set of Jan Shatabdi between Madgaon and Mangaluru Central with different train numbers..