For coastal karnataka to Chennai, SR can extend West Coast express. If SWR to link coastal area to Chennai, then train should run from VSG!!, which is a remote possibility.
My point of asking a train in MAS MAQ via HAS route is that the train can go upto MAQ and not terminated (orphaned by SR) at MAJN.
Think of direct connection from MAS KPD to HAS, Shravanabelagola, Subrahmanya (Dharmasthala).
Why...
more... can't north TN get a link to south interior karnataka? With pathetic conditions at SWR, Hassan cannot be the terminal. So MAQ should be the natural choice.
Anyway SR is using MAQ as a cleaning station for kerala trains. Not even a single train from MAQ to anywhere in SWR -- Bangalore, Mysore, Davanagere, Hubli, Ballari, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Bijapur etc. Why can't they do some good for karnataka??