Because of being a division its talked about in IRI like say GTL, else both are far smaller than the cities under them. SUR far smaller than GR and GTL smaller than ATP, HX and TPTY.
The route is aligned on the Chennai-Mumbai line, hence you believe it is the gateway. It is just one of the stations enroute that line thats all.
Take the road transport from Chennai to Mumbai, it doesn't touch Solapur. Erstwhile NH4 (now NH 48).
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more... the trains you mentioned are for Mumbai and Pune with few passengers here and there and 2 ICEs of which one is getting cancelled. And other trains to Delhi, BSB and ADI etc.. you get due to SBC, MAS. Even now you people got a train to BSB due to UBL. Else just few coaches to G that waits for 200 minutes to get attached to MH Exp. ЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ
That YPR Exp is actually GR train, which when introduced didn't have pitline, so was from SUR.
Bijapur and Gulbarga dont have hospitals and depend on Solapur for treatment ... ЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ.... a likely story - that big cities like them have no hospitals.
Living in imagined greatness, are you? ЁЯШОЁЯШОЁЯШОЁЯШО