Friends, why are we discussing what the reasons are for Rlys to go for this long route??! That is Railways problem. Whatever the reason, it just does not make sense to waste peoples time by taking the longest possible route. If it is so difficult, dont put the train!!! Who is it helping ultimately?? Definitely not the Mangalore passengers. If we try to search for reasons, we will find thousands of reasons/excuses. Is it so difficult for Rlys to put a train from Hyd to Mangalore via Goa or via Hassan???