For the first time, a direct train has been flagged off from Bandra and Borivli to Konkan and Goa to help those staying in the western suburbs. At first look, it sounds like good optics but the train ends up circling the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for multiple hours due to a lack of a clear path before it takes off just like flights hover over airports due to lack of landing space!

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the new bi-weekly 10115 Bandra Terminus Madgaon Express train virtually with Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal, local MLA Sunil Rane, BJP leader Ashish Shelar and a host of BJP politicians at the Borivli station on Thursday.