I don't think that people have problems about long distance trains halting at PNME. The problem lies when 12301 is made to halt there, with it skipping much more higher earning stations like DGR,KQR,DOS & SSM !
The opposition to PNME for 12301 was much more fierce when it used to skip ASN, personally I feel 12301 should be not be halting at PNME...