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New train to B’luru to start from today

01:43 AM Apr 05, 2020 | Team Udayavani |

Mangaluru: The new tri-weekly Yeshwanthpur-Mangaluru express train (train no 16585/86) between Mangaluru and Bengaluru will be flagged of today at 11 am from Mangaluru Central railway station. The train will begin its service from February 22nd.

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MP Nalin Kumar Kateel will flag off the train with a green flag and the district in-charge minister U T Khader will preside the event. Several guests are expected to participate in the even including MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Dr Bharat Shetty, Mayor Bhaskar K, ZP president Meenakshi Shanigodu and others.

2 hours delay for return journey

As per the proposed timings, it will take 11:30 hrs for the journey from Bengaluru to Mangaluru and 9:30 hrs from Mangaluru to Bengaluru to cover the distance of 364 kms. The train arriving from Bengaluru to Mangaluru will be delayed by up to 2 hrs because of the safety measures to be followed while crossing the Ghats and due to railway crossing en-route. The train will be leaving at around 4 pm in the evening and there are demands to change the train time-table which is not convenient for Karavali.

Presently, Yeshwanthpur express train leaves daily from Mangaluru Central railway station to Bengaluru at 8:55 pm in the night and reaches its destination at 7:30 am. It travels via Mysuru for 3 days and via Shravanabelagola for 4 days in a week. On the other hand, Gomateshwara express train from Mangaluru Junction leaves daily to Bengaluru (except on Sunday) at 11:30 am in the morning and reaches its destination at 8:30 pm in the night. This train travels via Shravanabelagola.

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