Bengaluru–Mangaluru/Karwar day train cancellation during peak Dasara travel season upsets many
South Western Railway has cancelled day train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru route for 26 round trips during the peak Dasara travel season. Commuters and passenger associations are protesting the timing, citing the high demand for holiday travel and suggesting the maintenance could be rescheduled.
Why it matters
The disruption affects thousands of travelers during a major cultural festival, highlighting tensions between infrastructure maintenance and public service accessibility.
South Western Railway’s (SWR) decision to cancel day train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar sector for 26 round trips during the peak Dasara travel season has upset commuters and passenger associations as well.
The cancellation to facilitate a line block for track maintenance and engineering works between Siribagilu and Yedakumari stations on the Subrahmanya Road-Sakleshpur Ghat section of Mysuru Division will be effective from October 4 to November 4, excluding for about a week between October 16 and October 20.
October is the peak winter travel season in south Karnataka, with schools and colleges observing Dasara holidays. Thousands of people also travel to coastal Karnataka to celebrate Navaratri festivities in their ancestral places and for Mangaluru Dasara, while many head to Mysuru region to witness the Mysuru Dasara, noted G. Hanumanth Kamath, president of Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivriddhi Samiti.
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