Samiti appeals for extension of Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur weekly train to Mangaluru Central
The Paschima Karavali Railway Abhivridhi Samiti has requested the Southern Railway to extend the Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction weekly express to Mangaluru Central. The group argues that infrastructure improvements at Mangaluru Central now make this extension feasible.
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The Paschima Karavali Railway Abhivridhi Samiti, Mangaluru, has appealed to the Southern Railway to extend train number 16539/40 Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur weekly express to Mangaluru Central.
In a letter to the Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway, Palakkad, the president of the samiti, Hanumantha Kamath, said that the tri-weekly day train service of train number 16575/76 and the weekly express service of train number 16539/40 operating between Mangaluru Junction and Yeshwantpur provide a very convenient and economical mode of transport for the people of the region to travel between coastal Karnataka and Bengaluru.
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