Special train between Bengaluru and Mangaluru

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: South Western Railway (SWR) announced that a special train would run between Bengaluru and Mangaluru, adding that there would be a single trip in either direction.

The two trips would help ease the rush which is building up due to the upcoming festivals like Onam, Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami, SWR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Aneesh Hegde said.

He added that the first trip would leave from the Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal in Bengaluru at 4:35 PM on Monday and arrive at Mangaluru Central on Tuesday at 9:30 AM.

In the return direction, the train would depart from Mangaluru Central at 8:05 PM on Tuesday and arrive at the Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal in Bengaluru on Wednesday at 11:45 AM.

The train will have stoppages at Bangarapet, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikode, Vadakara, Thalassery, Kannur, Payyanur, Kanhangad and Kasaragod in either direction.