B'luru-Bidar Express to be weekly feature

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to make the special one-way train between Bengaluru and Bidar into a weekly regular service starting November 4.

The Bidar to Yeshwantpur Weekly Express will depart from Bidar at 2:40 pm on November 4 and arrive in Yeshwantpur at 4 am on the next day.

In the return direction, the Yeshwantpur to Bidar Weekly Express will leave Yesvantpur at 11:15 pm starting November 5 and reach Bidar at 1:30 PM on the next day.

The special express in the Bengaluru-Bidar leg will have stoppages at Yelahanka (11:33/11:35 p m ), Dharmavaram (3:25/3:30 am), Guntakal (5:35/5:40 am), Mantralayam Road (7:09/7:10 am), Raichur (7:33/7:35 am), Wadi (9:40/9:45 am), Kalaburagi (10:40/10:45 am) and Humnabad (12:04/12:05 pm).