Latest


Heavy rainfall, landslips disrupt Bengaluru-Mangaluru train services

  •   Sat, Jul 20 2019 09:27:57 PM

Daijiworld News Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jul 20: The train services between Bengaluru-Mangaluru are suspended on July 21 and 22, after incessant rains caused landslips, covering the railway track near Sirivagilu.

The South Western Railway (SWR) has cancelled day train services on Sunday and Monday, while the night trains have been diverted and will run via Salem and Palakkad.

A press release from SWR states that due to incessant rainfall on the Sakleshpur-Subramanya Road Ghat section, loose soil and rocks are blocking the tracks.

Also, a huge boulder which poses danger for the train services needs to be blasted. Currently, the railway staff have begun the work to clear the soil and rocks on the track.

Trains cancelled and diverted

Train No 16575 Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction, Gomateshwara Tri-weekly Express is cancelled on Sunday. Train No 16576 Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly Gomateshwara Express is cancelled on Monday.

Train No 16513 Bengaluru-Karwar overnight express journey commencing on Saturday would be short-terminated at Mangaluru Central and cancelled between Mangaluru Central and Karwar. Train No 16514 Karwar-Bengaluru overnight express is cancelled between Karwar and Mangaluru Central on Sunday while it will run between Mangaluru Central and Bengaluru.

Train No 16511/16513 Bengaluru- Kannur/Karwar overnight express journey commencing on Saturday would run via Jolarpettai, Salem, Palakkad and Shoranur Junction instead of via Shravanabelagola, Hassan, Sakleshpur and Mangaluru.

Train No 16518/16524 Kannur/Karwar-Bengaluru overnight express journey commencing on Saturday would run via Shoranur Jn., Palakkad, Salem and Jolarpettai instead of via Mangaluru, Sakleshpura, Hassan and Mysuru.
  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sat, Jul 20 2019

    When Mlore Blore train traveled in peace? Ask smiling Gowda! Most neglected route, could have been most route in entire India! Blame BJP Gowda and Congress Kharge ! Useless lot! Now some more sleeping in the Soudha to make few thousand crores in hurry! We are fine reading such news and vote useless like AK minute and another one Kateel! We need JR Lobo, Pramod, Sorake, JP Hegde type of honest working hands, up t fooling religion masks!

    DisAgree [4] Agree [22] Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Heavy rainfall, landslips disrupt Bengaluru-Mangaluru train services



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like