The South Western Railway (SWR) has extended cancellation of time bid services connected the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar assemblage for different 44 days, till December 16, to implicit the ongoing Railway Electrification (RE) enactment connected the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road (SBHR) Ghat conception of Hassan-Mangaluru line.
A notification from the Principal Chief Operations Manager, SWR, Hubballi, stated that the Railway Ministry has permitted for hold of Line Block of 4 hours regular for 44 days from November 2 to December 15 for RE enactment connected SKLR-SBHR section. Consequently, the pursuing coaching trains would stay cancelled.
Trains 16575/576 Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yesvantpur and 16515/516 Yesvantpur-Karwar-Yesvantpur are the 2 tri-weekly time trains that person been cancelled till December 16 to facilitate railway electrification enactment connected the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat conception connected Hassan-Mangaluru line. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH
Trains and dates of cancellation
- Train No. 16539, Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction (MAJN) Weekly Express, till December 13
- Train No. 16540, MAJN-Yesvantpur Weekly Express, till December 14
- Train No. 16575, Yesvantpur-MAJN tri-Weekly Gomateshwara Express, till December 14
- Train No. 16576, MAJN-Yesvantpur tri-Weekly Gomateshwara Express, till December 15
- Train No. 16515, Yesvantpur-Karwar tri-Weekly Express, till December 15
- Train No. 16516, Karwar-Yesvantpur tri-Weekly Express, till December 16
On September 15, The Hindu reported that time bid services connected the Bengaluru-Mangaluru / Karwar assemblage are unlikely to resume connected November 1, arsenic announced earlier by SWR connected May 15 for RE works connected the 55 km Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section.
Divisional Railway Manager of SWR’s Mysuru Division Mudit Mittal had told The Hindu that RE did not advancement arsenic expected due to the fact that of 2 landslips connected the ghat section, 1 successful June and different successful August, during the dense rains. Work was progressing betwixt Donigal and Shiribagilu (32km) by availing blocks aft cancelling time trains for 154 days starting May 31.
Line blocks had to beryllium curtailed to determination worldly trains to wide landslip debris arsenic a effect of which RE enactment could not beryllium completed. Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) that was executing the RE project, had sought further enactment blocks to implicit the work.
Passengers and their relation who were already upset with the 154 days cancellation person rued the further hold of cancellation.
