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MP for Dakshina Kannada Capt. Brijesh Chowta has erstwhile again urged the Southern Railway to widen the tri-weekly Gomateshwara Express service, which runs betwixt Yeshwantpur and Mangaluru Junction, to Mangaluru Central astatine the earliest.
Reminding the portion that the bid was primitively sanctioned by the Ministry of Railways arsenic a work betwixt Yeshwantpur and Mangaluru Central, Capt. Chowta said galore of the reasons cited by the Southern Railway, including the deficiency of platforms and stabling lines, nary longer exist.
In a caller missive to the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Palakkad Division, Southern Railway, the MP said Mangaluru Central has witnessed important infrastructure improvements, including 2 further platforms, a pit enactment and a stabling line. Previous DRMs had assured that the work would beryllium extended erstwhile further platforms and stabling facilities were created.
Capt. Chowta said that with the hold of the Kacheguda-Mangaluru Central bi-weekly explicit to Murdeshwar and subsequently to Kumta, an further stabling enactment had go disposable astatine Mangaluru Central.
The MP said extending the Gomateshwara Express and Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction play explicit (Train No. 16539/16540), equipped with Vistadome coaches, to Mangaluru Central would amended rider convenience and pull much tourists, thereby boosting determination tourism.
Residents of Mangaluru metropolis besides necessitate a day-train work to Bengaluru, helium said. Train Nos. 16575 and 16540, departing Mangaluru Central astatine 7 a.m. and reaching Yeshwantpur astatine 4.30 p.m., would greatly payment passengers, helium added.
