Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Aug 23: The south western railway has sent a proposal to the Railway Board, recommending for extending the Yashwantpur – Mangalore – Kannur train to Karwar.
It may be noted that braving strong opposition from the people of Karnataka, the railways had earlier extended the above train to Kannur in Kerala, ignoring the earlier plea to extend it to Karwar, considering the shortage of trains on this sector.
The recommendation says that once the train reaches the city, its ten compartments should move to Karwar, while the other seven should go to Kannur. In the evening, these compartments will come back to the city and move to Bangalore as a single train, the proposal explains. The proposed departure time of the train is 9 am from the city, and arrival time at Karwar has been set at 12.30 pm. The train is proposed to leave Karwar at 2 pm and reach the local station at 7.15 pm.
The railways have been claiming that it is not possible to run an additional train between Bangalore and Karwar in view of problems they face in the Western Ghats sector of the railway line. The local MP and organizations representing railway commuters had recently demanded for starting a new train between Bangalore and Karwar.