Vijayapura-Mangaluru Central Special to run as common service from Sept. 1

The South Western Railway (SWR) on Tuesday introduced that the Vijayapura-Mangaluru Central-Vijayapura Express Special will run as an everyday service with impact from September 1 from Vijayapura and September 2 from Mangaluru.

Train No. 07377/07378 Vijayapura-Mangaluru Central-Vijayapura Express Special will run with revised numbers, Train No. 17377/378 from the dates of normal companies, the Zone mentioned in a notification. The companies will function with the present timings, stoppages, composition and upkeep sample.

The Railway Ministry had on June 27 accredited SWR’s proposal to regularise the companies of the particular trains, bringing a lot aid to patrons who had been demanding regularisation of the companies.

Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta mentioned that with the regularisation, the long-pending demand from patrons was fulfilled, a lot to the aid of passengers between the 2 cities.

This transfer would profit sufferers from North Karnataka in search of medical care in Mangaluru, college students pursuing training in coastal districts, and common passengers.

The departure timing of the Mangaluru Central-Vijayapura service was revised from 2.35 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. at Mangaluru Central by the Ministry. The particular prepare initially operated between Vijayapura and Mangaluru Junction until November 2019 and was cancelled throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. The service was restored from December 1, 2021, and prolonged to Mangaluru Central from April 20, 2024.

Passenger associations in Mangaluru, Davanagere, Hubballi, and Vijayapura, the then Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, incumbent Capt. Chowta and Vijayapura MP Ramesh C. Jigajinagi had urged the Ministry to regularise the companies.