Adhikari urges Railways to advance Bengaluru Express’ arrival timing

Mumbai Matsyagandha Express should be given halt at Mangaluru Junction, demands the DRUCC member.

Palakkad Railway Division’s Railway Users’ Consultative Committee member K. P. Jagadish Adhikari on Saturday urged the Southern Railways to advance the arrival timing of Bengaluru-Mangaluru Overnight Express at Mangaluru Central and provide halt for Mangaluru Central-Mumbai LTT-Mangaluru Central Matsyagandha Express at Mangaluru Junction Station.

Mr. Adhkari met Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Trilok Kothari who was visiting Mangaluru on Saturday along with Railway activist Gopalakrishna Bhat and submitted a list of demands. Southern Railways has proposed to postpone the arrival time of Train No. 06515 (Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Kannur), the only overnight train between Bengaluru and Mangaluru Central, from the present 7.18 a.m. to 7.28 a.m. This causes severe inconvenience to the travelling public, he said.

Instead, the train that arrives at Mangaluru Junction at 6.45 a.m. instead of its scheduled arrival timing of 7.18 a.m., should be made to leave Junction at 7 a.m. to reach Mangaluru Central at 7.15 a.m. From Central, it may leave for Kannur at 7.45 a.m., he said. This revision of timing would not affect the arrival timing of Train No. 02619, Mumbai LTT-Mangaluru Central Matsyagandha Special that operates with an average delay of 15 minutes. Its arrival time at Mangaluru Central may be revised to 7.50 a.m., the activists told the DRM.