Some trains cancelled due to electrification work
Following line block for facilitating safety-related and railway electrification work between Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road section, services of a few trains will remain cancelled from June 1 to 11, South Western Railway has in a release said.
Accordingly, Train No 16539 Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction Weekly Express, running on Saturdays, will be cancelled from May 31 to November 1. Similarly, Train No 16540 Mangaluru Junction-Yesvantpur Weekly Express, operating on Sundays, will be cancelled from June 1 to November 2.
Train No 16575 Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction Gomteshwara Tri-weekly Express, which runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, will remain cancelled from June 1 to October 30. Its pairing Train No 16576 Mangaluru-Yesvantpur Gomteshwara Tri-weekly Express, running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, will remain cancelled from June 2 to October 31.
Train No 16515 Yesvantpur-Karwar Tri-weekly Express, which operates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, will remain cancelled from June 2 to October 31 and its return service, Train No 16516 Karwar-Yesvantpur Tri-weekly Express, running on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, will remain cancelled from June 3 to November 1, the release said.
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