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The Hindu
11-07-2025
- The Hindu
3 trains — from KSR Bengaluru to Kannur, Ernakulam, Nanded — to run from SMVT for 153 days
KSR Bengaluru-Kannur daily overnight express via Mangaluru Central will skip Bengaluru City Station for 153 days from August 2025 to January 2026. Instead, the service would originate from and terminate at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru. While Train No. 16511, KSR Bengaluru-Kannur Express would run from SMVT Bengaluru from August 15 to January 15, Train No. 16512 would terminate at SMVT Bengaluru from August 16 to January 16, according to South Western Railway (SWR). From SMVTB, the train would run via Banaswadi, Hebbal and Yeshwantpur before taking its regular route via Chikkabanavara, Kunigal and Hassan. Passengers from and to central parts of Bengaluru have the option of boarding the train or disembarking at Yeshwantpur terminal. The diversion is to facilitate infrastructure work at KSR Bengaluru Yard, according to SWR. Along with the Bengaluru-Kannur Express, Train Nos. 12677/678 KSR Bengaluru-Ernakulam daily Superfast Express and Train No. 16593/594 KSR Bengaluru-Nanded daily Express too would be diverted to run from SMVT Bengaluru.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
SMVT Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express gets LHB coaches
Train No. 16585 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express began to run with Linke Hofmann Busche (LHB) coaches from May 5. The train from Bengaluru arrived in Mangaluru Central Station on May 6. Its pairing train, Train No. 16586 Murdeshwar-SMVT Bengaluru Express will run with LHB coaches from May 6. The service operates via Mysuru. Only 5 coaches are new ones Of the 20 LHB coaches forming Train No. 16585, only five are new coaches manufactured in 2025, according to T. P. Lokesh, a Bengaluru-based rail enthusiast. Of the seven second class sleeper coaches, three are new, and of the four general second class coaches, two are new, he said. All the air-conditioned coaches are old ones, some of them manufactured in 2014. When the Mangaluru Central-Mumbai LTT Matsyagandha Express got LHB coaches, patrons had a similar experience. Many of the coaches forming four rakes of the service were old ones, leading to widespread disappointment among travellers. LHB coaches for Kannur Express Train No. 16511 KSR Bengaluru-Kannur Express via Mangaluru Central gets LHB coaches from May 7 while Train No. 16512 Kannur-KSR Bengaluru gets them from May 8. Upon conversion to LHB coaches, the composition of these train sets too gets changed. They would have one first class AC, two 2-tier AC, four 3-Tier AC, seven second class sleeper, four general second class and two generator cars — in all 20 coaches.
