Write Comment     |     E-Mail To a Friend     |     Facebook     |     Twitter     |     Print

Mangaluru : Mangaluru bound Matsyagandha Express was halted in Madgoan for almost six hours after a tree fell on a track in the wee hours of Sunday, June 21.
 
The train no 12620/Matsyagandha Express which departed Mumbai at 3:20 pm on Saturday was supposed to reach Mangaluru by 10:25 am on Sunday. But owing to uprooting of tree due to heavy rain the train has been delayed for six hours.
 
A release from Konkan railway also stated following trains have been delayed owing to heavy rain.
 
1) T-12052 UP MAO-DR JANASHATABDI EXP of June 20 is cancelled
 
2) T-10104 UP MAO- CSTM MANDOVI EXP of June 20 is cancelled due to pairing train late.
 
3) Train No: 12134 Mangaluru Jn.-CSTM EXP of June 20 is cancelled due to pairing train cancelled.
 
4) Train No: 12619 Matsyagandha express departure Kurla (T) at 16:20 hrs. instead of 15:20 hrs.on June 20.
 
5) Train No: 10111 Konkan Kanya Express of June 20 will start from Panvel.
 
6) Train No: 11003 CSTM-MAO Mandovi Express will start from Ex. PNVL on June 21 is at 00:05 hrs.
 
7) Train No: 10112 UP Konkankanya Ex.MAO-CSTM of 20.06.15 is rescheduled at 01:00 hrs. on June 21.

Southern Railway augments coaches in Mangaluru-Bengaluru trains

Mangaluru : In a move to accomodate more passengers, trains operating between Karwar and Bengaluru via Mangaluru and between Kannur and Bengaluru via Mangaluru will each have one more sleeper coach from this October.
 
A press release from Southern Railway said that a sleeper class coach would be permanently augmented with Bengaluru – Kannur Express(via Mangaluru) from October 1. Train no. 16518 Kannur - Bengaluru  Express (via Mangaluru) would have a permanent additional coach from October 2.
 
 Bengaluru – Karwar Express (via Mangaluru) would have it from October 1, 2015 while Karwar - Bengaluru  Express (via Mangaluru) would have the coach from October 2. The release said that a three-tier AC coach each would be permanently augmented with Mangaluru – Thiruvananthapuram Maveli Express and Thiruvananthapuram - Mangaluru Maveli Express with immediate effect.
 
Mangaluru – Chennai Mail and Chennai Mangaluru Mail each would also have a three-tier AC coach permanently with immediate effect.
 
A three-tier AC coach would be permanently augmented with Mangaluru – Chennai West Coast Express and Chennai - Mangaluru West Coast Express with immediate effect.
 
A first AC cum two-tier AC coach would be permanently augmented with Lokmanya Tilak – Kochuveli Bi-weekly Express, from June 20.
 
Kochuveli - Lokmanya Tilak Bi-weekly Express would have a First AC cum 2-tier AC coach from June 22.