M’luru-B’luru day trains cancelled for five months due to electrification work

Mangaluru: Three pairs of day trains between Mangaluru and Bengaluru were cancelled for 155 days by South Western Railway (SWR) to facilitate railway electrification on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road Ghat section. The trains will be cancelled from May 31 to Nov 2.According to a release from SWR, train No. 16539 Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction Weekly Express, running on Saturdays, was cancelled from May 31 to Nov 1. Similarly, train No. 16540 Mangaluru Junction-Yesvantpur Weekly Express, operating on Sundays, was cancelled from June 1 to Nov 2.Train No. 16575 Yesvantpur-Mangaluru Junction Gomteshwara Tri-weekly Express, which runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, was cancelled from June 1 to Oct 30. Its pairing train, No. 16576 Mangaluru-Yesvantpur Gomteshwara Tri-weekly Express, running on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, was cancelled from June 2 to Oct 31.Train No. 16515 Yesvantpur-Karwar Tri-weekly Express, which operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, was cancelled from June 2 to Oct 31. Its return service, train No. 16516 Karwar-Yesvantpur Tri-weekly Express, running on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, will also be cancelled from June 3, 2025, to Nov 1, 2025.