Regular services of the new Yeshwantpur-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express will commence from November 15.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are likely to flag off the Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru-Madgaon-Yeshwantpur Vande Bharat Express on November 13. According to The Hindu, the Prime Minister will remotely flag off the service from Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal in Bengaluru, while the Railway Minister will launch it from Mangaluru Junction.
Regular services for the new train, numbered 26655/656, will begin on November 15. The existing Mangaluru Central-Madgaon-Mangaluru Central Vande Bharat Express, numbered 20645/20646, will be discontinued from that date, according to News18 Marathi.
The new 16-car service will run six days a week. Train 26655 will depart Yeshwantpur at 7.35 am and reach Madgaon at 8.55 pm, except on Wednesdays. The return service, 26656, will depart Madgaon at 8.20 am and reach Yeshwantpur at 9.15 pm, except on Thursdays.
The train will have 12 halts between its origin and destination, including Shravanabelagola, Hassan, Sakleshpur, Subrahmanya Road, Kabaka Puttur, Mangaluru Junction, Udupi, Kundapura, Byndoor, Murdeshwar, Gokarna Road, and Karwar.
The Prime Minister's visit to Karnataka on November 13 also includes the inauguration of the Namma Metro Pink Line stretch between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere. He will also unveil various infrastructure and energy projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore, as reported by The Economic Times.
