Title - Track doubling to hit train movement between Bangalore and Mysore

Movement of trains on the Mysore-Bangalore-Mysore section will be affected on Tuesday due to civil engineering and signalling works to be taken up between Mandya and Maddur stations as part of the ongoing track doubling project.

K. Anil Kumar, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager said in a release that critical engineering and signalling works would affect the train movement for 24 hours starting 5 a.m. on Tuesday to 5 a.m. on Wednesday consequent to which certain trains have either been cancelled, partially cancelled or regulated.

Cancelled

Services which are fully cancelled include Bangalore-Mysore Rajya Rani Express and Mysore-Yeshwantpur Malgudi Express.

Trains which are partially cancelled include Hubli-Mysore-Hampi Express whose the services from Hubli will terminate at Bangalore.

Likewise, services of Tuticorin-Mysore Express have been cancelled between Bangalore and Mysore, as also the services of Mysore-Mayiladuthurai Express.

Mysore-Solapur Gol Gumbaz Express is also partially cancelled between Bangalore and Mysore.

Services of Bangalore-Mysore Passenger has been partially cancelled between Channapatna and Mysore which means the train will run only between Bangalore and Channapatna, and services of Mysore-Bangalore Passenger stands cancelled between Mysore and Channapatna.

Chamarajanagar-Tirupati passenger will be regulated for 30 minutes because signalling and civil works will be taken up.

Railway officials said Mysore-Bangalore section has high passenger density with nearly 18,000 to 20,000 passengers commuting daily from Mysore alone and this disruption will impact the passenger movement. In view of the cancellation or regulation of trains, passenger rush is expected to be heavy in the trains not affected by the civil works. In addition, there was significant daily commuter traffic from Mandya who would be affected. In view of the disruption in services due to technical reasons, the bulk of passengers could shift to other modes of transport including the bus services operated by the KSRTC.