Bengaluru–Mangaluru/Karwar day train cancellation during peak Dasara travel season upsets many

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Bengaluru–Mangaluru/Karwar day train cancellation during peak Dasara travel season upsets many — Photo credit: The Hindu

Vista Dome coaches are the added attraction on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar day train services that remain cancelled during this month. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry

South Western Railway’s (SWR) decision to cancel day train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar sector for 26 round trips during the peak Dasara travel season has upset commuters and passenger associations as well.

The cancellation to facilitate a line block for track maintenance and engineering works between Siribagilu and Yedakumari stations on the Subrahmanya Road-Sakleshpur Ghat section of Mysuru Division will be effective from October 4 to November 4, excluding for about a week between October 16 and October 20.

October is the peak winter travel season in south Karnataka, with schools and colleges observing Dasara holidays. Thousands of people also travel to coastal Karnataka to celebrate Navaratri festivities in their ancestral places and for Mangaluru Dasara, while many head to Mysuru region to witness the Mysuru Dasara, noted G. Hanumanth Kamath, president of Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivriddhi Samiti.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 4, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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