Mysore-Bangalore train services to be affected on Tuesday by Mafia on 19 August, 2013 - 11:59 PM | ||
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Mafia | Mysore-Bangalore train services to be affected on Tuesday on 19 August, 2013 - 11:59 PM | |
MYSORE: Commuters travelling between Mysore and Bangalore take note. Train services between Mysore and Bangalore will be affected on Tuesday, which will add pressure on KSRTC buses travelling between the two cities. The South Western Railway is taking up engineering works on Bangalore-Mysore broad gauge section on Tuesday. Owing to it, services of six trains traveling between the two cities is cancelled. The engineering works is being taken up for 24 hours between Maddur and Mandya section of the line starting from 5 am forcing the authorities to cut down the services. Some of the trains are partially cancelled while services of two are withdrawn, Mysore senior divisional commercial manager K Anil Kumar said on Monday. Sources told TOI the work is part of doubling of line between Mysore and Bangalore. The outbound traffic is 20,000. Of the 19 trains that were to operate on Tuesday, 11 will be in service, which will affect for the commuters, they stated. A majority of the travelers are office goers, who commute daily to semi-urban areas in Mandya and Ramnagaram districts. The inbound traffic is a little less than 20,000, the sources explained. |