Title - Mysore-Bangalore trains to be affected today

MYSORE: Train services between Mysore and Bangalore will be affected on Tuesday due to work related to doubling of the track. Six trains will be cancelled as the South Western Railway (SWR) is taking up engineering work on the Bangalore-Mysore broad-gauge section.

The work, between the Maddur and Mandya sections of the line, will begin at 5am and last 24 hours, SWR's senior divisional commercial manager K Anil Kumar said. Of the 19 trains that were to run on Tuesday, 11 will be in service, sources said.

The Mysore-Yeshwantpur-Mysore Malgudi Express and Bangalore-Mysore-Bangalore Rajya Rani Express have been cancelled for the day. The services of four trains have been withdrawn between Bangalore and Mysore: Hubli-Mysore-Hubli Hampi Express; Tuticorin-Mysore Express; Mysore-Mayiladuthurai Express; and Mysore-Solapur-Mysore Gol Gumbaz Express. However, these trains will leave at their designated timings from Bangalore.

The Bangalore-Mysore passenger train has been cancelled between Channapatna and Mysore, railway officials said. The Chamarajanagar-Tirupati passenger train will start 30 minutes late.

Following the cancellations, additional buses will be operated on the Mysore-Bangalore highway, a KSRTC official said.