Title - New train on Bengaluru - Hassan line to run from February 10 for 4 days a week

To meet public demand and to shorten distance and time length South Western Railway will run 16517 / 18 Bengaluru - Kannur - Bengaluru express and 16523 / 24 Bengaluru - Karwar - Bengaluru combined through newly commissioned line Bengaluru - Hassan new railway line. This new route will cut down the distance and will also shorten the length of time taken by these trains.

Railway will divert KSR Bengaluru- Kannur / Karwar –KSR Bengaluru train to run via Shravanabelagola route for 4 days in a week. Note that this train will be run with new train number and schedule while the remaining three days it will run via Mysuru on its current schedule.

Combined tri-weekly train will run on 16517 / 18 Bengaluru - Kannur - Bengaluru express and 16523 / 24 Bengaluru - Karwar - Bengaluru express will run every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday on existing timings.

The new tri-weekly train with train number 16511 / 13 KSR Bengaluru- Kannur /Karwar Express via Shravanabelagola will run every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from February 10 onwards as per details -

Bengaluru departure time - 07:15PM
Mangalore Central arrival - 06:20AM next day

From Mangalore Central train number 16513 will depart at 07:00AM
Karwar arrival time - 12:30PM