Demand for 12609/10 Bengaluru Chennai superfast express to Mysuru
Commuter demand
A railway user group has requested additional train services between the tech city and the heritage city, given the fact that at least 31,000 people use the services daily. Bengaluru-Mysuru is the second busiest route after the Bengaluru-Jolarpettai section. "Since the Karwar/Kannur express from Bengaluru will skip Mysuru and instead use the newly laid Shravanabelagola line, there will be no passenger trains to Mysuru from Bengaluru between 7 pm and 11.55 pm. It will affect a lot of people including techies," said...
more... S Yogendra, convener of Mysore Grahakara Parishat.
As an alternative to the proposed diversion of this train, the forum has requested the authorities to extend 12609/10 KSR Bengaluru-Chennai Superfast Express to Mysuru. "The superfast train from Chennai terminates at Bengaluru at 8.30 pm. Users are requesting that this service be extended to Mysuru," Yogendra said.
"We are considering the appeal," Vijaya said. Krishna Prasad from the Karnataka Railway Vedike wants the railways to commission the electric train services right away instead of waiting for the formalities such as launch by a VVIP.
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