Mangaluru Junction, Mangaluru, KA
KJM WDG3A 13030 leading the 16516 Karwar Yeshvantpur Express arrived before time at 10:45 hrs; the loco got refueled and reversed through the mid line between pf1& pf2 to get to the other end of the rake. The loco got coupled, the train then departed at 11:40; with a delay of 10 mins. It had halted for nearly 1 hour at Mangaluru Jn.
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16515/16516...
more... Yeshvantpur Karwar tri-weekly LHB Intercity Express
The Yesvantpur - Karwar Express is an express train belonging to South Western Railway zone that runs between Yesvantpur Junction and Karwar in India. It is currently being operated with 16515/16516 train numbers on tri-weekly basis.
16515 departs Yeshvantpur at 07:10 hrs on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays; arriving Mangaluru Jn. at 23:00 hrs the same day.
16516 departs Karwar at 05:30 hrs on Tuesdays,Thursdays & Saturdays; arriving Yeshvantpur at 20:30 hrs the same day.
The train follows the Yeshvantpur → Kunigal → Hassan → Shiradi Ghats → Mangaluru Jn. → Udupi → Karwar route.
It used to travel up to Arsikere earlier, when the Chikbanavara Nelamangala Hassan line was still under development.
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Mangaluru Jn.
Mangaluru Junction railway station (Station code: MAJN) comes under the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway. The station is a junction interconnecting Mangaluru Central railway station with Kerala in the south, Maharashtra/Goa and Mangaluru Sea Port in the north and Bangalore-Chennai in the east; via Shiradi Ghats. It is the busiest railway junction in the area, as all north- and southbound trains touch Mangaluru through this station; thus providing Mangaluru a connectivity with various parts of India.
It was formerly called Kankanadi railway station when the city railway station was simply called Mangaluru railway station. Later both were renamed as Mangaluru Junction and Mangaluru Central respectively to avoid confusion.
This is the first station in the Southern Railway zone after the Konkan Railway zone which ends at Thokur, the previous station up north.
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