Mangalore Railway Region to be merged with South Western Railway? Check this out

Mangalore Railway Region to be merged with South Western Railway? Check this out

• July 18: State Minister for Railways, Suresh Angadi promised to consider the demand to merge Mangalore Railway region with the South Western Railway which was decided by the Railway Board way back in 2004.
  MP Nalin Kumar Kateel along with a delegation of activists from the region submitted a memorandum to the minister. The need to construct additional platforms at Mangalore Central Railway Station was informed to the Minister.  The minister immediately called the Divisional Railway Manager of Palakkad and directed him to expedite the work.
  MP Nalin also put forth some other long-pending demands of the coastal region before the Minister, who in return promised to look into the issues. The following are some of the demands: Operating the Bengalore-Kannur/Karwar express via Shravanabelagola in all days of the week, instead of the present four-days via Shravanabelagola three days via Mysuru; operating Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Central overnight express (16585/586) on all days of the week instead of the present tri-weekly and changing its departure timing from Yeshwantpur from the present 4.30 pm to a convenient timing in the night.
  The Minister even positively responded to the demand to reintroduce Mangalore-Miraj Mahalakshmi Express that was stopped during the gauge conversion work of Hassan-Mangaluru line in 1994.