Vistadome Coaches on Train Between Bangalore & Mangalore a Big Hit: Coaches Booked to Full Capacity
Vistadome Coaches on Train Between Bangalore & Mangalore a Big Hit: Coaches Booked to Full Capacity
Vistadome coaches attached to day train services between Bangalore and Mangalore has been receiving overwhelming response from the public as they are almost fully booked for the last week of July. The vistadome coaches were introduced to promote tourism by the South Western Railway. Two each Vistadome coaches on two tri-weekly and one-weekly day express trains between Yeshwantpur- Mangalore Junction-Yeshwantpur. Each coach has 44 executive class seats and the coaches ran to their full capacity on July 14, 17, 18 (with five on the wait list), 22 and 24 (with 18 on the wait list) from Mangalore to Yeshwantpur. On the other hand, full occupancy of coaches was registered from Yeshwantpur to Mangalore Junction on July 16 and 17 (with six each on the wait list), July 18 (one on the wait list), July 19, July 22 (three on the wait list), July 23 (seven on the wait list), July 24 (17 on the wait list) and July 25 (two on the wait list). The coaches are fully booked on July 26 and from July 29 to July 31, with wait lists. The coaches are equipped with reclining chairs that rotate up to 180 degrees to offer unhindered outside view through wide windowpanes and other state-of-the-art facilities available on Shatabdi coaches. The large windowpane at the rear of the coach offers a complete view of the outside beauty. However, this view gets obstructed when the train is on the Mangaluru-Yeshwantpur route as a banking loco is attached at the rear of the rake to push the train on the ghat section.
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