The Yeshwantpur-Karwar tri-weekly day express (Train No. 16515) becomes the first passenger train to be hauled by an electric loco on the newly electrified stretch of Thokur near Mangalore to Karwar of the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. The Karwar day express became the first passenger train on Wednesday when it left Mangalore Junction at 5 p.m. Railway personnel from Southern and Konkan Railways performed a symbolic pooja before flagging off the train on the occasion.

The Yeshwantpur-Karwar-Yeshwantpur Express undergoes loco reversal (changing of direction of the loco) at Mangalore Junction upon its arrival from Yeshwantpur and Karwar for its onward journey. Henceforth, the train would be hauled by electric loco between Mangalore Junction-Karwar-Mangalore Junction and diesel loco between Mangalore Junction-Yeshwantpur-Mangalore Junction as the Mangalore Junction-Chikkabanavara stretch of South Western Railway is yet to be electrified.