MANGALURU: The Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivrudhi Samiti has requested that Mumbai-Thokur Special train service be extended from Thokur to Mangaluru Central /Mangaluru Junction.
In a letter to the divisional railway manager, Palakkad railway division, Southern Railway, Samiti president Hanumantha Kamath said Konkan Railway has decided to operate a special train (daily) service between Mumbai and Thokur in association with Central Railway for Ganesha Chaturthi. As per the notification issued by Konkan Railway, the said special service would operate between August 14 to September 13. As per the schedule, train number 01153 LTT Mumbai-Thokur daily special will reach Thokur at 4.30pm and train number 01154 Thokur-Mumbai special train will leave from Thokur at 7.30pm, he said.