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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Christin Mathew Philip | TNN

Karnataka: Passenger trains turn into costlier express services, users fume

BENGALURU: The conversion of eight passenger trains into express trains with premium fare without improving speed has not gone down well with rail users in the state.

On June 1, South Western Railway (SWR) converted eight passenger special trains into unreserved express ones. The new unreserved express trains are: 16213/16214 Arsikere-Hubballi-Arsikere, 16239/16240 Chikkamagaluru- Yeshwantpur-Chikkamagaluru, 16567/16568 Tumakuru-Shivamogga Town-Tumakuru, and 16549/16550 KSR Bengaluru-Kolar-KSR Bengaluru.

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