Railways has decided to provide halts of two minutes for Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Garib Rath Bi-Weekly Express at Mookambika Road Byndoor and Ankola stations and Mumbai LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Central Netravathi Daily Express at Bhatkal station on experimental basis for six months with immediate effect.
Train No. 12201 Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express will arrive at Ankola at 4.22 a.m. during the non-monsoon timetable (journey commencing till June 9) and at 5.28 a.m. during the monsoon timetable (journey commencing from June 11). The train will arrive at Mookambika Road Byndoor station at 5.38 a.m. and 7.38 a.m. during the non-monsoon and the monsoon timetables respectively.
In the return trip, Train No. 12202 Kochuveli-Mumbai LTT Garib Rath Express will arrive at Mookambika Road Byndoor station at 10.20 p.m. during the non-monsoon and at 10.14 p.m. during the monsoon timetables. It will arrive at Ankola station at 11.26 p.m. and 11.42 p.m. during the non-monsoon and the monsoon timetables respectively.
Train No. 16345 Mumbai LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Central Netravathi Express will arrive at Bhatkal Station at 1.20 a.m. and 2.32 a.m. respectively during the non-monsoon and the monsoon timetables. Its pairing service, 16346, Thiruvananthapuram Central-Mumbai LTT Netravathi Express will arrive at Bhatkal at 1.40 a.m. and 12.44 a.m. respectively during the non-monsoon and the monsoon timetables, said releases from Southern Railway and Konkan Railway Corporations.
Members of the Byndoor Railway Yatri Sangha accorded a rousing welcome to Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express on its arrival at Mookambika Road Byndoor station on Tuesday.
Sangha leader and former National Railway Users’ Consultative Committee member Kunjal Venkatesh Kini termed the experimental halt a welcome move. Besides helping hundreds of pilgrims to visit Kollur in Udupi district, the halt will also provide additional connectivity to Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram for the people in the region, he said.
