Kudla Express to Bengaluru to become operational on April 9

Kudla Express to Bengaluru to become operational on April 9

Mangaluru : The long-expected Kudla Express train between the city and Bengaluru, which will bring down travel time from the current 12 to 9 hours, will begin operations on April 9. The train will take Hassan-Shravanabelagola route. However, the train will run from Junction station here instead of Central. The railways claim that they do not have spare platform for running this train from the Central station.

Union railway minister, Suresh Prabhu, it is understood, will be flagging off the train at 11 am on April 9 from Kankanady (Junction) station through video conferencing facility from New Delhi. At the same time, organizations of railway commuters have decided to boycott the inaugural ceremony because of the decision of the railways to run the train from Junction station.