South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to run Special trains for the benefit of people going to their native/hometown for casting their votes. The details are as follows.
Train number 06585 will leave Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru at 8:30 PM on May 9th and reaches Hubballi at 5:10 AM and reaches Dharwad at 5:43 AM. The train will reach Belagavi at 8:20 AM.
En route, the train stops at Yeshwantpur, Tumkur, Tiptur, Arsikere, Birur, Davanagere, Harihar, Ranibennur, Haveri, Hubballi, Dharwad, Londa and terminates at Belagavi.
In the return direction, Train number 06586 leaves Dharwad at 7:53 PM and Hubballi at 8:15 PM on 10th May and reaches SMVT, Bengaluru at 5:00 AM on the next day.
SWR has also decided to run Yeshwantpur to Murdeshwar special train and KSR Bengaluru to Bidar special train for the benefit of people. The details are as follows.
Train number 06587 leaves Yeshwantpur at 11:55 PM on May 9th and reaches Murdeshwar at 12:55 PM on the next day. In the return direction, Train number 06588 leaves Murdeshwar at 1:30 PM and reaches Yeshwantpur at 4:00 AM on the next day.
Train number 06597 leaves KSR Bengaluru at 5:00 PM on May 9th and reaches Bidar at 7:20 AM on the next day. In the return direction, Train number 06598 leaves Bidar at 8:00 PM and reaches SMVT Bengaluru at 11:00 AM on the next day.
SWR has also decided to augment additional coaches to the few trains on 9th May and 10th May for the benefit of people going to their native for casting their votes. The details are as follows.
Train number 12079/12080 KSR Bengaluru Hubballi KSR Bengaluru Jan Shatabdi Express will be augmented with 1 additional Second class chair car coach.
Train number 17307/17308 Mysuru Bagalkot Mysuru Express will be augmented with 1 extra General second class coach. Train number 16593/16594 Bengaluru Nanded Bengaluru train will be augmented with 1 additional Sleeper coach.
Also, Train number 17309/17310 Vasco da Gama Yeshwantpur Vasco da Gama train and Train number 16595/16596 KSR Bengaluru Karwar KSR Bengaluru train will be augmented with 1 additional Second class Sleeper coach.