<p class="bodytext">MP Nalin Kumar Kateel will flag off the inaugural special, Mangaluru Central-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly express at Mangaluru Central Railway Station on February 21 (11 am).</p>.<p class="bodytext">From February 22, regular services of the train will begin. According to sources, the Railway Ministry was not in a position to arrange a new rake for the newly introduced Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru service and the South Western Railway would have to give one as a temporary measure.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the train is likely to depart from Yeshwantpur on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The train would depart from Mangaluru Central railway station on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The earlier proposal was to have services from Yeshwantpur on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday and from Mangaluru on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">West Coast Rail Yatri Abhivriddhi Samiti advisor Anil Hegde said berths from Mangaluru to Bengaluru on Karwar/Kannur-Bengaluru Express were less than 50. The new train thus should be able to cater to the demand from people of Mangaluru, Puttur and Kukke Subrahmanya, he said.</p>
<p class="bodytext">MP Nalin Kumar Kateel will flag off the inaugural special, Mangaluru Central-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly express at Mangaluru Central Railway Station on February 21 (11 am).</p>.<p class="bodytext">From February 22, regular services of the train will begin. According to sources, the Railway Ministry was not in a position to arrange a new rake for the newly introduced Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru service and the South Western Railway would have to give one as a temporary measure.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the train is likely to depart from Yeshwantpur on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The train would depart from Mangaluru Central railway station on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The earlier proposal was to have services from Yeshwantpur on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday and from Mangaluru on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">West Coast Rail Yatri Abhivriddhi Samiti advisor Anil Hegde said berths from Mangaluru to Bengaluru on Karwar/Kannur-Bengaluru Express were less than 50. The new train thus should be able to cater to the demand from people of Mangaluru, Puttur and Kukke Subrahmanya, he said.</p>