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Bengaluru: South Western Railway will run special trains between Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT), Bengaluru and Belagavi, with two trips in each direction, to clear the extra Deepavali rush, according to a railway press release dated November 5.
Train No. 06551 SMVT Bengaluru-Belagavi Express Special will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 7 pm on November 7 and 9 and reach Belagavi at 8.25 am the next day.
Train No. 06552 Belagavi-SMVT Bengaluru Express Special will leave Belagavi at 5.30 pm on November 8 and 10 and reach SMVT Bengaluru at 5 am the next day.
The trains will stop at Chikbanavar, Tumakuru, Arsikere, Birur, Davangere, Harihar, SMM Haveri, SSS Hubballi, Dharwad, Alnavar, Londa and Khanapur in both directions.
Each train will have 20 coaches, including AC 2-Tier, AC 3-Tier, Sleeper Class and General Class coaches, a second-class luggage-cum-brake van with a Divyangjan-friendly compartment, and a generator-cum-brake van.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, the Dharwad MP, said in a post on X that he had asked the South Western Railway to provide a special train between Bengaluru and Belagavi to handle the extra Deepavali rush, and that the railway responded by arranging the service. The train will serve passengers travelling between Bengaluru, Hubballi and Belagavi during the festival.
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