Trains are coming back on tracks post-pandemic. South Western Railway declared the provisional stoppage of the Bengaluru - Mangaluru Central special express train which runs four days a week. The zonal railway division indicated poor patronage for the halt in a notification issued on Friday.  The Bengaluru-Mangaluru service will be discontinued from October 7 while the Mangaluru-Bengaluru service will be cancelled from October 11. This service - Train 06515/16 - is one of the few trains connecting the coastal city of Mangaluru with Bengaluru by rail.  Another train service connecting the two cities - the KSR Bengaluru- Mangaluru Central tri-weekly express which runs via Mysuru - was also revised. 

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The Bengaluru-Mysuru special train service (Train 06539/06540) which operates on six days a week will also be on an offset from both sides from October 7. "Train No. 06517 KSR Bengaluru – Mangaluru Central Tri-weekly Express will run from KSR Bengaluru on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday instead of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with effect from 07.10.2020. Train No. 06518 KSR Mangaluru Central – KSR Bengaluru Tri-weekly Express will run from Mangaluru Central on Thursday, Saturday and Monday instead of Thursday, Friday and Saturday with effect from 08.10.2020," a notification from the South Western Railway stated. 

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The state of roads between Bengaluru and Mangaluru is one of the important causes for commuters to opt for the train service even though the train journey is slightly longer in travel time. It has been just over a month since passenger trains resumed service at the Mangaluru Central railway station after the services were suspended due to the outbreak of coronavirus cases in the country this year. 

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