The demand to extend the service of the Bengaluru Cantonment-Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Special Express to the Onam season is getting stronger, reports Manorama Online. Currently, the service is scheduled to operate till August 26. The service, which started on August 1, is experiencing bigger crowds on Saturdays and Sundays.
Although the tickets for the regular trains to Kerala were sold out months ago, the announcement of running a special train has been delayed. There is no action either on the demand to make Vande Bharat a permanent service. Since the train departing from Cantonment has been allotted a stop at KR Puram, it has become more convenient for those coming from places including Whitefield.
Vande Bharat which departs from Cantonment at 5.30 am on Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays, reaches Ernakulam at 2.20 pm.
It will leave Ernakulam on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 12.50 pm and reach Bengaluru at 10 pm. No review of Garib Rath cancellation The Railways has not reviewed its decision to cancel the Yeswanthapura-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express (12257/12258) from August 20 to September 18.
The three-days-a-week service has been cancelled as part of the platform demolition for Yeshwanthapura station renovation. But no other long-distance trains departing from the same station have been cancelled. The Railways also have not considered the demand to examine the possibilities of starting services from Chikkabanavara and Banaswadi for a month.
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