Project taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 30.42 crore Mysore/Mysuru: The South Western Railway (SWR) has begun the yard remodelling of Ashokapuram Railway Station to create additional stabling lines so as to overcome the capacity constraints of Mysuru City Railway Station and to augment the berthing capacity. While Phase 1 of the yard…
Mock drill: NDRF and SWR conduct mock train derailment-induced rescue and relief operations
September 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Many hooter sounds were heard at the Ashokapuram Railway Station in the city at 9.56 am today and on enquiry it was learnt that two general second class passenger coaches SWR 91604 and SWR 92665 of T.No 06220 Tirupati-Chamarajanagar Express had derailed. Messages were flashed to the office of the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM)…
Shramik Special leaves Mysuru with 466 migrants to Assam
June 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The 11th Shramik Special train carrying migrant workers, who were stranded in Mysuru, Kodagu, Hassan and Hunsur, left for Guwahati, Assam, from Mysuru yesterday. The train carrying as many as 466 registered migrants started the journey from Ashokapuram Railway Station at 1.30 pm. In addition, 176 migrants from Ramanagara boarded the Shramik Special. The…
Shramik Special with 1,250 passengers leaves for Bihar from Mysuru
May 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 1,250 registered migrants from Mysuru boarded the Shramik Special at Ashokapuram Railway Station (Mysuru) operated by the Railways today at the behest of the State Governments of Bihar and Karnataka. This special train comprises 20 coaches, including 18 Sleeper and 2 General Second Class providing accommodation for 1,250 passengers. This train…
First migrant special train from city chugs to UP
May 16, 20203,000 people from Uttar Pradesh stranded in Mysuru to reach homes in Shramik Special Mysore/Mysuru: The fervent appeals by thousands of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh (UP) to permit them to return to their native places has been realised today with the State Government facilitating them to travel by train from city to their home…
Train runs over man
April 26, 2017Mysuru: An incident of a person being run over by a train was reported near Ashokapuram Railway Station this morning. The deceased has been identified as Nagaraju (30), a resident of Chikkaharadanahalli, who owned a tea shop near the Railway Station. The Police said that Nagaraju was run over by a train while he was…
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