Mysore/Mysuru: With Dasara round the corner, the Railways have come to the help of scores of tourists visiting the city, by setting up a Digital Smart Baggage Lockers system at the Railway Station here. The tourists arriving in the city with heavy bags and baggages need not carry their luggage all along, from now onwards…
Vande Bharat train cleaned within 14 minutes today in city
October 1, 2023Initiative launched at Mysuru City Railway Station; Inspired by Japan’s renowned ‘7-minute miracle’ Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘14-minute miracle,’ a new initiative to reduce the cleaning time of Vande Bharat Express trains from 45 minutes to just 14 minutes, was officially launched today at the Mysuru City Railway Station at 12 noon. The cleaning began as soon…
Train service from Mysuru to Murudeshwar from today
September 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In another facility for train commuters, the Bengaluru-Mysuru-Mangaluru train service has been extended upto Murudeshwar in Uttara Kannada district from today. The train (No.16585) leaves Bengaluru’s Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal (SMVT) at 8.15 pm and travels through Mandya, Mysuru, Hassan, Mangaluru Junction and Mangaluru Central to reach Murudeshwar at 1.20 pm, the following…
Selfie booth with PM grabs attention
August 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A selfie booth with a life-size cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been installed inside the City Railway Station (CFTRI entrance). The booth has been drawing a lot of attention from passengers and passersby, and many people have been taking selfies with the cutout. Designed with the theme New India-Clean India, it has…
Tourist spots at a glance in Mysuru Railway Station
August 6, 2023Wall paintings of Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill, Dodda Gadiyara are a big hit among tourists Mysore/Mysuru: World-renowned Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill and Nandi Hill are among several prominent tourist spots in the State, especially in Mysuru and visitors can now witness these attractions all in one place, depicted as beautiful wall paintings at the Mysuru…
City Railway Station escalators malfunction
July 16, 2023Exiting passengers forced to use both non-working escalators; major obstacle for elderly travellers Mysore/Mysuru: The malfunctioning of passenger escalators at the main entrance of the Mysuru City Railway Station has been causing severe inconvenience to passengers, particularly elderly travellers. While the escalators at the CFTRI entrance are working in perfect condition, the main station escalators…
Pratap Simha inspects Ashokapuram Station Yard remodelling works
January 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha yesterday inspected the progress of the Yard remodelling of Ashokapuram Railway Station taken up by the South Western Railway to create additional stabling lines to overcome capacity constraints of Mysuru City Railway Station and to augment the berthing capacity. Speaking to officials, the MP said that the Station has to be…
Unidentified men come under moving trains, die
November 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two unidentified men were killed after coming under moving trains in city. In the first case, an unidentified man, aged between 40-45 years, died after getting stuck in between the platform and the moving train at Mysuru City Railway Station yesterday evening. The man got stuck after he slipped while boarding…
Railway expansion projects fast-tracked
November 11, 2022Naganahalli Satellite Terminal Project shelved due to land acquisition hurdles: MP Mysore/Mysuru: A slew of development works in the Mysuru Division of South Western Railway were fast-tracked at the Gati Shakti Unit meeting chaired yesterday by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager Rahul Agarwal and other officers. In all, the…
QR code ticket facility at City Railway Station
November 4, 2022Now passengers can avoid standing in long queues Mysore/Mysuru: To cater to the large number of passengers purchasing unreserved tickets on a daily basis for travel by various trains, the South Western Railway (SWR) has introduced QR Code ticketing and has supplied samples for display at the Mysuru City Railway Station and a few other…
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