Mysuru: Train No. 12609/12610 Chennai – Mysuru – Chennai Express has been extended upto Mysuru. Train No. 12610 Mysuru – Chennai inaugural special will be flagged off by MP Pratap Simha at 10:30 hrs on Jan. 15 from Mysuru and will run up to Mandya. The regular extended service of Train No. 12609/12610 Chennai –…
Mysuru Railway Station adjudged ninth cleanest
August 17, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Railway Station will be developed at a cost of Rs. 15 crore. Mysuru was among three stations in the South Western Railway Zone for which funding would be sanctioned by the Railways. The other two stations are Yesvantpur and Dharwad. More passenger-friendly amenities will be provides as part of the project,…
Mysuru Railway Station gets high-speed Wi-Fi
June 24, 2018Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) has installed high-speed Wi-Fi service at 115 Railway Stations including the Mysuru City Railway Station and Ashokapuram Station in Karnataka. Other Railway Stations include Nanjangud, Kadakola, K.R. Nagar and Chamarajanagar. The maximum bandwidth allotted to each Railway Station is 1 GB. Under ‘Digital India’ initiative of Government of India,…
Will this oxygen supplier at Railway Station survive ?
May 28, 2018This helpless tree at Mysuru Railway Station has been cemented completely around its perimeter impractically, leaving no space for water to percolate or air to enter the roots. How can this tree possibly survive in this hot summer with little or no water? This will lead to the tree suffocating and dying a slow death….
Beautification to enhance overall look: Mysuru Railway Station ambience undergoes sea-change
March 2, 2018Mysuru: The ambience and environment of Mysuru City Railway Station has undergone a sea-change with the beautification work taken up by the Mysuru Division of the Railways. Each and every place around the Station is not only Spartan clean but also a new dimension is added reflecting the heritage, culture and arts of the city….
Modi’s visit to Mysuru on Feb.18
February 14, 2018Mysuru: The District Administration and the Railway authorities are on their toes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Mysuru Railway Station where he will flag off the Humsafar Express Train and Electric Train service from Mysuru to Bengaluru on Feb.19. Modi will spend nearly half-an-hour at the Station. Later, he will address a…
Rail Safety Chief inspects Mysuru-Bengaluru electrification work
December 5, 2017Mysuru: With the completion of the electrification work as well as the double track work between Mysuru and Bengaluru, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) K.A. Manohar today inspected the electrification work on the Broad Gauge line section between Yeliyur-Mysuru. The team, which included the CRS, engineers and construction officials, began the inspection at 10.45…
Mysuru Railway Station goes ‘filmy’ for Swachh Bharat
December 5, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru Railway Station has adopted a unique and ‘filmy’ way of spreading the message of cleanliness by putting up flexes with photos of Kannada actors as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ campaign. These flexes have messages from the actors asking the public to keep the Railway Station clean. The flex contains photos of…
First electric engine chugs into Mysuru
December 3, 2017Mysuru: Following electrification of the Mysuru-Bengaluru double railway track, history was created on Saturday when the electric loco (engine) chugged into Mysuru Railway Station from Bengaluru as part of the test run. Sources in the Railways said that the Safety Commissioner is expected to undertake inspection of the electrification of the Mysuru-Bengaluru railway track on…
An eyesore at Mysore Railway Station
November 29, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Reading the news item “SWR GM joins volunteers in painting City Railway Station pillars,” published in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, I was reminded of an article I read recently “10 ways to ruin an old building” by Jonathan Taylor where he says one of the ways to destroy a heritage building is…
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