15 Railway Stations to be redeveloped under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme All broad-gauge routes to be fully electrified by December 2023 Mysore/Mysuru: A poll-bound Karnataka has received a budget outlay of Rs. 7,561 crore for Railway projects and notably, the Mysuru Railway Division has been allotted Rs. 920 crore, one of the highest allocation so…
SWR, Mysuru Division’s gross revenue touched Rs. 886.24 crore till Dec. 2022: DRM Agarwal
January 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, celebrated 74th Republic Day at Railway Sports Grounds in Yadavagiri yesterday. After unfurling the Tri-colour, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Mysuru Division, Rahul Agarwal emphasised on the sterling performance of Mysuru Division during the previous year, leaving behind the adversities of the pandemic and achieved with great efforts of…
SWR General Manager inspects Central Workshop in Ashokapuram
December 21, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Sanjeev Kishore, General Manager, South Western Railway (SWR), accompanied by Principal Heads of Department and Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Division, inspected the Central Workshop in Ashokapuram recently as part of annual inspection. He inspected the newly developed Mechatronics Lab at WBTI (Workshop Basic Training Institute) and appreciated the efforts made by the team of…
Ashokapuram Station yard remodelling work begins
December 14, 2022Project 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…
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas: SWR Mysuru interacts with Bandipur School students
November 16, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) Mysuru Division observed Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on 15.11.2022 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, the iconic Freedom Fighter and Tribal leader of the country. The Government of India in 2021 had declared 15th November as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas dedicated to the memory of the brave tribal freedom…
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…
South’s first Vande Bharat Express slowest in India
November 3, 2022Speed restrictions because of the many gradients and curves, clarify officers Gap between Shatabdi Express and Vande Bharat Express too short, say commuters Mysore/Mysuru: The Vande Bharat Express that has a maximum speed of 160-180 kilometres per hour will only run at a speed of 75.60 to 77.53 km per hour on the Mysuru-Chennai route…
Running of Mysuru-Mayiladuthurai Special Express for 4 trips in each direction
October 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to run Train No. 06251/06252 Mysuru – Mayiladuturai – Mysuru Weekly Special Express for 4 trips in each direction. Accordingly, Train No. 06251 Mysuru – Mayiladuthurai Weekly Special Express will leave Mysuru at 11.45 pm on every Friday with effect from Oct.28 to Nov.18, 2022 (4 trips only)…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar Railway Line: Survey completed from Mysuru to Periyapatna
October 19, 2022Final report to be submitted to South Western Railway by November end Kushalnagar: The survey work for the 87.2-km Mysuru-Belagola-Kushalnagar Railway line began a month ago and as per the field officers, half the survey has been completed. Survey teams have reached Kampalapura near Periyapatna and there is still halfway to go for the task…















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