Mysuru, Apr.13- In view of the upcoming festive season and long weekend holidays, the South Western Railway has decided to run a single trip festival special train between Mysuru and Thiruvananthapuram Central and back as detailed below: Train No. 06249 will departure Mysuru on 13.4.2022 (Wednesday) at 14:15 hrs and arrives at Thiruvananthapuram Central at…
One Station, One Product initiative
April 11, 2022Temporary Stall opened at City Railway Station to promote sandalwood products Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, recently implemented the “One Station One Product” concept at City Railway Station for the promotion of sandalwood products. The concept is a novel initiative that was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 with the objective of assisting…
SWR Mysuru Division posts record freight revenue of Rs. 688.18 crore in FY 2021-22
April 3, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Despite the many challenges posed by Covid-19, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, recorded the highest ever freight revenue of Rs. 688.18 crore in 2021-22, an impressive growth of 54.58% in comparison to last year and 22.60% over the target fixed for the Division. The tonnage too, at 9.09 million tonnes, surged 32.24% over…
Decongesting City Railway Station: Rs. 20 cr. project underway at Belagola
March 18, 2022Five stabling lines, one platform to come up; more trains to be operated from here By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: With the Naganahalli Satellite Railway Terminal project — at an estimated capital expenditure of Rs. 789 crore — stuck due to delay in the land acquisition process, the South Western Railway (SWR) has taken up the…
Mandya MP Sumalatha meets top Railway officials in city
March 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking redressal of long pending Railway issues concerning her Lok Sabha Constituency, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish met South Western Railway (SWR) Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rahul Agarwal at his office near City Railway Station this morning and submitted a memorandum that listed Railway issues that needs immediate attention of the Department. Railway officials Manjunath…
Cancellation, diversion, regulation & rescheduling of trains
February 15, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) has Cancelled/ Partially Cancelled/ Diverted/ Regulated/ Rescheduled the following trains due to Pre Non-Interlocking/ Non-Interlocking work from 16.2.2022 to 25.2.2022 at Ammasandra, Sampige Road, Nittur and Banasandra under doubling of Tumakuru-Arsikere section over Bengaluru and Mysuru Division, as follows: CANCELLATION Train No. 07369 – Chikkamagaluru-Yesvantpur Daily Passenger Special, Train No….
Meagre Budget grant delays Railway projects
February 4, 2022Rs. 5 crore for Naganahalli terminal; Rs. 1,000 for Mysuru-Kushalnagar line! Mysore/Mysuru: Though the total budgetary allocation to South Western Railway (SWR) for capital expenditure is Rs. 6,900 crore, claimed to be the highest ever grant, the new Satellite Railway Terminal at Naganahalli near Mysuru — that will greatly help in decongesting the Mysuru Railway…
SWR electrifying trains at fast pace
January 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR) is running Train No. 11312/11311 Hassan-Solapur-Hassan Daily Express with electric locomotive between Solapur-Yesvantpur- Solapur with effect from Jan. 28 for train journey commencing from Hassan and with effect from 29th for train journey commencing from Solapur. Earlier, this train was running with Diesel Locomotive from end to end, between Hassan…
Steam-era water column comes to life in Mysuru Rail Museum
January 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to add value to the Rail Museum, the South Western Railway (SWR) has restored a steam-era water column to its full functional order. Many Railway Stations during the steam-era had a water column for filling water into the water tank in the tender trailing the steam locomotive, which also had an…
SWR earmarks unreserved coaches in Inter-State trains
January 22, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: For the convenience of passengers, the South Western Railway (SWR) has decided to de-reserve some Second Class Seating coaches and have earmarked them as unreserved coaches to permit unreserved commuter travel in nominated Inter-State trains. The details of these Inter-State trains along with the number of coaches to be run as unreserved with effect…














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