Kundapur: Locals welcome new train services: Mangalore - Madgaon, Bhatkal - Mangalore
By Bernard J D’Costa
Bellevision Media Network
Kundapur, Feb 25, 2014 : The city railway passengers welfare Forum, the local social welfare and Voluntary organizations including the locals welcomed the new train services that were chugged off from Mangalore – Madgaon intercity and Bhatkal – Mangalore DMU here on Sunday February 23 at 3.30pm.
The members of Kundapur railway passengers’ welfare Forum boarded Mangalore – Madgaon intercity train here on Sunday at 5.45pm. The office bearers of Forum, members of Rotary Club – Koteshwar and Kundapur, general public presented mega garland on the engine of new train, besides distributed sweets to the gathering.
The Forum convener Kenchanoor Somashekar Shetty, Vivek Nayak, Chandrashekar Shetty, Uday Bhandarkar, Nagesh Shenoy Sirsikar, Balachandra Holla, Sadguru Chandrashekar, Buntara Sangha secretary Bhanu Prakash Hegde, Udayakumar Shetty, Kundapur Lions Club president Gajendra Shetty, Raghavendra Shetty travelled from Mangalore and inaugurated the train service here.
The first grade electrical contractor K R Naik, Koteshwar Rotary Club president Prabhakar, Rotary secretary H S Hatwar, BJP block former president B Kishore Kumar and hundreds of locals were present on the occasion.
The fare has been fixed to Rs 25 to travel between Mangalore and Kundapur which is indeed cheaper, said Kenchanur Somashekar Shetty. Besides the daily inter-city train services between Mangalroe and Madgaon is boon for daily passengers, added Shetty.
Mangalore – Madgaon daily train service will begin from Mangalore at 8.15am and will reach Kundapur at 10.30am, further in Madgaon at 2.00pm. The same train will begin from Madgaon at 4.15pm reach Kundapur at 7.44pm and in Mangalore at10.00pm. The train schedule has been adjusted for the benefit of passengers travelling in Goa Express and Janshatabdi Express.
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| Benedict Noronha, Udupi / India | Tue, February-25-2014, 6:36 |
| It is most welcom feature of development of rail service in Konkan railway track. Now the responsibility is on the commuters to make best use of the trains. The train stations must be updated with roofs and also over bridges to change the Flatforms, without which senior citizen may not be able to use the Second Flatforms at Udupi. During rainy seaons without roof tops it will be a punishment for travelling-getting in and getting out at udupi station. Similar situation at all costal stations in Konkan Railway .There are no porters to assist the passengers from 2nd Platform to come out. These hurdles must be overcome by the railways and help commuters and commuters must also make use of the trains as far as possiblemake the train services profitable. Any way I congratulate the Leaders who have done some thing to the voters of this region. | |
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