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About: New Lines, Doubling, Electrification, Station infra upgrades, #NammaMetro & other updates

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Please don't take any credit for these super slow train
@Tejasvi_Surya @JoshiPralhad @JagadishShettar @PCMohanMP

You guys are not able to get one bi weekly SF train

[Karnataka Rail Users @KARailway]

Congratulations to everyone involved in introducing yet another Super Slow train between Mumbai and Bengaluru

[Merge Konkan Raiway With Indian Railways @KRCL_UsersVoice]

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
India’s rail network is transforming rapidly. With high-speed corridors and trains like Vande Bharat, even a Bengaluru–Mumbai sleeper journey could drop from 24 hours to 16 hours saving nearly a full day.
Yet, the Mangalore–Goa–Mumbai line still crawls at 45 km/h.
Why?
Because development here has stalled under Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd @KonkanRailway where profit seems to outweigh national importance.

This isn’t just a railway line it serves education hubs, engineering sectors, pilgrimage routes, tourism, defence, and major ports along India’s west coast.
While Indian Railways innovates nationwide, the west coast line remains a glaring gap.
We hold @AshwiniVaishnaw and @narendramodi accountable because if anyone has the capacity to fix this, it is them.
@CaptBrijesh @KotasBJP @VSOMANNA_BJP
#IndianRailways #KonkanRailway #Infrastructure #VandeBharat

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Busiest Vande Bharat Routes in India-
1. New Delhi - Varanasi: 73L
2. New Delhi - Vaishno Devi Katra: 56L
3. Secunderabad - Vishakapatnam: 48L
4. Chennai - Mysuru: 36L

https://t.co/g4RiZZKB6S

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

@BLR_Avgeek Could be operational reasons and recently Pitline upgradation has been completed at SBC grid-I.

Also SBC upgradation works to be started by this year end

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

KSR Bengaluru to H.Nizammudin Rajdhani Express to run via BNC-BYPL-CSDR (instead of YPR-LOGH)

No changes in timings of arr & dep

The Primary Maintenance of this train will be shifted to Sbc Grid-I

Staring from: 8th April 2026

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Why so many delays in @drmsbc division for ROB/RUB construction

@VSOMANNA_BJP is not efficient in getting things done even for Tumkur

Same with Devangonti ROB almost a decade old project still WIP (Fight bw state and railways)

@GMSWR @SWRRLY
Local MPs are not so serious

[ChristinMathewPhilip @ChristinMP_]

🚨 How a 54-m railway girder delay stalled Bengaluru’s 21-km STRR stretch for over two years

@PMOIndia @nitin_gadkari @AshwiniVaishnaw @NHAI_Official @SWRRLY @RailMinIndia

https://t.co/o4sZUTCi4H

[Gurumoorti hegde @guru3ti]

This needs to be extended to Talaguppa.
We have already requested both MPs hoping for some progress.

An early morning train from Bengaluru to Talaguppa would be an unimaginable success.
Monsoon alone can recover the cost twice over!

[ChristinMathewPhilip @ChristinMP_]

🚨 How a 54-m railway girder delay stalled Bengaluru’s 21-km STRR stretch for over two years

@PMOIndia @nitin_gadkari @AshwiniVaishnaw @NHAI_Official @SWRRLY @RailMinIndia

https://t.co/o4sZUTCi4H

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Kindly request you to extend 22231/32 SMVB-KLBG Vande Bharat Express to SBC and reduce the travel time. This will help 1000s of passengers on a regular basis.

SMVB is not so convenient for Intra state trains

@Central_Railway @DRMSolapur @drmsbc @VSOMANNA_BJP @AshwiniVaishnaw

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

@KRCL_UsersVoice My tweet was abt delay justification nothing else
Definitely Panchaganga exp deserves more coaches and it will be a game changer for sure but not a cost of increasing travel time of other trains
Lolz I didn't mention anything about which train to cross where. Please read slowly

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

What's the logic in justifying the delay is common??

No train should be delayed irrespective of long distance or shorter one

When the TT is prepared all aspects will be thoroughly checked and finalised.

[Merge Konkan Raiway With Indian Railways @KRCL_UsersVoice]

Carefully observe !

Date: 4th April 2026
Train: 16511 Bangalore–Mangalore Express

Arrived at Subramanya at 5:09 AM — just 18 minutes late. This is a very normal delay for a long-distance train.

Importantly, today the Panchaganga Express crossing also happened at Subramanya (SBHR) itself.

So the question is — how and why is Panchaganga Express being blamed for delays of 16511?
Also 15 minutes delay for over night train is something all worried for ?

The facts clearly don’t support that narrative.
Kerala centric Mangalore lobbies whole agenda is disturbing coastal lifeline Panchaganga express .

@anilkumarsastry @SWRRLY @KARailway @CaptBrijesh @VSOMANNA_BJP

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Kindly request you to extend 22231/32 SMVB-KLBG Vande Bharat Express to SBC and reduce the travel time. This will help 1000s of passengers on a regular basis.

SMVB is not so convenient for Intra state trains

@Central_Railway @DRMSolapur @drmsbc @VSOMANNA_BJP @AshwiniVaishnaw

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Even Panchaganga Exp is also a long distance train so that we can't say 15-20mins delay is fine.

Panchaganga is one of the important trains connecting the coastal area just because of that other trains can't be delayed

[ChristinMathewPhilip @ChristinMP_]

South Western Railway has raised maximum sectional speed on Bengaluru division’s Yelahanka-Dharmavaram BG section from 110 kmph to 130 kmph @SWRRLY @drmsbc @DrmBengaluru

[ChristinMathewPhilip @ChristinMP_]

Bengaluru: CMRS inspection of Bengaluru Cantonment-Byappanahalli quadrupling section has been postponed.

Reportedly, during an OHE trial on March 27, an engine run from Baiyappanahalli Outer faced an issue when the pantograph got entangled with an OHE post extension rod, detaching from the engine & disrupting about 500m of the new line. The incident has raised concerns over OHE quality. SWR has remained tight-lipped.

SWR officials said CMRS may now inspect the section on March 30 @SWRRLY @drmsbc @DrmBengaluru

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Finally after a long delay all set to open 👏

[BLR Metro Tracker @blrmetrotracker]

✨Silkboard Flyover getting ready!

The D Loop, connecting HSR side towards BTM & Ragigudda is undergoing final bits of works.

🚘 Lane markings are done for majority stretch.
💡 Street light works are ongoing.
🖌️ Painting works are ongoing.
⚡️ Electrical work to follow.

#BMRCL #NammaMetro

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

Mangalore is losing from all perspectives (Railway)
Please look into this.

Extension of 16511/12 will gradually reduce seat quota for Mangalore & Puttur people

Better try to short terminate this train at Mangalore and run as a separate train till Kozhikode

@CaptBrijesh

[Abhishek Ab @abhish656]

Our politicians are sleeping ??
@CaptBrijesh @VSOMANNA_BJP

By extension of this train to Calicut further reduce the seat quota for Mangalore-Subramanya section

Big disappointment for Mangalore people

[Abhishek Ab @abhish656]

@RCBTweets is offering Free Metro Ride for every ticket purchase is a very good move by encouraging people to use Public transport.

I hope @OfficialBMRCL has made arrangements for better crowd management at stations (Especially Kempegowda Interchange, Cubbon Park & MG Rd)

[RailNewsKar @kar_rail]

@HospetRailUsers Karnataka deserves more funding compared with other states (Especially North Indian states)
There are many projects pending since many years and we lost hope on @VSOMANNA_BJP

In 1.5year we didn't see any new line opening and new trains introduced within the state (Except VB)

[Abhishek Ab @abhish656]

Just stop the blame game @Tejasvi_Surya & @DKShivakumar

We need cheap and better public transport for daily commuting and every year fare hike is not at all feasible

Very unfortunate that our MPs and MLAs don't take up this issue seriously

@PCMohanMP @ShobhaBJP