Only Train connecting Tatanagar to all IISc campuses in Karnataka at Bangalore & Challakere. The train has a scheduled halt for convenience to travel between Tatanagar and the upcoming IISc campus at Challakere, Chitradurga Dist. Karnataka which is 17 kms away from Challakere station and can be reached by local Auto Rickshaw transport. Then proceeds futher for another 340 kms to its final distnation Yeswantapur which is the nearest major Rail head to IISc Bangalore campus.