The South Western Railway has announced changes to the arrival and departure timings of five trains at Hubballi railway station. These changes will be effective from June 21st to June 25th, with different trains having their schedules adjusted on different dates. All five trains will now arrive at 5:35 am and...
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depart at 5:45 am, instead of the previous 6:00 am arrival and 6:10 am departure times. The trains affected are: * **Train No 16532 KSR Bengaluru-Ajmer Garib Nawaj Weekly Express** (effective from June 21st) * **Train No 16506 KSR Bengaluru-Gandhi Dham Weekly Express** (effective from June 22nd) * **Train No 16534 KSR Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express** (effective from June 23rd) * **Train No 16508 KSR Bengaluru-Jodhpur Weekly Express** (effective from June 24th) * **Train No 16210 Mysuru-Ajmer Bi-weekly Express** (effective from June 25th)

A gang of three men, Mohammad Shoukat Ali, Mohmmad Sattar, and Mohammad Avad, were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for drugging and robbing train passengers. They were caught for a recent incident on the Jodhpur-Bengaluru Express on December 17, 2023, where they drugged a couple, Davar Lal and...
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Samli Devi, with pills mixed in their milk and stole Rs 20,000 and 120 grams of gold worth Rs 6.2 lakh. In a separate incident on the Murdeshwara-Bengaluru Express, two women, Gayatri and Sandhya, were arrested for stealing 402 grams of gold worth Rs 38 lakh from a woman passenger, Samim Kunil, by diverting her attention. Both incidents are being investigated by the railway police.

The Pune-Miraj railway line in the Pune division of Central Railway will undergo track doubling and various engineering, signaling, and telecommunications works from Tangaon-Masur-Shirwade section. This will lead to traffic blockage until February 22nd, resulting in cancellations of certain train services. Trains like the Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express, Kolhapur-Pune trains will be...
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cancelled for 3 to 4 days. Several other trains will also experience schedule changes. Some trains like the Kolhapur-Pune Express (01024) on February 20th, Kolhapur-Pune (01024) and Pune-Kolhapur Express (01023) on February 21st, Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express (11030), Mumbai-Kolhapur Koyna Express (11029) on February 22nd, and Pune-Kolhapur Express (01023) on February 23rd, have been completely canceled. Other trains will be partially canceled. The Kolhapur-Satara DEMU (01542) departing on February 21st and 22nd will terminate at Karad, while the Satara-Kolhapur DEMU (01541) will start its journey from Karad on the same dates. The Pune-Kolhapur Express (11425) departing on February 21st and 22nd will terminate at Satara, and the Kolhapur-Pune Express (11426) will start its journey from Satara on these dates. The Gondia-Kolhapur Maharashtra Express (11040) departing from Gondia on February 21st will terminate at Pune, and the Kolhapur-Gondia Maharashtra Express (11039) departing from Kolhapur on February 22nd will start its journey from Pune. Additionally, several trains like the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Yesvantpur Express (12630) departing from Hazrat Nizamuddin on February 21st, Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express (16505) departing from Bengaluru on February 21st, will be rerouted. The Kolhapur-Mumbai Koyna Express (11030) departing from Kolhapur on February 17th and 18th will depart two hours late at 10:15 AM. The Mysore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (12781) departing from Mysore on February 16th, Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express (16534) departing from Bengaluru on February 18th, Pune-Kolhapur Express (11425) departing from Pune on February 19th, Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express (16508) departing from Bengaluru on February 19th, Miraj-Pune Special (01424) departing from Miraj on February 20th, and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco Goa Express (12780) departing from Hazrat Nizamuddin on February 21st will be regulated for various durations within the section.

The Indian Railways is running a special train between Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru and Tiruchchirappalli to accommodate the extra rush of passengers during the festival season. The train will make one round trip, departing from Bengaluru on January 12th at 2:30 PM and arriving in Tiruchchirappalli at 11:30 PM. It...
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will then leave Tiruchchirappalli at 4:45 AM on January 13th and arrive back in Bengaluru at noon. The train will consist of 20 coaches, including AC two-tier, AC three-tier, Sleeper Class, General Second Class, and Luggage-cum-Brakevans/disabled coaches. Passengers can find more information on the Indian Railways website, by calling 139, or by contacting their nearest railway station. In other railway news, several trains are being regulated or diverted due to maintenance works and engineering works. Train No. 12628 New Delhi-KSR Bengaluru Express will be regulated for 60 minutes in the Central Railway jurisdiction from January 10th to 20th. Train No. 12780 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco-da-Gama Express will be regulated for over 2.5 hours in the Central Railway jurisdiction on January 10th, 13th, 15th, and 20th. Train No. 16508 KSR Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express, departing on January 10th, and Train No. 16210 Mysuru-Ajmer Express, which started on January 9th, will be diverted to run via Ahmedabad Jn., Sabarmati A Cabin, Sabarmati Jn., Chandlodiya, and Khodiyar stations on the Western Railway. Train Nos. 12577/12578 Darbhanga-Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Weekly Superfast Express will have a two-minute temporary stoppage at Patna Saheb on the East Central Railway from January 10th to 23rd to commemorate the 357th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Govind Singhji Maharaj. Lastly, the routes of Train Nos. 15023 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur, 12591 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur, and 15024 Yesvantpur-Gorakhpur on the Northern Railway have been revised due to yard remodelling work in the Lucknow division, and details are available on their website.