After commissioning of Bengaluru-Hassan New Railway Line, there was a persistent demand from the public to run combined train No 16517/16518, KSR Bengaluru-Kannur- KSR Bengaluru and Train No 16523/16524, KSR Bengaluru-Karwar–KSR Bengaluru train via the new line as it is a shorter route to reach Mangaluru compared to via Mysuru.

To fulfil their demand and also keeping in mind the need of passengers travelling to Mangaluru from Mysuru, Railways have decided to divert KSRBengaluru- Kannur / Karwar –KSR Bengaluru train to run via Shravanabelagola route for four days in a week duly changing train numbers, days of services and timings.

For the remaining three days the train will run via Mysuru without any change in existing timings. According y, the diverted combined Train No 16511/16513, KSR BengaluruKannur /Karwar Express via Shravanabelagola will leave KSRBengaluru at19:15 hours on every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with effect from February 10 and reach Mangaluru Central at 06:20 hours the next day. En route, the train will arrive/depart Yeswantpura at 19:28/19:30hrs, Kunigal at 20:44/20:45hrs, BGNagar at 21:15/21:16 hrs, Shravanabelagola at 21:51/21:52 hrs, Channarayapatna at 22:01/22:02 hrs,Hassan at23:05/23:10hrs, Sakleshpur at 00:05/00:15 hrs, Subhramanya Road at 03:30/03:35 hrs, Yedamangala at 03:50/03:52 hrs, Kabakaputturat04:18/04:20hrs, Bantawal at 04:58/05:00 hrs and Mangaluru Junction at 05:58/06:00hrs.

On this route, the travel time between KSR Bengaluru and Mangaluru Central will reduce by 45 minutes.

From Mangaluru Central, Train No 16511, KSR Bengaluru Kannur Express departs at 06:40 hrs to reach Kannur at 10:00 hrs. En route, the train will arrive/depart Kasargod at 07:28/07:30 hrs, Kanhangad at 07:53/07:55 hrs, Payyanur at09:08/09:10hrs. From Mangaluru Central, Train No 16513, KSR Bengaluru-Karwar Express departs at 07:00 hrs to reach Karwar at 12:30 hrs.

En route, the train arrives/departs Suratkal at 07:51/07:52 hrs, Mulki at 08:03/08:04 hrs, Udupi at 08:29/08:30 hrs, Barkur at 08:45/08:46 hrs, Kundapur at 09:04/09:05 hrs, Mookambika Road Byndoor at 09:40/09:41 hrs, Bhatkal at 09:57/09:58 hrs, Murdeshwar at 10:19/10:20 hrs, Honnavar at 10:49/10:50 hrs. (experimental halt),Kumta at 11:03/11:04hrs, GokarnaRoad at 11:23/11:24 hrs. and Ankola at11:35/11:36hrs.

On its return, the diverted combined Train No 16512/16514,Kannur/Karwar KSR Bengaluru Express via Shravanabelagola will run on every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with effect from February 11, 2018 with no change in timings from Kannur/Karwar upto Hassan.

From Hassan the train departs at 02:50 hrs to reach KSR Bengaluru at 06:55 hrs. En route, the train arrives/ departs Channarayapatna at 03:39/03:40 hrs, Shravanabelagola at 03:50/03:51 hrs, BG Nagar at 04:25/04:26hrs, Kunigal at 04:59/05:00hrs and Yeswantpur at 06:38/06:40hrs. The travel time between Mangaluru Central and KSR Bengaluru will reduce by 1 hour 25minutes.

Service from Bengaluru is Wednesday to Saturday for facilitating passengers travelling from Bengaluru to their native towns in coastal region for weekends. Similarly, days of service from Mangaluru have been chosen as Sunday to Wednesday to facilitate passengers of coastal region visiting Bengaluru to attend office work.