Mangaluru, Sep 23, 2023: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has informed that Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has assured that a Vande Bharat Express would be made operational from Mangaluru to Goa by October end.

The MP said he received an assurance to this effect during his meeting with the Railway Minister in New Delhi on Friday. He said he has requested the Railway Minister not to yield to the demand of Keralites to extend the Bengaluru-Kannur train upto Kochi. He also  said the Minister has responded positively to his appeal.

He said an approval has also been granted to run early morning train from Subrahmanya Road station to Mangaluru and evening train from Mangaluru to Subrahmanya.

He said an appeal has also been made to the minister to include Mangaluru  in the Mysuru division of South West Railway instead of the Palakkad division of Southern Railway.