The Yeshwantpur–Mangaluru Junction–Madgaon Vande Bharat Express will be launched on November 13, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to flag off the service virtually from Bengaluru during an event at Mangaluru Junction railway station, according to a South Western Railway Mysuru division release.
The launch programme is scheduled for noon at Mangaluru Junction. The new service will connect Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru with Madgaon in Goa through key stations in southern Karnataka, the coastal belt and the Goa-bound rail corridor.
Under the schedule reported by the railway division, the train will operate six days a week. The service will not run from Yeshwantpur on Wednesdays and will not operate from Madgaon on Thursdays. It will have scheduled halts at 12 stations along the route.
The train will depart Yeshwantpur at 7.35 am. It will reach Shravanabelagola at 9.03 am, Hassan at 9.38 am, Sakleshpur at 10.20 am, Subrahmanya Road at 12.40 pm, Kabaka Puttur at 1.25 pm and Mangaluru Junction at 3.05 pm. It will then arrive at Udupi at 4.20 pm, Kundapura at 4.28 pm, Mookambika Road Byndoor at 5.30 pm, Murdeshwar at 6 pm, Gokarna Road at 7 pm and Karwar at 7.45 pm, before reaching Madgaon at 8.55 pm.
In the reverse direction, the train will leave Madgaon at 8.20 am and reach Karwar at 9.03 am, Gokarna Road at 9.48 am, Murdeshwar at 11 am, Mookambika Road Byndoor at 11.20 am, Kundapura at 11.48 am and Udupi at 12.18 pm. It is scheduled to arrive at Mangaluru Junction at 1.50 pm, Kabaka Puttur at 2.43 pm, Subrahmanya Road at 3.28 pm, Sakleshpur at 5.30 pm, Hassan at 6.13 pm and Shravanabelagola at 6.43 pm before reaching Yeshwantpur at 9.15 pm.
The route brings together several important passenger destinations, including Bengaluru, the Hassan–Sakleshpur corridor, pilgrimage and tourism centres in coastal Karnataka, and towns along the Konkan-bound route. The listed halts include Udupi, Murdeshwar, Gokarna Road and Karwar, giving the service a wider regional role beyond the two terminal cities.
The announcement provides the operating days, departure and arrival timings and station halts for the service. The launch event at Mangaluru Junction on November 13 is the next confirmed milestone in the introduction of the Yeshwantpur–Madgaon Vande Bharat Express.
