After a gap of over eight months, South Western Railway (SWR) resumed unreserved passenger train services in the city. It operated six trains including Mysuru-Bangarpet, Bengaluru-Marikuppam and Hindupur-Yeshwanthpur services. For the first time, the Bengaluru division of SWR introduced a Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) train from Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Station, Bengaluru, to Hosur after getting approval from the Railway Board.
Rail enthusiast Abhishek R, who was among the 20-30 commuters who took the maiden service to Hosur, said: “Running MEMU trains from the city to Hosur has been a long pending demand among commuters. It was a good experience to travel in the first such service.”
The train pulled out of KSR station at 7.15 a.m and reached Hosur in a little over an hour, at 8.35 a.m. “The introduction of MEMU will help thousands of the employees working in IT and other sectors. They can get down at Heelalige and other stations to reach their workplaces. SWR…