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Ajmer-Bangalore Express extended

Hubli: South Western Railway will extend the services of Ajmer-Bangalore-Ajmer biweekly express trains (6509/6510) up to Mysore, according to a release.

The services of the trains renamed as Ajmer-Mysore-Ajmer biweekly express (6209/ 6210) will be formally inaugurated by Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday at 9.10 a.m. at Yeshwanthpur Railway Station in Bangalore.

However the regular services of Mysore-Ajmer Biweekly Express (6210) will commence from February 12. The train will leave Mysore at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and reach Ajmer at 5 p.m. the second day.

In the return direction the regular services of Ajmer-Mysore biweekly express will commence from February 15. The train will leave Ajmer at 5.50 a.m. on Fridays and Sundays and reach Mysore at 7.10 a.m. the second day.

There will be no change in the timings of the renamed trains between Bangalore and Ajmer. The trains will have 21 coaches with two AC 2-tier coaches, two AC 3-tier coaches, eleven second class sleepers, three general second class coaches and two second class luggage cum brake vans and a pantry car, the release said.

SWR has decided to attach an additional second class sleeper coach to Yeshwanthpur-Mangalore-Yeshwanthpur express trains (6517/6518) with effect from February 10 from Yeshwanthpur, and from February 11 from Mangalore-end.

The revised composition of the trains will be 17 coaches comprising one AC 2-tier coach, one AC 3-tier coach, seven second class sleepers, six general second class and two second class luggage cum brake vans.

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