16518 Kannur-Bengaluru City Express Train

Though Hassan to Bangalore route is available, this train still goes via Mysore. Please change the route to use new Hassan Bangalore route and save 2 hours of additional journey. Please make it reach Bangalore central on time. Its always 30 to 45 minutes. Its on time till the Kengeri station which is not even 15 minutes away. There should be 2 separate trains from karwar and Kannur as well. Its very hard to get tickets one needs to book at least a month in advance.

Kindly revise the existing departure timing of Cannanore (CAN) – Bangalore (SBC) Express(16518)
At present Kannur - Yesvantpur Express/16518 is leaving CAN at 16:30 and two hours are wasting at MAQ. Kannur - Yesvantpur Express/16518 shall leave Kannur 18.10 hrs instead of 16.30hrs, to save 2 hours being wasted at Mangalore Central. There are some weekly/bi-weekly trains at 18.15hrs from Kannur (12483-Amritsar, 12287-Dehradun, 12202-Garibrath, etc). These trains can leave around 18:20 from CAN just behind the 16518. If 16518 CAN-YPR express leaves at 18.10hrs from Kannur, it can reach Mangalore Central before 20.20 hrs. Unnecessarily, 2 hours of passengers are lost due to the existing timing. The timing proposed above is of great advantage for the Bangalore passengers from Kannur to Kasargod. At present, Kannur-Yesvantpur express is waiting for Karwar-Yesvantpur express (16524) at Mangalore Central Station for around 2 hours. Also this train is blocking one of the platform at MAQ for two hours.

16518 Reaches Mangalore Central at 7PM and waits 16524 till 9 PM and compartments from both the sides are linked together which proceeds to Bangalore. Instead of making the passengers from Kannur making to wait for 2 hours at Mangalore Central it is better to change the departure time to 6:30PM instead of 4:30PM. Or best solution is to provide two separate trains from Kannur and Karwar.