SMVT Bengaluru–Murdeshwar Express

(Redirected from SMVT Bengaluru–Mangaluru Central Tri-weekly Express) Indian Railways express train

Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru - Murdeshwar Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	16 September 2023
Current operator(s)	South Western Railways
Route
Termini	Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru (SMVB) Murdeshwar (MRDW)
Stops	25
Distance travelled	447 km (278 mi)
Average journey time	11 hours 30 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	16585 / 16586
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper, General
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No pantry car attached
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum, 49 km/h (30 mph), including halts

The SMVT Bengaluru – Murdeshwar Express is an Express train belonging to South Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways that run between Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru and Murdeshwar in India. It's a daily base train connecting with number of 16585/16586.

Background

This train was inaugurated on 21 February 2019, Flagged off by Nalin Kumar Kateel an MP of Dakshin Kannada for connectivity between the Mangalore to Bangalore.

The frequency of this train is daily, it covers the distance of 447 km with an average speed of 140 km/h.

As this route is fully electrified, a WAP-4-based locomotive pulls the train to its destination in both directions

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"Mangaluru–Yeshwantpur tri-weekly express from Feb 22". Deccan Herald. Press Trust of India. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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thehindu.com, Retrieved 26 June 2019.

Railways in Southern India

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed