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- Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced extending the Madgaon-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express to Bengaluru.
- The service will run as Train Nos. 26655/26656 between Yesvantpur and Madgaon via Mangaluru.
- September trial runs with a 16-coach rake covered Yesvantpur-Mangaluru in under seven hours.
- It will be the first self-propelled train on the 55-km Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya ghat after 2025 electrification.
- Business groups and the Kanara Chamber urge a morning start from Mangaluru to preserve a workday.
