Palakkad, Aug. 30 -- The Southern Railway's Palakkad Division has announced an Onam Special train service between SMVB Bengaluru to Mangaluru Central via Shoranur, starting from August 31, to ease the holiday rush during the Onam season .
Onam, the biggest festival of Keralites, falls on September four (Uthradam) and five (Thiruvonam). Thousands of Malayalees living in Bangalore for education , business and IT jobs, regular train tickets are already sold out, while Private/Tourist buses on the route are charging high fares during the Onam season.
To meet the extra demand, Train No 06003, Mangalore- SMVT Bangalore Express Special will depart from Mangalore Central at 11p.m. on August 31 and reach Bengaluru at 2:30 p.m. on September one.
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