Mysore/Mysuru, April 10 -- Union Ministers Somanna and HDK conduct window-trailing inspection

The maximum speed of trains operating between Bengaluru and Mysuru has been increased from 110 kmph to 135 kmph, enabling the distance to be covered in about an hour, said Union Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna.

Addressing a joint press meet along with Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) at the Office of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division yesterday, Somanna said railway works worth Rs. 52,950 crore were currently underway across the State. Over the past 10 years, about 1,750 kms of new railway tracks have been laid.

Highlighting railway development in the cou...