Mangaluru: Konkan Railway in co-ordination with Central and Southern Railways will run special trains between Pune and Mangaluru Junction to clear extra rush of passengers during Winter and Christmas.

Train 01301 Pune-Mangaluru Junction (weekly) special will leave Pune at 6:50pm on December 26 and January 2, 2018 and reach Mangaluru Junction at 12.30pm the next day. Train 01302 Mangaluru Junction – Pune (weekly) special will leave Mangaluru Junction at 3:45pm on December 27 and January 3 and reach Pune at 1.10pm the next day.

Train will halt at Lonavala, Panvel, Roha, Khed, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Kudal, Thivim, Madgaon junction, Karwar, Kumta, Kundapur, Udupi and Mulki stations. The trains will have 18 coaches including one two-tier AC coach, six three-tier AC coaches, five sleeper coaches, four general coaches and two SLR coaches.