Ballari Jn - Look around and enjoy the station. A sacred place where Mahatma Gandhi once spent 8 hours. - Vishwanath Joshi

To clear xtra rush of passengers the following special trains will run between Yesvantpur & mangalore.06565 will dep fm YPR on Sundays @ 23:55 reach Mangalore @ 17:40 on monday will dep MAQ on monday @ 20:00 to reach YPR on tuesday @ 13:30.Train will run via KRpuram,Bangarpet,Kuppam,Salem,Erode,Tiruppur,Coimbatore,Palakkad,Shoranur,Kozhikode,Vadakara,Thalassery,Kannur,Kasargod.
Source:eenadu Karnataka edition dated today
also given the change in the timings of Vasco-Velankkani will be upto Sep'16

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