Mangaluru and Hubballi are the two major cities in Karnataka, of which one is in Coastal Karnataka and another is in North Karnataka. Both cities are commercial hubs of Karnataka. NITK Surathkal which is one of the best NITs in India is situated in Surathkal,Mangaluru. Dakshina Kannada district is famous for tourist,religious places. Thousands of people visit famous temples of Karnataka like Kukke Shri Subrahmanya Temple, Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Shri Manjunatha Swamy Temple daily. 

Earlier, during 1990s Mahalakshmi Express train used to run between Mangaluru and Miraj via Hubballi,Arsikere which used to help people of Karnataka to connect Coastal Karnataka and North Karnataka. This train service was stoppes during gauge conversion. 

After considering the demands, Mangaluru Junction-Vijayapura Tatkal Express Special train was started in 2019, which had good response from public. Many people used to travel in this train between Mangaluru and Vijayapura. The train timings was not friendly to passengers and in 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic got spreading, due to lockdown this train was canceled with other trains.

Now, at present this train has been resumed and currently operating as Train Number 07377/07378 Mangaluru Junction-Vijayapura Express Special. Train Number 07377 Vijayapura-Mangaluru Junction Express Special departs Vijayapura at 6:15PM, reaches SSS Hubballi Junction at 11:40PM, departs from there at 11:50PM and arrives Mangaluru Junction at 12:40PM

Train Number 07378 departs Mangaluru Junction at 2:50PM, reaches SSS Hubballi Junction at 3:35AM, departs from there at 3:45PM and reaches Vijayapura at 9:35AM.

Timings of present train is not suitable for the passengers as the train departs Vijayapura at evening, reaches Hubballi at mid night and Mangaluru at noon on next day. During return journey,the train departs Mangaluru at afternoon,reaches Hubballi at early morning next day and Vijayapura at morning. The train takes almost 19 hours to cover 782 Kms which can covered in 12-13 hours. Annigere, which is one of major town between Hubballi and Gadag doesn't have stop for this train.Also, since this train is running as special train, the ticket fare is more compared to other mail/express trains. Due to this,passengers are facing problems. 

So, for the benefits of passengers and making this train friendly and highly useful for the people of both region, the timings of this train should be made as follows and should be extended till Mangaluru Central railway station as Mangaluru Central railway station is located at main part of Mangaluru city.

Train Number 07377 Vijayapura-Mangaluru Central Express( ifextended upto Mangaluru Central)

Departure from Vijayapura: 3:30PM

Arrival at SSS Hubballi Junction: 8:30PM

Departure from SSS Hubballi Junction: 8:40PM

Arrival at Mangaluru Junction: 8:45AM(next day)

Departure from Mangaluru Junction: 8:50AM

Arrival at Mangaluru Central: 9:10AM

Train Number 07378 Mangaluru Central-Vijayapura Express(if extended upto Mangaluru Central)

Departure from Mangaluru Central: 6PM

Arrival at Mangaluru Junction: 6:10PM

Departure from Mangaluru Junction: 6:15PM

Arrival at SSS Hubballi Junction: 5:15AM(next day)

Departure from SSS Hubballi Junction: 5:30AM

Arrival at Vijayapura: 11:30AM

Requesting to revise the timetable as mentioned above and run this train as 10 coaches from 14 coaches,until platfrom constraints at Mangaluru Central gets solved and convert this train from Tatkal Express Special to normal express/mail express train and give stop for this train at Annigere railway station.

Expecting many people to sign this petition and share as much as possible