Passengers and activists want the railways to start running electric trains between Bengaluru and Tumakuru now that the section has been electrified and approved.
On November 4, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) approved the operation of electric trains on the 69.47-km line.
The green signal has rekindled hopes of more trains being run between the two cities for the benefit of regular passengers. Before the pandemic, an average of 20 trains ran in each direction a day. Several were long-distance passenger trains that were converted into express trains after the second wave of Covid-19.
