Enjoy the beauty of Western Ghats, travelling onboard the Vistadome coaches

A drive parallel to the beautiful mountain ranges of Western Ghats is a compelling experience for any traveler.

Now with newly added Vistadome coaches in the Bengaluru and Mangaluru tri-weekly day trains, one can savor the Western Ghats which is home to mountain ranges and a hotspots of biological diversity.

As the train passes  Sakeshpur and Subrahmanya Road stations, which are Western Ghat sections, one can enjoy this natural beauty of Western Ghats looking through the windows.

Vistadome coaches are European-style coaches equipped with advanced features such as large glass windows, glass roofs, observation lounges and rotatable seats which can rotate up to 180 degrees for passengers.

According to a Press release, train No 06211/06212 Yeshwantpur-Karwar-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly express special will get the Vistadome coaches from July 7 from Yeshwantpur and from July 8 from Mangaluru Junction. The service between Mangaluru Junction and Karwar remains temporarily cancelled.

Train No 06575/06576 Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur tri-weekly special (Gomateshwara Express) will get these coaches from July 8, from Yeshwantpur and from July 9, from Mangaluru Junction, the release said.

The weekly special, Train No 06539/06540 Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction-Yeshwantpur, will get these coaches from July 10 from Yeshwantpur and July 11 from Mangaluru Junction.

Booking starts on July 3 and the fares will be the same as Executive Class of the Shatabdi service. The fare between Yeshwantpur and Mangaluru will come to be nearly Rs.1,500.

South Western Railway received the Vistadome coaches about four months ago and made plans to introduce them on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru trains to boost tourist traffic. However, the onset of the second wave of COVID-19 discouraged the Railways from going ahead with the proposal. The train services, including day and overnight, however, continued despite the lockdown during the second wave.