Panchaganga Express

The 16595 / 16596 Panchaganga Express is an Express train belonging to South Western Railway zone that runs between KSR Bengaluru and Karwar in India via the Padil Bypass route (bypassing both Mangaluru stations). It is currently being operated with 16595/16596 train numbers on a daily basis. It is the fastest connecting train from Karwar to KSR Bengaluru ^[1][2][3]

Train is named after Gangavali river near Gokarna and Ankola of Uttara Kannada and Panchagangavalli River of Udupi districts.^[4]

This train runs between KSR Bengaluru and Karwar as 16595/16596 Panchaganga Express. It is widely considered - the train which changed the way people travel in Coastal Karnataka. By bypassing both Mangaluru Junction and Mangaluru Central railway stations via the Padil bypass, it has become one of the major reason for the train's tremendous success as it saves minimum 4 hours of travel time to commuters by avoiding the locomotive reversal at Mangaluru.

Few Passengers were asking railway board to operate this train as a single train by connecting Madgaon Junction with Bengaluru. By this Bengaluru people would get one more daily train to Madgaon. But the Railway Board outright rejected this demand and said this train is dedicated to people of Karnataka coastal and not beyond that. Although the people from Bengaluru can connect to Madgaon by this same train (Panchaganga Express) which rake shares with 10109/10110 Karwar - Madgaon Jn Express, but you should book another ticket from Karwar to Madgaon noting the train nos. (10109/10110). By this, there is no need to de-broad the train.