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The service is expected to offer passengers an overnight travel option between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

The train will operate via Prayagraj, Kanpur Central, Aligarh and Ghaziabad before reaching New Delhi. These stations serve major urban centres and provide access to neighbouring districts.

All three hail from Bihar and had reportedly been working as labourers at a factory near the railway line for the past two years.

The train will have 16 fully air-conditioned coaches with 823 berths, offering overnight travel between the two cities, he added.

The route via Kalaburagi has been preferred as it has fewer curves and can better support sections where trains can run at speeds of up to 130kmph, a source said.

Social media campaigns originating from Dakshina Kannada have called for the train to halt at both Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction.