The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) will conduct a high-speed trial on the Mangalore Junction-Nethravathi Station stretch of Southern Railway on Wednesday.

A press release by the Palghat division of the Southern Railway said here on Tuesday that Mr Satheesh Kumar Mittal, Commissioner of Railway Safety (Southern Circle), will conduct high-speed trial using a special train on the newly laid second line between Mangalore Junction and Nethravathi Station on February 8.

The trial run will be conducted between 3 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.

Public and people residing near the track are requested to keep away from the track during the high speed trial run, it said.

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