Trains on the old route used to take 48 hours to reach Mangalore from Bombay. After the Konkan Railway line was operational in 1998, the route has been changed via the Konkan Railway and the Mangalore–Bombay running time was reduced drastically to 16 hours.
Prior to the introduction of the Konkan Railway in 1998, trains traveling from Bombay to Mangalore took a whopping 48 hours. However, with the new route, which utilizes the Konkan Railway, the journey has been significantly shortened to just 16 hours.