The 16535 / 16536 Gol Gumbaz Express is a daily express train running between Mysuru and Pandharpur. It is belongs to Indian Railways of South Western Railway zone, Hubballi railway division. Usually 165XX numbering is assigned to Bengaluru railway division
The train is named after the famous Gol Gumbaz, a historical monument located in Vijayapura. It is an important train that connects North Karnataka with Bangalore. This train covers important districts of Karnataka which include Mysuru, Bangalore, Tumkur from south Karnataka, and Haveri, Dharwad, Gadag, Bagalkot, Vijayapura from North Karnataka. Initially ran upto Solapur now upto extended Pandharpur.
The train runs from Mysore via , , , , , , , , , , to Pandharpur.
earlier was used to run with WDP-4. It is hauled by a Hubballi based WAP-7 from pandharapura to Hubballi and after reversing direction at Hubballi, a Krishnarajapuram Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive hauls the train for its remainder leg of journey from hubballi to Mysuru and vice-versa.
This train shares its rake with 16591/16592 Hampi Express.
The train reverses its direction twice at;