Several New Trains Proposed in Railway Budget

A railways technical supervisor walks across railway tracks at a station in Hyderabad on February 25, 2011. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: As many as nine new Duronto trains, three Shatabdi Express trains and double-decker air conditioned services on two routes were announced by railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday.

The new Shatabdi Express would link Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi while the AC double-decker services are proposed on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.

The Duronto trains are Allahabad-Mumbai AC (bi-weekly), Pune-Ahmedabad AC (tri-weekly), Sealdah-Puri non-AC (tri- weekly), Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC (tri-weekly), Madurai- Chennai AC (bi-weekly), Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC (bi- weekly), Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC (bi-weekly), Nizamuddin- Ajmer non-AC (bi-weekly) and Shalimar-Patna (tri-weekly).

To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in 2013, Banerjee in her rail budget proposed introduction of new trains called "Vivek Express".

The first four such trains would be introduced on Dibrugarh -Thiruvantharam-Kanyakumari Express (weekly) via Kokrajhar, Dwarka-Tuticorin Express (weekly) via Wadi, Howrah-Mangalore Express (weekly) via Palghat and Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Express (weekly) via Marwar-Degana-Ratangarh-Jakhal-Ludhiana.

Four Kavi Guru Express trains would also proposed to be introduced to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

They will be on the routes of Howrah-Azimganj Express (daily) via Sagardighi, Guwahati-Jaipur Express (weekly) via Kasganj-Faizabad-Gorakhpur-Kokrajhar, Howrah-Bolpur Express (daily) and Howrah-Porbandar Express (weekly).

NEW TRAINS

Following is the list of 56 new express trains proposed to be introduced in Rail Budget 2011:

1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)

2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram

3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan

4. Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola

5. Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat

6. Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur

7. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram

8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur

9. Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra

10. Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)

11. Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh

12. Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur

13. Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)

14. Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad

15. Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)

16. Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur

17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota

18. Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore

19. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)

20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad

21. Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)

22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

23. Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)

24. Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur

25. Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

26. Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda

27. Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)

28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol

29. Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina

30. Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

31. Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura

32. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)

33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)

34. Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa

35. Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg

36. Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)

38. Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)

39. Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)

40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)

41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)

42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh

43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore

44. Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam

45. Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore

46. Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya

47. Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)

48. Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia

49. Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai

50. Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)

51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh

52. Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)

53. Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)

54. Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer

55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)

56. Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)


Following is the list of 13 new passenger trains proposed:

* Delhi-Garhi Harsaru –Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)

* Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswr Fast Passenger (5 days a week)

* Koraput – Bolangir – Sambalpur Passenger (daily)

* Barkakhana-Dehri-on-Sone Passenger (daily)

* Jodhpur-Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)

* Tirupati – Guntakal Passenger (daily)

* Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)

* Bhuj-Palanpur Passenger (daily)

* Silghat-Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)

* Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)

* Abohar-Fazilka Passenger (daily)

* Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)

* Raipur-Korba Passenger (daily)


Following new diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Gondia-Ballarshah

* Vasai road-Diva

* Ratlam-Neemuch

* Ratlam-Chittaurgarh

* Sealdah-Jangipur

* Ahmedabad-Patan

* Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet

* Dharmapuri-Bangalore

* Marikuppam-Bangarpet

* New Jalpaiguri – Balurghat

* Falaknuma-Medchhal

* Mriyalguda-Nadikudi

* Kacheguda-Raichur

* Raichur-Gadwal

* Radhikapur-New Jalpaiguri

* Jalna-Nagarsol

* Nizamabad-Secunderabad

* Kacheguda-Mriyalguda

* Baripada-Bangariposi

* Sealdah-Bhagwangola-Lalgola

* Kolar-Bangalore

* Krishnanagar-Behrampore Court


The following Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Ranchi-Asansol

* Ernakulam-Kollam (via Alappuzha)

* Vasi Road-Panvel

* Bangarpet-Koppam

* Falaknuma-Bhongir

* Midnapore-Jhargram

* Kollam-Nagercoil

* Jhargram-Purulia

The run of the following trains have been proposed to be extended:

1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)

2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)

3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)

4. Solapur-Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)

5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)

6. Nizamuddin-Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)

7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)

8. Lucknow-Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)

9. Chandigarh-Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)

10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)

11. Lucknow-Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)

12. Chennai Egmore-Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)

13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)

14. Sambalpur-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)

15. Mysore-Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)

16. Valsad-Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)

17. Surat-Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025.19026)

18. Sultanpur-Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)

19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)

20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)

21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)

22. Saharanpur-Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)

23. Lucknow-Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)

24. Delhi-Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)

25. Moradabad-Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)

26. Hajipur-Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)

27. Hajipur-Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)

28. Nagercoil-Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)

29. Hyderabad-Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)

30. Hubli-Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)

31. Nagda-Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)

32. Ambala-Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)

33. Ambala-Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)