Dear Comrades,
Railway Minister Announces Introduction of New Trains and Other Services
The move Implements the Announcements made in the Railway Budget 2011-12
The move Implements the Announcements made in the Railway Budget 2011-12
The
Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi today announced introduction of 26
new trains, extension of five existing trains, increase in frequency of two existing
trains and introduction of new five sub-urban trains. Most of these new services announced were
part of the Railway Budget 2011-12. The
trains announced in the Railway Budget 2011-12 are implemented by the end of
the financial year i.e. 31st March 2012.
With this announcement, 115 out of 132 new
trains proposed for introduction during Railway Budget 2011-12 will get
introduced, 19 out of 22 increase in frequency of
trains proposed in Railway Budget 2011-12 will be effected and all the
extension of trains proposed in Railway Budget 2011-12 will get
implemented. Efforts are being made to
ensure introduction of other remaining services proposed in the Railway Budget
2011-12 by the stipulated date of 31st March, 2012. Today’s announcement include three Duronto,
one Shatabdi, one fully AC Express, three Rajyarani Express,
nine Mail and Express services, three MEMU services, three DEMU services and
five EMU services.
In case of new trains, local public
representatives as per laid down protocol will be invited by the concerned
Zonal Railway/Divisional Railway for the formal flagging off in next 7 to 10
days.
Extension and increase in frequency of the
existing trains will be introduced with immediate effect, as operationally
feasible.
The list of new trains, extension of existing
services etc. is given below:
Sl
|
Train no. and name
|
1
|
12297/12298 Pune-Ahmedabad
AC Duronto (Tri-weekly)
|
2
|
22209/22210
Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
|
3
|
19405/19406
Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (Weekly)
|
4
|
12567/12568
Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani
Express (Daily)
|
5
|
22101/22102
Manmad-Mumbai Rajya Rani
Express (Daily)
|
6
|
19261/19262
Porbander-Kochuvelli Express (Weekly)
|
7
|
22901/22902
Udaipur-Bandra(T) Express (Tri-weekly)
|
8
|
18511/18512 Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express
|
9
|
57477/57478 Tirupati-Guntakal
Passenger (Daily)
|
10
|
58301/58302 Koraput-Sambalpur
Passenger (Daily)
|
11
|
59425/59426 Bhuj-Palanpur
passenger (Daily)
|
12
|
66302/66303 Ernakulam-Kollam
MEMU (6 days a week)
|
13
|
77683/77684
Jalna-Nagarsol DEMU (6 days a week)
|
14
|
77686/77685
& 77688/77687 Kacheguda – Nizamabad
DEMU (6 days a week)
|
15
|
77681/77682
& 77679/77680 Falaknuma-Medchal DEMU (6 days a
week)
|
16
|
19027/19028
Bandra (T)-Jammu
Tawi Vivek Express
(Weekly)
|
17
|
12293/12294
Allahabad- Mumbai AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
|
18
|
22454/22453
Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani
Express (Daily)
|
19
|
13423/13424
Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (Weekly)
|
20
|
12371/12372
Kolkata-Jaisalmer Express (Weekly)
|
21
|
22451/22452
Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
|
22
|
19407/19408
Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (Weekly)
|
23
|
15033/15034
Haridwar-Ramnagar Express (Tri-weekly)
|
24
|
66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
|
25
|
66300/66301 Ernakulam-Kollam
MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
|
26
|
Introduction of Anandvihar-Kathgodam Shatabdi
Express (4 days a week)
|
EXTENSION:
1. 59803/59802 Nagda-Kota Passenger
extension upto Ratlam
2. 19603/19604 Sultanpur-Ajmer Express
extension upto Ahmedabad
3. 12965/12966 Udaipur-Gwalior Express extension upto
Khajuraho
4. 55007/55008 Hajipur-Thawe Passenger
extension upto Kaptanganj
5.12891/12892 Bhubaneswar-Baripada Express
extension upto Bangriposi
INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:
1. 59025/59026 Surat-Amravati Fast Passenger from 2 to 3 days a week.
2. 15279/15280 Saharsa-Adarsh Nagar Delhi Express from weekly to bi-weekly
SUBURBAN:
1 Avadi-Chennai
Beach
2
Chennai Beach-Gummidipundi
3 Gummidipundi-Chennai Beach
4 Chennai
Central-Tiruvallur
5 Tiruvallur-Chennai Central
AKS/HK/LK/TR
(Release ID :80749)
