Dear Comrades,
The Ministry of Railways has released its new All
India Railway Time Table known as “TRAINS AT A GLANCE
(TAG)” which has come into effect from 1st July, 2012. In addition to this All India Time table, all
the 17 zonal Railways have also released their zonal railway time tables which
too have come into effect from 1st July, 2012. Passengers are advised to refer to the new timings w.e.f.
1st July 2012 before starting the journey. The new Trains at a Glance will also be shortly
uploaded on Railways’ official website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in.
The salient features of Trains at a
Glance-2012 are as under:
1.
Encouraged by the
public response over the past few years all the user-friendly features of
Trains at a Glance viz. how to read a table, route map, station index, trains between important stations, station code index, Train number index, Train name index, has been retained.
2.
Commercial
information of passenger use and interest viz. advance reservation period,
reservation through internet, refund rules and rail travel concessions have
been suitably updated. New addition to the fare chart is the fare for AC and
mixed type of Duronto services.
3.
Information
regarding Vigilance organization, Public grievance machinery, disaster
management and catering services have been incorporated.
4.
Railway Budget 2012-13 announcements:
The details of all the train services
announced and which have been
incorporated in the Trains at a Glance are as under:
|
Name
of services
|
No. of service
|
|
·
Fully AC Express
|
07
|
|
·
Double Decker AC
|
02
|
|
·
Shatabdi
|
01
|
|
·
Intercity Express
|
11
|
|
·
Express Services
|
54
|
|
·
Passenger Services
|
21
|
|
·
MEMU
|
08
|
|
·
DEMU
|
09
|
5.
113 new trains,
39 extension and 23 increase in frequency of existing
trains have been announced in the Railway Budget 2012-13 and these have been
incorporated in the TAG-2012.
6.
Within the next
one month, 37 new trains, 29 extensions of train services and increase in
frequency of 7 trains are likely to be introduced.
AKS/HK/LK/TR
(Release ID :85089)
