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Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Last updated on: March 14, 2012 17:21 IST

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Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced 75 new Express Trains, 21 Passenger Trains, 8 new MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) services and 9 DEMU (Diesel Multiple Unit Trains) services.

He said the new services, includes extending the service of 39 trains and increasing frequency of 23 trains.

He said the new Express Trains would include 9 AC Express Trains including double Decker Express Trains between Chennai-Bangalore and Habibganj-Indore.

1. Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak (T) AC Express (Weekly) via Katihar, Mughalsarai, Itarsi
2. Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada
3. Bandra (T)-Bhuj AC Express (Tri-Weekly)
4. Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur AC Express (Tri-Weekly) via Ambala, Jalandhar
5. Coimbatore-Bikaner AC Express (Weekly) via,Roha,Vasai Road,Ahmedabad,Jodhpur
6. Kakinada-Secunderabad AC Express (Tri-weekly)
7. Yesvantpur-Kochuveli AC Express ( Weekly)

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Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Image: A commuter smokes inside a passenger train in Jammu.
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8. Chennai-Bangalore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)
9. Habibganj-Indore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)
10. Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days a week) via Malda Town
11. Kamakhya-Tezpur Intercity Express (Daily)
12. Tiruchchirappalli-Tirunelveli Intercity Express (Daily) via Madurai,Virudunagar
13. Jabalpur-Singrauli Intercity Express (Daily) via New Katni Jn.
14. Bidar-Secunderabad Intercity Express (6 days a week)
15. Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)
16. Chhapra-Manduadih Intercity Express (Daily) via Phephna, Rasra, Mau, Aunrihar
17. Ranchi-Dumka Intercity Express (Daily) via Deoghar
18. Barbil-Chakradharpur Intercity Express (Daily) via Dongoaposi, Jhinkpani
19. Secunderabad-Belampalli Intercity Express(Daily) via Kazipet
20. New Jalpaiguri - New Cooch Behar Intercity Express (5 days a week)

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Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Image: Commuters travel in a suburban train in Mumbai.
Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters.

21. Ahmedabad-Ajmer Intercity Express (Daily)
22. Dadar (T)- Tirunelveli Express (Weekly) via Roha, Coimbatore,Erode
23. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)
24. Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada,Manmad
25. Indore-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Itarsi,Narkher,Amravati,Akola,Kacheguda
26. Ajmer-Haridwar Express (Tri-weekly) via Delhi
27. Amravati-Pune Express (Bi-weekly) via Akola, Purna and Latur
28. Kacheguda-Madurai Express (Weekly) via Dharmavaram,Pakala,Jolarpettai
29. Bikaner-Puri Express (Weekly) via Jaipur,Kota,Katni Murwara, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur
30. Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly) via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Jhajha
31. Bilaspur-Patna Express (Weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha
32. Howrah-Raxual Express (Bi-weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha, Barauni

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Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

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33. Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna Link Express (Daily) via Vizianagaram
34. Puri-Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam, Guntur
35. Sai Nagar Shirdi-Pandharpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kurduwadi
36. Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam,Gudur
37. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express (Weekly) via Titlagarh,Raipur 59
38. Howrah-Lalkuan Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai,Varanasi,Lucknow
39. Kolkata-Jaynagar Express (Weekly) via Asansol,Jhajha,Barauni
40. Dibrugarh-Kolkata Express (Weekly)
41. Firozpur-Sriganganagar Express (Daily) via Fazilka,Abohar
42. Jaipur-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Nagda, Bhopal, Narkher, Amravati, Akola
43. Okha-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Ajmer
44. Adilabad-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Daily) via Mudkhed
45. Shalimar-Chennai Express (Weekly)

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Union Budget 2012-13: Complete coverage

Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Image: Commuters rush into a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai.
Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters.

46. Mysore-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Bangalore,Dharmavaram,Bellary
47. Valsad-Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Marwar
48. Porbander-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Viramgam,Vasai Road
49. Bandra (T)-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Phulera
50. Hapa-Madgaon Express (Weekly) via Vasai Road,Roha
51. Bikaner-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Jodhpur,Marwar,Ahmedabad
52. Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur,Jaipur,Mathura,Farrukhabad, Kanpur
53. Durg-Jagdalpur Express (Tri-Weekly) via Titlagarh
54. Mannargudi - Tirupati Express (Tri-Weekly) viaThiruvarur,Villupuram,Katpadi
55. Gandhidham-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Morbi
56. Kota-Hanumangarh Express (Daily) via Jaipur,Degana,Bikaner
57. Jhansi-Mumbai Express (Weekly) via Gwalior, Maksi, Nagda
58. Secunderabad-Nagpur Express (Triweekly) via Kazipet
59. Kanpur-Amritsar Express (Weekly) via Farrukhabad, Bareilly
60. Chappra-Lucknow Express (Tri-Weekly) via Masrakh,Thawe,Padrauna

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Image: Rajdhani Express.

61. Karimnagar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Pedapalli
62. Anandvihar-Haldia Express(Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Gomoh, Purulia
63. Barrackpore-Azamgarh Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Ballia, Mau
64. Indore-Rewa Express ( Tri-weekly) via Bina
65. Running of independent train between Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin by delinking from
12405/12406 Bhusawal- Hazrat Nizamuddin and 12409/12410 Raigarh-Nizamuddin Gondwana Express
66. Darbhanga-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Raxaul, Sitapur, Bareilly, Kasganj, Mathura
67. Solapur-Yesvantpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Gulbarga
68. Chennai-Puri Express (Weekly)
69. Hyderabad-Ajmer Express (Weekly)via Manmad, Itarsi, Ratlam
70. Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly) via Purulia, Sambalpur,Vizianagaram
71. Shalimar-Bhuj Express (Weekly) via Bilaspur, Katni, Bhopal
72. Amritsar- Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Weekly)
73. Santragachi-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Kharagpur, Chandil, Barkakana, Katni, Kota
74. Malda Town-Surat Express ( Weekly) via Rampur Hat, Asansol, Nagpur
75. Dwarka-Somnath Express (Daily)

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Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Image: More passenger trains.

Passenger Trains

  1. Koderma-Nawadih Passenger (6 Days)
  2. Sriganganagar-Suratgarh Passenger (Daily)
  3. Yerraguntla-Nosam/Nanganapalli Passenger (Daily)
  4. Villupuram-Katpadi Passenger (Daily)
  5. Gunupur-Palasa (via Parlakhemundi) Passenger (Daily)
  6. Ajmer-Pushkar Passenger (5 Days)
  7. Kota-Jhalawar City Passenger (Daily)
  8. Bareilly-Kasganj Passenger (Daily)
  9. Anandnagar-Barahani Passenger (Daily)
  10. Rangiya-Tezpur Passenger (Daily)
  11. Mysore-Shravan belgola (Daily)
  12. Jodhpur-Bilara Passenger (Daily)
  13. Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)
  14. Rohtak-Panipat Passenger (Daily)
  15. Miraj-Kurudwadi Passenger (Daily)
  16. Phulera-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
  17. Mysore-Chamarajanagar Passenger (Daily)
  18. Gorakhpur-Siwan Passenger (Daily)
  19. Running of independent Passenger trains between Rewa-Bilaspur & rewa-Chirmiri by delinking from 51751/51752 rewa-Bilaspur Passenger & 51753/51754 rewa-Chirmir Passenger
  20. Mysore-Birur Passenger via Arsikere (Daily) Jhansi-Tikamgarh Passenger via Lalitpur

Railway Budget: 75 new Express Trains

Image: More trains to ease travel.

MEMU


Dahod-Anand

Anand-Gandhinagar

Bina-Bhopal MEMU service in lieu of conventional services

Palakkad-Coimbatore-Erode

Ernakulam-Thrisur

Adra-Asansol

Adra-Bishnupur via Bankura

Sealdah-Lalgola

DEMU

Baripada-Bangriposi(Daily)

Masagram-Matnashibpur (Daily)

Mannargudi-Trichy-Manamadurai (Daily)

Hoshiarpur-Firozpur (Daily)

Siliguri-Changrabandha (Daily)

Pratapnagar-Chota Udepur (Daily)

New Jalpaiguri-Bamanhat DEMU service in lieu of conventional services.