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Seventy Three New Trains Introduced

73 new trains are being introduced which includes 17 Premium trains, 39 Express trains, 10 Passenger trains, 4 MEMU and 3 DEMU in this year’s Interim Railway Budget. Three trains will be extended and frequency of same number of trains will be increased.

Premium Trains:

                   i.            Howrah – Pune AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Manmad

                  ii.            Kamakhya – New Delhi AC Express (Weekly) via Chhapra, Varanasi

                 iii.            Kamakhya – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) via Malda, Howrah

                iv.            Mumbai – Howrah AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Raipur

                v.            Mumbai – Patna AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Itarsi, Manikpur

               vi.            Nizamuddin – Madgaon AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Kota, Vasai Road

              vii.            Sealdah –Jodhpur AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Mughalsarai

             viii.            Yesvantpur - Jaipur AC Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Pune, Vasai Road

              ix.            Ahmedabad – Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Tri-weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer, Rewari

              x.            Bandra – Amritsar Express (Weekly) Via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala

              xi.            Bandra (T) – Katra Express (Weekly) via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala

             xii.            Gorakhpur – New Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Lucknow, Moradabad

            xiii.            Katra – Howrah Express (Weekly) Express via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Saharanpur

            xiv.            Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express ( Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Jhansi, Kanpur

            xv.            Patna– Bangalore Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Chheoki, Manikpur, Nagpur

           xvi.            Yesvantpur – Katra Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Kacheguda, Nagpur, New Delhi

           xvii.            Thiruvananthpuram – Bangalore (Yesvantpur) Express (Bi- weekly) via Erode, Tirupattur

Express Trains :

                   i.            Ahmedabad – Katra Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Rewari, Hisar, Bathinda, Amritsar

                   ii.            Ahmedabad – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Bandikui, Mathura, Kasganj

                  iii.            Ahmedabad – Allahabad Express (Weekly) via Jalgaon, Khandwa, Itarsi, Satna, Manikpur

                  iv.            Amritsar – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sitapur Cantt.

                   v.            Aurangabad – Renigunta Express (Weekly) via Parbhani, Bidar, Vikarabad

                 vi.            Bangalore – Chennai Express (Daily) via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai

                vii.            Bandra (T) – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Kota, Mathura, Kasganj

               viii.            Bareilly – Bhopal Express (Weekly) via Chandausi, Aligarh, Tundla, Agra

               ix.            Bhavnagar – Bandra Express (Weekly) via Ahmedabad

               x.            Bhavnagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Link Express (Weekly)

              xi.            Gandhidham – Puri Express (Weekly)

             xii.            Gorakhpur – Pune Express (Weekly) via Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Manmad

            xiii.            Guntur-Kacheguda Double Decker Express (Bi-weekly);

           xiv.            Howrah – Yeswantpur AC Express (Weekly)via Bhubaneswar, Gudur, Katpadi

            xv.            Hubli – Mumbai Express (weekly) via Bijapur, Sholapur

           xvi.            Hyderabad – Gulbarga Intercity (Daily)

          xvii.            Jaipur – Chandigarh Intercity (Daily) via Jhajjar;

          xviii.            Kacheguda – Tirupati Double Decker Express (Bi Weekly);

          xix.            Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via New Delhi, Ambala

           xx.            Kanpur – Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura, Kota

          xxi.            Lucknow – Kathgodam Express (Tri-weekly)

         xxii.            Manduadih – Jabalpur Express (Weekly) via Allahabad, Manikpur, Satna

        xxiii.            Malda Town – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) via Amethi & Rae Bareli;

        xxiv.            Mannargudi – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via, Jaipur

        xxv.            Mumbai – Chennai Express (Weekly) via Pune, Gulbarga, Wadi

        xxvi.            Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Gonda, Balrampur, Barhani (after gauge conversion);

       xxvii.            Mumbai – Karmali AC Express (Weekly) via Roha

      xxviii.            Nanded – Aurangabad Express (Weekly) via Purna, Parbhani

      xxix.            Nagpur – Rewa Express (Weekly) via Satna

      xxx.            Nagercoil – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) via Karur, Namakkal, Salem

     xxxi.            Pune – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Khandwa, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Kanpur

    xxxii.            Ramnagar – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) via Moradabad, Saharanpur

   xxxiii.            Ranchi – New Jalpaiguri Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Katihar

  xxxiv.            Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express (Weekly) via Kazipeth, Vijaywada

  xxxv.            Santragachi – Anandvihar Express (Weekly)

  xxxvi.            Srigangnagar – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Abohar, Bathinda, Dhuri

xxx  vii.            Thiruvananathapuram-Nizamuddin Express (Bi-weekly) one day via Kottayam and one day via Allepey

x   xxviii.            Varanasi – Mysore Express (Bi-weekly) via Wadi, Daund

x    xxix.            Balurghat – Howrah (Bi-Weekly)

    

Passenger trains :

       i.            Bina – Katni Passenger (Daily)

     ii.            Dekargaon – Naharlagun Passenger (Daily) after completion of new line

  iii.            Gunupur - Visakhapatnam Passenger (Daily)

  iv.            Hubli - Belgaum Fast Passenger (Daily)

     v.            Jaipur – Phulera Passenger (Daily)

  vi.            Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)

vii.            Punalur – Kanniyakumari Passenger (Daily) via Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram

viii.            Sambalpur – Bhawanipatna Passenger (Daily)

  ix.            Tatanagar – Chakulia Passenger (Daily)

     x.            Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli Passenger (Daily)

MEMU Trains :

       i.            Anand – Dakor (Daily 2 services)

     ii.            Anuppur-Ambikapur (6 days a week)

  iii.            Delhi – Rohtak Passenger (Daily 2 services)

  iv.            Santragachi – Jhargram (5 days a week)

DEMU Trains :

          i.            Morbi – Maliya Miyana

        ii.            Ratlam – Fatehabad Chandrawati Ganj (Daily) after gauge conversion

     iii.            Rewari – Rohtak (Daily)

Extension of Trains

       i.            14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sujangarh Express to Jodhpur

     ii.            15281/15282 Patna – Saharsa Express to Murliganj

  iii.            15013 / 15014 Kathgodam – Bhagat Ki Kothi Ranikhet Express to Jaisalmer

Increase in Frequency:

       i.            16571/16572 Bidar – Yesvantpur Express 3 days to daily

     ii.            17225/17226 Hubli – Vijayawada Express from 3 days to daily

  iii.            17319/17320 Hubli – Secunderabad Express from 3 days to daily

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(Release ID :103522)