Rail Budget 2014: 58 new trains to be introduced, 11 existing trains to be extended

NEW DELHI: Proposing to introduce new 58 new trains, Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday said that these will include five Jansadharan Trains, five Premium Trains, six AC express trains, 27 express trains, eight passenger trains, two MEMU services and five DEMU services this year.

Announcing this in Parliament while presenting the rail budget, Gowda also proposed to extend the run of 11 existing trains. Gowda said these services would be meeting the demand surges which manifest themselves on special occasions.

He said that special trains would continue to run to meet the holiday and festival rush including services for Melmaruvathur, Velankanni, Jhalawar etc. Here is the list of new trains that have been announced in the Railway Budget:

NEW TRAINS

Jansadharan Trains

i) Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via Surat

ii Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express

iii) Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express

iv) Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan Express via Motihari

v) Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express

Premium Trains

i) Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium AC Express

ii) Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC Express

iii) Secunderabad-- Hazrat Nizamuddin Premium AC Express

iv) Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express

v) Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express

AC Express Trains

i) Vijayawada-NewDelhiAPExpress(Daily)

ii) LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow(Weekly)

iii) Nagpur-Pune(Weekly)

iv) Nagpur-Amritsar(Weekly)

v) Naharlagun-NewDelhi(Weekly)

vi) Nizamuddin-Pune(Weekly)

Express Trains

i) Ahmedabad-Patna Express(Weekly)via Varanasi

ii) Ahmedabad- Chennai Express(Bi-weekly)via Vasai Road

iii) Bengaluru -Mangalore Express(Daily)

iv) Bengaluru -Shimoga Express(Bi-weekly)

v) Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express(Weekly)Via Nagda,Kota

vi) Bidar-Mumbai Express(Weekly)

vii) Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri- weekly)viaBallia,Ghazipur,Varanasi

viii) Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express(6 days a week)

ix) Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express(Daily)

x) Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity Express(Daily)

xi) Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express(Weekly)

xii) Hapa-Bilaspur Express(Weekly)via Nagpur

xiii) Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express(Weekly)

xiv) Indore-Jammu Tawi Express(Weekly)

xv) Kamakhya-Katra Express(Weekly)via Darbhanga

xvi) Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express(Bi-weekly)

xvii) Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express(Weekly)

xviii) Mumbai_Kazipeth Express(Weekly)via Balharshah

xix) Mumbai-Palitana Express(Weekly)

xx) New Delhi -Bhatinda Shatabdi Express(Bi-weekly)

xxi) New Delhi-Varanasi Express(Daily)

xxii) Paradeep-Howrah Express(Weekly)

xxiii) Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express(Weekly)

xxiv) Rajkot-Rewa Express(Weekly)

xxv) Ramnagar-Agra Express(Weekly)

xxvi) Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) Express(Weekly)

xxvii) Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express(Weekly)

Passenger Trains

i) Bikaner-Rewari Passenger(Daily)

ii) Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger(Daily)via Alnavar

iii) Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger(Daily)

iv) Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger(Daily)

v) Hatia-Rourkela Passenger

vi) Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger(Daily)

vii) Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger(Daily)

viii) Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger(Daily)

MEMU services

i) Bengaluru -Ramanagaram 6 days a week(3Pairs)

ii) Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh

DEMU services

i) Bengaluru -Neelmangala (Daily)

ii) Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week)via Ballia

iii) Baramula-Banihal (Daily)

iv) Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)

v) Yesvantpur -Hosur (6 days a week)

EXTENSION OF RUN OF EXISTING TRAINS

i) 22409/22410 Anand Vihar Sasaram Garib Rath Express to Gaya

ii) 12455/12456 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Sriganganagar Express to Bikaner

iii) 15231/15232 Gondia Muzaffarpur Express to Barauni

iv) 12001/12002 New Delhi Bhopal Shatabdi Express to Habibganj

v) 54602 Ludhiana-Hissar Passenger to Sadulpur

vi) 55007/55008 Sonpur-Kaptanganj Passenger to Gorakhpur

vii) 55072/55073 Gorakhpur-Thawe Passenger to Siwan

viii) 63237/63238Buxar-Mughalsarai MEMU to Varanasi

ix) 63208/63211 Jhajha-Patna MEMU to Jasidih

x) 64221/64222 Lucknow Hardoi MEMU to Shahjahanpur

xi) 68002/68007 Howrah-Belda MEMU to Jaleswar