Several State capitals will now have direct trains (Rajya Rani Express) connecting them to important cities/towns in those States.  Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee announced that ten such trains will be introduced in the ensuing Financial Year.  These proposed new trains are:

1. Sawantwadi Road-Mumbai Express (daily)
2. Saharsa-Patna Intercity Express (daily)
3. Meerut-Lucknow Intercity Express (daily)
4. Mysore-Bangalore Express (daily)
5. Damoh-Bhopal Intercity Express (daily)
6. Silghat-Dhubri Intercity Express (tri-weekly via Guwahati-Kokrajhar-Jogighopa)
7. Bankura-Howrah Express (tri-weekly)
8. Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Link Express (daily)
9. Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar Express (tri-weekly)
10. Manmad-Mumbai Express (daily) via Nasik

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