RAILWAY BUDGET 2008-09
Presenting the Rail
Budget today in Parliament, the Railway Minister, Shri Lalu Prasad announced introduction
of 10 Garib Rath trains to provide better
comfort at lower fare. He also proposed
introduction of 53 new trains and extension of 16 trains. Besides this, frequency of 11 trains will be
increased.
In view of tercentenary
function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Gurta
Gaddi at Nanded, the Railway Minister proposed special trains
from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Nanded during
the celebrations. A special train between
Pune and Delhi during Commonwealth
Youth Games in Pune in October is also proposed.
NEW GARIB RATH
1.
Jaipur-Chandigarh (Tri-weekly) via Rewari-Bhiwani
2.
Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express (Tri-weekly)
3.
Varanasi-Delhi (Tri-weekly)
4.
Bangalore-Kochuveli(Tri-Weekly)
5.
Ranchi-Delhi (Bi-weekly)
6.
Jammu Tawi-Kathgodam (Weekly) (in lieu of Nizamuddin-Dehradun
Garib Rath Express announced in the Railway Budget 2007-08)
7.
Yesvantpur-Puducherry (Tri-weekly)
8.
Jabalpur-Mumbai (Bi-weekly)
9.
Delhi-Jaynagar (Bi-Weekly)
via Patna
10.
Pune-Nagpur (Tri-weekly)
NEW TRAINS
1.
Amravati-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly)
2.
Chennai-Tiruchendur Express (Weekly)
3.
Hyderabad-Usmanabad Express (Tri-weekly)
4.
Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) via Sambalpur
5.
Amritsar-Saharsa Jan Sadharan Express (Weekly) via Hasanpur
6.
Ranchi-Chopan Express(Tri-weekly)
7.
Asansol-Mumbai Express via Jasidih (Weekly) with restoration
of Howrah-Mumbai Mail via Gaya on all 7 days of
the week
8.
Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express (Weekly)
9.
Kochuveli-Dehradun Express (weekly)
10.
Jaynagar-Saharsa Janaki Express (Tri-weekly) via Hasanpur
11.
New Dibrugarh Town-Kamakhya Express (Tri-weekly) via Moranhat
12.
Machallipatnam-Bangalore Express (Tri-weekly)
13.
Surat-Muzaffarpur Express (Weekly) via Azamgarh-Chhapra
14.
Amritsar-Kochuveli Express (Weekly)
15.
Delhi-Pathankot Express (Tri-weekly) via Amritsar
16.
Malda Town-Patna Express (Tri-weekly) via Bhagalpur
17.
Indore-Udaipur Express (Tri-weekly) via Ratlam
18. Varanasi-Rameshwaram Express
(Weekly)
19. Delhi-Jogbani Link Express
(Weekly)
20. Khajuraho-Delhi
Link Express (Tri-weekly)
21. Kamakhya-Gaya
Express (Weekly)
22. Ramnagar-Delhi
Link Express (Daily)
23. Kolkata-Murshidabad
Hazar Duari Express (Weekly)
24. Mathura-Chhapra
Express (Tri-weekly)
25. Gwalior-Indore
Express (Tri-weekly)
26. Udaipur-Delhi
Chetak Express (Tri-weekly) via Ajmer-Neem-ka-Thana
27. Puri-Darbhanga
Express (Weekly)
28. Yeswantpur-Jodhpur
Express (Weekly)
29. Radhikapur-Delhi
Express (Weekly)
30. Vasco-da-gama-Patna
Express (Weekly) via Konkan railway
31. Paradeep-Bhubaneshwar
Express (Daily) in lieu of one pair passenger service between
Paradeep and Cuttack.
32. Bilaspur-Pune
Express (Weekly)
33. Kendurjharagarh-Puri
Express (Daily)
34. Gaya-Chennai Express(Weekly)
35. Balharshah-Mumbai
Link Express (Daily)
36. New Dibrugarh
Town-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Moranhat
37. Ranchi-Bhagalpur
Express (Tri-weekly) via Kiul in lieu of 3405/3406 Ranchi-Bhagalpur Varanchal
Express (Bi-weekly via Kiul)
38. Lucknow-Delhi
Air Conditioned Express (Tri-weekly)
39. Dehradun-Delhi
Air Conditioned Express (Six days)
40. Ahmedabad-Mumbai Air Conditioned Express (Weekly)
41. Chennai-Rameshwaram
Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai-Karaikudi (after Gauge conversion)
42. Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli
Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai (after Gauge conversion)
43. Chennai-Salem
Express (Daily) via Vriddhachalam (after Gauge conversion)
44. Madurai-Tenkasi
Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
45. Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai
Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
46. Mysore-Nanjanagud
Town Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
47. Ahmedabad-Patan
Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
48. Dabhoi-Pratapnagar
Passenger(Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
49. Hajipur-Phulwaria
passenger (Daily) (upon commissioning of new line)
50. Itarsi-Katni Passenger
(Daily)
51. Shoranur-Nilambur
Road Passenger (Daily)
52. Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur
Passenger (Daily)
53. Vasai Road-Panvel
MEMU (Daily)
EXTENSION OF TRAINS
1. 8611/8612 Varanasi-Ranchi to Sambalpur via Rourkela (Bi weekly)
2. 2677/2678 Bangalore-Coimbatore Express to Ernakulam
3. 4207/4208 Delhi-Raebareli Padmavat Express to Pratapgarh
4. 7405/7406 Tirupati-Nizamabad Krishna Express to Adilabad
5. 3225/3226 Danapur-Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar
6. 2855/2856 Nagpur-Raipur Express to Bilaspur
7. 2691/2692 Chennai-Bangalore Express to Sri Sathyasai Prashanti Nilayam
8. 6733/6734 Madurai-Manmad Express to Rameswaram on one side and Okha on the other
9. 2141/2142 Rajendranagar (T)-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express to Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus
10. 2409/2410 Nizamuddin-Bilaspur Gondwana Express to Raigarh
11. 4201/4202 Mathura-Lucknow Express to Patna
12. 2083/2084 Coimbatore-Kumbakonam Jan Shatabdi Express to Mayiladuthurai (after
Gauge conversion)
13. 1423/1424 Solapur-Bagalkot Express to Gadag (after Gauge conversion)
14. 571/572 Bangalore-Salem Passenger to Nagore (after Gauge conversion)
15. 724/725 Tuticorin-Tirunvelveli Passenger to Tiruchendur
16. 356/357 Dharwar-Gadag Passenger to Bijapur
INCREASE IN FREQUENCY
1. 2425/2426 New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Express from weekly to daily
2. 2203/2204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath from bi-weekly to tri-weekly
3. 2449/2450 Nizamuddin-Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express from weekly to bi-weekly
4. 6513/6514 Bagalkot-Yesvantpur Basava Express from tri-weekly to daily
5. 3403/3404 Bhagalpur-Ranchi Express via Andal from five days to daily
6. 2891/2892 Baripada-Bhubaneswar Express from tri-weekly to six days a week
7. 2151/2152 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Howrah Samrasta Express from weekly to bi-weekly
8. 2421/2422 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express from bi-weekly to tri-weekly
9. 2947/2948 Ahmedabad-Patna Azimabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly
10. 2431/2432 Nizamuddin-Thiruvanthapuram Rajdhani Express from bi-weekly to
tri-weekly
11. 5109/5110 Varanasi-Rajgir Buddh Purnima Express from tri-weekly to daily
OK/NCJ/GK/rel.07
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