Railway Minister Announces Implementation of 26 New Trains

Railway Minister Announces Implementation of 26 New Trains

The Minister of Railways Shri Dinesh Trivedi at a press conference here today announced the implementation of 26 new trains, extension of 8 trains and increase in frequency of 5 trains. The 26 new trains will be flagged off within a week or so by the local public representatives from different stations. The extension of trains and increase in frequency of trains will, however, is implemented with immediate effect.

In the Railway Budget 2011-12, announcement for introduction of 132 new trains, extension of 33 trains and increase in frequency of 22 existing trains was made. Of these, 42 new trains have been introduced, 24 trains extensions and 13 increase in frequency of existing trains has been implemented.

In order to cater to the surge of passenger traffic that is seasonal in nature, Indian Railways has followed a strategy of running trains on demand. Recognizing the need to bridge the extremely large gap between supply and demand on one hand and limitations of terminal capacity and line capacity on the railways on the other, a close watch is kept on the wait-list of passengers as well as on important social and cultural events in the region. Exercising operational innovations by way of utilizing spare maintenance capacity and ensuring optimum utilization of assets, special trains are run to the maximum extent feasible for clearance of passenger traffic. Special trains are run not only on traditional festivals and holidays but for also on region specific cultural events like Urs festival at Ajmer and the Durga Puja/Diwali & Chhat festivals.

Between April to September 2011, Railways carried approximately 4120.8 million passengers, which is 5.47% higher than the 3907 million passengers carried during corresponding period of last year. In case of originating passenger earnings, between April-September 2011, Railways have achieved originating earnings of approximately Rs. 14017.7 crore, which is 10.47% higher than the originating earnings of Rs. 12688.8 crore during corresponding period of last year.

Keeping in view the consistent and substantial growth in passenger traffic, Indian Railways will endeavor to introduce new trains, increase frequency of train services and extend some existing trains as announced in the Railway Budget 2011-12 during the course of the financial year and will also run special trains during important festivals and peak seasons this year.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRAINS

SI

Train no. and name

Frequency

1

12025/12026 Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Express

Daily

2

15023/15024 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express

Weekly

3

12593/12594 Lucknow-Bhopal Express

Weekly

4

15669/15670 Guwahati-Dimapur Express:

Daily

5

22471/22472 Bikaner-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express

Daily

6

22481/22482 Jodhpur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express

Bi-weekly

7

19709/19710 Jaipur-Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express

Weekly

8

16349/16350 Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Rajya Rani Express

Daily

9

18417/18418 Jharsuguda-Bhubneswar Rajya Rani Express

Tri-weekly

10

22846/22845 Hatia-Pune Express

Bi-weekly

11

12949/12950 Porbander- Santragachi Kavi Guru Express

Weekly

12

12960/12959 Bhuj-Dadar Express

Bi-weekly

13

19259/19260 Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express

Weekly

14

12993/12994 Gandhidham-Puri Express

Weekly

15

19657/19568 Dwarka-Tuticorin Vivek Express

Weekly

16

22161/22162 Damoh-Bhopal Rajya Rani Express

Daily

17

22815/22816 Ernakulam-Bilaspur Superfast Express

Weekly

18

22609/22610 Mangalore-Palakkad Intercity Express

Daily

19

77676/77677 Mriyalguda-Nadikudi DEMU

6 days a week

20

77675/77678 Kacheguda-Mriyalguda DEMU

6 days a week

21

78017/78018 Baripada-Bangriposi DEMU

6 days a week

22

79433/79434 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU

Daily

22A

79435/79436 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU (With different timings)

6 days a week

23

78819/78820 Gondia-Ballarshah DEMU

Daily

24

53357/53358 Barkakhana-Dehri-On-Sone Passenger

Daily

25

58425/58426 Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswar Fast Passenger

5 days a week

26

19801/19802 Indore-Kota Intercity Express

Daily

EXTENSION

Sl

Train no. and name

1

Extension of 12563/12564 Mumbai-Allahabad Express upto Faizabad

2

Extension of 11423/11424 Solapur-Gadag Express upto Hubli

3

Extension of 56905/56906 Hubli-Bijapur Passenger upto Solapur

4

Extension of 16515/16516 Yesvantpur-Mangalore Express upto Karwar

5

Extension of 18601/18602 Jammu Tawi- Hatia Express upto Rourkela

6

Extension of 58653/58654 Ranchi-Lohardaga Passenger upto Barkichampi

7

Extension of 52045/52046 Dabhoi–Miyagam–KarjanPassenger upto Moti Koral

8.

Extension of 59229/59230 Bhavnagar-Botad passenger upto Dhrangadhara

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:

Sl

Train no. and name

1

11453/11454 Nagpur-Ahmedabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly

2

12079/12080 Bangalore-Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days a week to daily

3

19657/19658 Indore-Udaipur Express from 3 days to daily

4

12981/12982 Udaipur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express from 4 days to daily

5.

52045/52046 Dabhoi-Miyagam Karjan passenger from Bi-weekly to Daily

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