Railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge today presented the interim rail budget in Lok Sabha .Rail Budget 2014: List of new trains

Railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge today presented the interim rail budget in Lok Sabha.

New Delhi: Union Rail Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced 72 new trains in Interim Railway Budget 2014. Of the new trains, 17 are premium trains, 38 express trains, 10 passenger trains, 4 MEMUs and 3 DEMUs.

Besides the new services, three trains will be extended and frequency of same number of trains will be increased.

Premium Trains

Howrah – Pune AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Manmad
Kamakhya – New Delhi AC Express (Weekly) via Chhapra, Varanasi
Kamakhya – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) via Malda, Howrah
Mumbai – Howrah AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Raipur
Mumbai – Patna AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Itarsi, Manikpur
Nizamuddin – Madgaon AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Kota, Vasai Road
Sealdah –Jodhpur AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Mughalsarai
Yesvantpur - Jaipur AC Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Pune, Vasai Road
Ahmedabad – Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Tri-weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer, Rewari
Bandra – Amritsar Express (Weekly) Via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala
Bandra (T) – Katra Express (Weekly) via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala
Gorakhpur – New Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Lucknow, Moradabad
Katra – Howrah Express (Weekly) Express via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Saharanpur
Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express ( Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Jhansi, Kanpur
Patna– Bangalore Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Chheoki, Manikpur, Nagpur
Yesvantpur – Katra Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Kacheguda, Nagpur, New Delhi
Thiruvananthpuram – Bangalore (Yesvantpur) Express (Bi- weekly) via Erode, Tirupattur

Express Trains

Ahmedabad – Katra Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Rewari, Hisar, Bathinda, Amritsar
Ahmedabad – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Bandikui, Mathura, Kasganj
Ahmedabad – Allahabad Express (Weekly) via Jalgaon, Khandwa, Itarsi, Satna, Manikpur
Amritsar – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sitapur Cantt.
Aurangabad – Renigunta Express (Weekly) via Parbhani, Bidar, Vikarabad
Bangalore – Chennai Express (Daily) via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai
Bandra (T) – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Kota, Mathura, Kasganj
Bareilly – Bhopal Express (Weekly) via Chandausi, Aligarh, Tundla, Agra
Bhavnagar – Bandra Express (Weekly) via Ahmedabad
Bhavnagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Link Express (Weekly)
Gandhidham – Puri Express (Weekly)
Gorakhpur – Pune Express (Weekly) via Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Manmad
Guntur-Kacheguda Double Decker Express (Bi-weekly);
Howrah – Yeswantpur AC Express (Weekly)via Bhubaneswar, Gudur, Katpadi
Hubli – Mumbai Express (weekly) via Bijapur, Sholapur
Hyderabad – Gulbarga Intercity (Daily)
Jaipur – Chandigarh Intercity (Daily) via Jhajjar;
Kacheguda – Tirupati Double Decker Express (Bi Weekly);
Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via New Delhi, Ambala
Kanpur – Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura, Kota
Lucknow – Kathgodam Express (Tri-weekly)
Manduadih – Jabalpur Express (Weekly) via Allahabad, Manikpur, Satna
Malda Town – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) via Amethi & Rae Bareli;
Mannargudi – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via, Jaipur
Mumbai – Chennai Express (Weekly) via Pune, Gulbarga, Wadi
Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Gonda, Balrampur, Barhani (after gauge conversion
Mumbai – Karmali AC Express (Weekly) via Roha
Nanded – Aurangabad Express (Weekly) via Purna, Parbhani
Nagpur – Rewa Express (Weekly) via Satna
Nagercoil – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) via Karur, Namakkal, Salem
Pune – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Khandwa, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Kanpur
Ramnagar – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) via Moradabad, Saharanpur
Ranchi – New Jalpaiguri Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Katihar
Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express (Weekly) via Kazipeth, Vijaywada
Santragachi – Anandvihar Express (Weekly)
Srigangnagar – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Abohar, Bathinda, Dhuri
Thiruvananathapuram-Nizamuddin Express (Bi-weekly) one day via Kottayam and one day via Allepey
Varanasi – Mysore Express (Bi-weekly) via Wadi, Daund

Passenger trains

Bina – Katni Passenger (Daily)
Dekargaon – Naharlagun Passenger (Daily) after completion of new line
Gunupur - Visakhapatnam Passenger (Daily)
Hubli - Belgaum Fast Passenger (Daily)
Jaipur – Phulera Passenger (Daily)
Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)
Punalur – Kanniyakumari Passenger (Daily) via Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
Sambalpur – Bhawanipatna Passenger (Daily)
Tatanagar – Chakulia Passenger (Daily)
Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli Passenger (Daily)

MEMU Trains

Anand – Dakor (Daily 2 services)
Anuppur-Ambikapur (6 days a week)
Delhi – Rohtak Passenger (Daily 2 services)
Santragachi – Jhargram (5 days a week)

DEMU Trains

Morbi – Maliya Miyana
Ratlam – Fatehabad Chandrawati Ganj (Daily) after gauge conversion
Rewari – Rohtak (Daily)

Extension of Trains

14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sujangarh Express to Jodhpur
15281/15282 Patna – Saharsa Express to Murliganj
15013 / 15014 Kathgodam – Bhagat Ki Kothi Ranikhet Express to Jaisalmer

Increase in Frequency

16571/16572 Bidar – Yesvantpur Express 3 days to daily
17225/17226 Hubli – Vijayawada Express from 3 days to daily
17319/17320 Hubli – Secunderabad Express from 3 days to daily

Here are the highlights from his speech:

• No increase in passenger fares or freight charges
• To introduce 38 new express trains 
• To introduce 17 new premium trains
• To introduce 10 new passenger trains
• Premium air-conditioned special train in Delhi-Mumbai sector with shorter advance reservation period and dynamically varying premium over tatkal fare
• More high-speed trains to be launched
• Passenger rail service to Katra and Vaishnodevi to start shortly
• Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya on railway map 2014
• Initiatives for freight corridors on eastern & western routes is an innovation in rail transport in India and will reduce transport time by half
• Railways completed 2207 kilometres of new lines against a target of 2000 km
• Electrification of 4556 km completed
• Three new rail factories now functional
• FY15 annual plan at Rs. 64,300 crore
• IRFC, the financing arm of Railways to borrow Rs. 12,800 crore from market
• Railways operating ratio, measure of expenses as a percentage of revenue, for 2013-14 at 90.8 per cent
• FY15 freight loading target 1101 MT
• FDI being enabled for rail infrastructure

Source: Zeenews, NDTV

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