Seventy Three New Trains Announced in Interim Railway Budget 2014-15

73 new trains are being introduced which includes 17 Premium trains, 39 Express trains, 10 Passenger trains, 4 MEMU and 3 DEMU in this year’s Interim Railway Budget. Three trains will be extended and frequency of same number of trains will be increased.

Premium Trains:
 i.  Howrah – Pune AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Manmad
 ii. Kamakhya – New Delhi AC Express (Weekly) via Chhapra, Varanasi
 iii. Kamakhya – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) via Malda, Howrah
 iv. Mumbai – Howrah AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Raipur
v.  Mumbai – Patna AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Itarsi, Manikpur
vi. Nizamuddin – Madgaon AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Kota, Vasai Road
vii. Sealdah –Jodhpur AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Mughalsarai
viii Yesvantpur - Jaipur AC Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Pune, Vasai Road
ix.  Ahmedabad – Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Tri-weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer, Rewari
x.   Bandra – Amritsar Express (Weekly) Via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala
xi.  Bandra (T) – Katra Express (Weekly) via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala
xii. Gorakhpur – New Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Lucknow, Moradabad
xiii. Katra – Howrah Express (Weekly) Express via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Saharanpur
xiv. Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express ( Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Jhansi, Kanpur
xv. Patna– Bangalore Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Chheoki, Manikpur, Nagpur
xvi. Yesvantpur – Katra Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Kacheguda, Nagpur, New Delhi
xvii. Thiruvananthpuram – Bangalore (Yesvantpur) Express (Bi- weekly) via Erode, Tirupattur

Express Trains :
i. Ahmedabad – Katra Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Rewari, Hisar, Bathinda, Amritsar
ii.Ahmedabad – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Bandikui, Mathura, Kasganj
iii.Ahmedabad – Allahabad Express (Weekly) via Jalgaon, Khandwa, Itarsi, Satna, Manikpur
iv.Amritsar – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sitapur Cantt.
v. Aurangabad – Renigunta Express (Weekly) via Parbhani, Bidar, Vikarabad
vi.Bangalore – Chennai Express (Daily) via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai
vii.Bandra (T) – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Kota, Mathura, Kasganj
viii.Bareilly – Bhopal Express (Weekly) via Chandausi, Aligarh, Tundla, Agra
 ix.Bhavnagar – Bandra Express (Weekly) via Ahmedabad
x.  Bhavnagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Link Express (Weekly)
xi.  Gandhidham – Puri Express (Weekly)
xii.  Gorakhpur – Pune Express (Weekly) via Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Manmad
xiii.  Guntur-Kacheguda Double Decker Express (Bi-weekly);
 xiv.Howrah – Yeswantpur AC Express (Weekly)via Bhubaneswar, Gudur, Katpadi
xv. Hubli – Mumbai Express (weekly) via Bijapur, Sholapur
xvi. Hyderabad – Gulbarga Intercity (Daily)
xvii. Jaipur – Chandigarh Intercity (Daily) via Jhajjar;
xviii.Kacheguda – Tirupati Double Decker Express (Bi Weekly);
xix. Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via New Delhi, Ambala
xx. Kanpur – Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura, Kota
xxi.Lucknow – Kathgodam Express (Tri-weekly)
 xxii.Manduadih – Jabalpur Express (Weekly) via Allahabad, Manikpur, Satna
xxiii.Malda Town – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) via Amethi & Rae Bareli;
xxiv.Mannargudi – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via, Jaipur
 xxv.Mumbai – Chennai Express (Weekly) via Pune, Gulbarga, Wadi
xxvi.Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Gonda, Balrampur, Barhani (after gauge conversion);
xxvii. Mumbai – Karmali AC Express (Weekly) via Roha
xxviii. Nanded – Aurangabad Express (Weekly) via Purna, Parbhani
xxix.Nagpur – Rewa Express (Weekly) via Satna
xxx. Nagercoil – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) via Karur, Namakkal, Salem
xxxi. Pune – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Khandwa, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Kanpur
 xxxii. Ramnagar – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) via Moradabad, Saharanpur
xxxiii. Ranchi – New Jalpaiguri Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Katihar
xxxiv.  Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express (Weekly) via Kazipeth, Vijaywada
xxxv. Santragachi – Anandvihar Express (Weekly)
xxxvi.Srigangnagar – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Abohar, Bathinda, Dhuri
xxxvii Thiruvananathapuram-Nizamuddin Exp (Bi-weekly) one day via Kottayam and one day via Allepey
xxxviii.Varanasi – Mysore Express (Bi-weekly) via Wadi, Daund
xxxix. Balurghat – Howrah (Bi-Weekly)
 
Passenger trains :
i. Bina – Katni Passenger (Daily)
ii.Dekargaon – Naharlagun Passenger (Daily) after completion of new line
iii.Gunupur - Visakhapatnam Passenger (Daily)
iv. Hubli - Belgaum Fast Passenger (Daily)
v.Jaipur – Phulera Passenger (Daily)
vi.Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)
vii.Punalur – Kanniyakumari Passenger (Daily) via Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
viii.Sambalpur – Bhawanipatna Passenger (Daily)
ix. Tatanagar – Chakulia Passenger (Daily)
x.Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli Passenger (Daily)

MEMU Trains :
i. Anand – Dakor (Daily 2 services)
ii. Anuppur-Ambikapur (6 days a week)
iii.Delhi – Rohtak Passenger (Daily 2 services)
iv.Santragachi – Jhargram (5 days a week)

DEMU Trains :
i.Morbi – Maliya Miyana
ii.Ratlam – Fatehabad Chandrawati Ganj (Daily) after gauge conversion
iii.Rewari – Rohtak (Daily)

Extension of Trains
i.14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sujangarh Express to Jodhpur
ii.15281/15282 Patna – Saharsa Express to Murliganj
iii.15013 / 15014 Kathgodam – Bhagat Ki Kothi Ranikhet Express to Jaisalmer

Increase in Frequency:
i.16571/16572 Bidar – Yesvantpur Express 3 days to daily
ii.17225/17226 Hubli – Vijayawada Express from 3 days to daily
iii. 17319/17320 Hubli – Secunderabad Express from 3 days to daily

Increase in frequency of Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerana Express

Ministry of Railways have decided to increase the frequency of 11453 / 11454 Nagpur – Ahmedabad Prerana Express from Bi-Weekly to Tri-Weekly with effect from 9.2.2014. The details are as under:-

TRAIN NO   FROM-TO                         PRESENT       INCREASED FREQUENCY

11453          Ahmedabad–Nagpur    Sun & Thu       Sun, Tue & Thu from 11.2.2014

11454          Nagpur-Ahmedabad     Sat & Wed       Sat, Sun & Wed from 9.2.2014

There is no change in timings, halts and composition of this train.

RESERVATION: Bookings for 11454 Nagpur – Ahmedabad Prerana Express for the increased frequency will open from 8.2.2014.

Temporary Stoppage

TWO PAIRS OF EXPRESS TRAINS TO ORIGINATE/TERMINATE FROM LUCKNOW JUNCTION STATION INSTEAD OF LUCKNOW STATION

It is hereby notified that the following trains will originate/terminate from/at Lucknow Junction station(North Eastern Railway) instead of Lucknow Station (Northern Railway) from 01.03.2014 as per the timings printed in July – 2013 time table i.e.

 Train No. 11110 Lucknow- Jhansi Intercity Express will depart from Lucknow Jn.  at 04.25 p.m. daily while in the return direction, the 11109 Jhansi-Lucknow Intercity Express will reach Lucknow Jn. Station at 12.00 noon daily. Similarly, Train No. 22453 Lucknow-Meerut Cant Rajya Rani Express will depart from Lucknow Jn. Station at 02.30 p.m. daily while in the return direction, the 22454 Meerut City-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express will reach Lucknow Jn.  at 01.00 p.m. daily.

The other features viz. schedule, stoppages enroute, composition etc will remain unchanged.

Bikaner-Ratangarh-Bikaner Special Pass.Train

Temporary Augamentation

Jaipur-Durg-Jaipur Weekly Express New Train

Delhi sarai-Jaisalmer-Delhi sarai AC S/F Spl. Train

Special Trains between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam

In order to clear extra rush of passengers, Twenty Eight Special Trains will be run between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam as per the following schedule:-

Train No 08501/08502 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Weekly Special Train (14 Services)

Train No. 08501 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Special Train will depart Visakhapatnam at 23:00 hrs on Tuesdays i.e. on 11th, 18th, 25th February & 4th, 11th,18th and 25th March 2014 and arrive Secunderabad at 11:45 hrs on the next day.

In the opposite direction, Train No. 08502 Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam Special Train will depart Secunderabad at 16:30 hrs on Wednesdays i.e. on 12th, 19th, 26th February & 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th March 2014 and arrive Visakhapatnam at 06:30 hrs on the next day.

Train No 08503/08504 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Weekly Special Train (14 Services)

Train No. 08503 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Special Train will depart Visakhapatnam at 19:05 hrs on Mondays i.e. on 10th, 17th, 24th February & 3rd, 10th,17th and 24th March 2014 and arrive Secunderabad at 07:50 hrs on the next day.

In the return direction, Train No. 08504 Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam Special Train will depart Secunderabad at 16:30 hrs o­n Tuesdays i.e. on 11th, 18th, 25th February & 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th March 2014 and arrive Visakhapatnam at 06:30 hrs on the next day.

Enroute, these 28 special trains will stop at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal and Kazipet, stations in both directions.

These special trains will have 20 coaches viz, one AC II Tier, two AC III Tier, nine Sleeper Class, Six General Second Class and two Second Class Luggage cum brake van Coaches.

New Train between Jaipur and Lucknow Introduced

Newly Introduced Mumbai LTT-Kakinada Port-Mumbai LTT Bi-Weekly Express

The regular run of the Train No.17221 Kakinada Port-Mumbai LTT Bi-weekly Express will commence from 8th February, 2014. Similarly, the regular run of Train No.17222 Mumbai  LTT – Kakinada Port Bi-weekly Express will commence from 9th February, 2014.

Train no. 17221 Kakinada Port –Mumbai LTT Bi-Weekly Express have already been  inaugurated by Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Honorable Union Minister of Human Resource Development on 3rd February, 2014, from Kakinada Port which  ran as a special train.


In the opposite direction, Train No. 17222  Mumbai LTT - Kakinada Port  Bi-weekly Express will   be introduced  on 6th February, 2014 and the same will also  run as a special train (with Tr. No.07222).  Accordingly, the inaugural train will depart Mumbai LTT at 12:25 hrs on 6th February, 2014  arrive/depart Secunderabad at 02:00 / 02:10 hrs and arrive Kakinada Port at 13:45 hrs on the next day.

Gauge Conversion Notification

Augmentation of Trains

Inauguration of Broad Gauge Section