INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMU TRAINS

One pair of new EMU local train will be introduced in the Chennai Beach – Velacherry – Chennai Beach (MRTS) section with effect from 22.07.2013.



Train No.41131 EMU local will leave Chennai Beach at 21.00 hrs. and arrive Velacherry at 21.45 hrs.



Train No.41132 EMU local will leave Velacherry at 21.50 hrs. and arrive Chennai Beach at 22.35 hrs.

WESTERN RAILWAY INTRODUCES 40 NEW SUBURBAN SERVICES

Western Railway will introduce 40 new suburban services of 15-car and 12- car o­n Churchgate-Virar section from 29^thMarch, 2013. It will introduce two more 12-car Ladies Special trains between Churchgate and Vasai Road, taking the total number of Ladies special to 8 o­n its suburban section.

The newly introduced ladies Specials will be run during peak hours to further facilitate the women commuters. In Up direction, the new ladies special will start from Vasai Road at 9.56 hrs while in return direction it will start from Churchgate at 19.40 hrs.

Out of 40 new suburban services, 16 services will be 15-car services including 6 services during peak hours to facilitate commuters during rush period. The total number of 15-car services will go upto 30 o­n Western Railway.

These 40 new services include 19 Up and 21 Down trains.The section-wise detail is as under:-

Churchgate-Virar -Churchgate	3 Up	3 Dn
Nalasopara-Churchgate	2 Up	-
Churchgate-Vasai Road-Churchgate	1Up(Ladies Special)	1 Dn (Ladies Special)
Churchgate-Bhayandar-Churchgate	2 Up	3 Dn
Churchgate-Bandra	-	2 Dn
Dadar-Bhayandar-Dadar	1 Up	1 Dn
Bandra-Bhayandar	-	1 Dn
Churchgate-Andheri-Churchgate	2 Up	2 Dn
Borivali-Virar-Borivali	6 Up	2 Dn
Borivali-Nalasopara	-	1 Dn
Borivali-Vasai Road	-	1 Dn
Andheri-Bhayandar-Andheri	2 Up	1 Dn
Andheri-Virar	-	2 Dn
Borivali-Bhayandar	-	1 Dn
Total New Services	19	21

Also 10 services of nine car will be conveted to 12 car from 29th March, 2013.

The addition of 40 new services willfurther increase the carrying capacity to a great extent by providing additional space for about 1,75,000 commuters per day. With this, the total number of WR’s daily suburban services will go up to 1290.

Break up of Suburban Services o­n Western Railway

15 car	30
12 Car	1150
Harbour locals	110
Total Services	1290

Railway stations of Secunderabad / Hyderabad to be converted into Suburban Section

The following Railway stations of Secunderabad / Hyderabad corridor are being converted into Suburban section with effect from 15^th December 2012.The stations would be in between the following sections:

1.      Hyderabad-Lingampalli section.

2.      Hyderabad- Falaknuma section.

3.      Secunderabad- Lingampalli section.

With this categorization all the stations in the above mentioned sections would be upgraded to the minimum level of “C” category stations, for provision of Passenger Amenities.

The following would be revised fares between popular pair of stations:

Sl.No	Pair of Station		Distance (in Kms)	Fares* (in Rs.)
	From	To
1	Hyderabad	Begumpet	6	4
2	Hyderabad	Borabanda	13	5
3	Hyderabad	Hi-tech city	16	6
4	Hyderabad	Lingampalli	24	7
5	Hyderabad	Secunderabad	10	4
6	Hyderabad	Falaknuma	25	7
7	Secunderabad	Begumpet	5	4
8	Secunderabad	Borabanda	12	5
9	Secunderabad	Hi-tech city	15	5
10	Secunderabad	Lingampalli	23	7
11	Secunderabad	Falaknuma	15	5
12	Falaknuma	Lingampalli	37	10

* Fares for single journey second-class travel.

·         These charges will come into force from 00.00 hrs of 15.12.2012.

·         These charges are applicable for the MMTS/passenger trains running o­n the above sections.

·         There will be no change in the existing fares of First class single journey ticket.

·         There will be no change in First/Second class monthly/quarterly season tickets fares.

Salient Features of Central Railways Suburban (Main line) Timetable

CR TO INTRODUCE SIXTEEN 15-CAR SERVICES

TOTAL MAIN LINE SERVICES INCREASED FROM 785 TO 803

Central Railway will introduce 15-car services o­n its main line from 15.10.2012.  The total number of services o­n main line will increase from 785 to 803. The total peak hour services will increase from 165 to 170. The total fast services will increase from 206 to 233.

The salient features of the suburban timetable (mainline) are as under:

DETAILS OF EIGHT SERVICES CONVERTED FROM 12-CAR TO 15-CAR

Locals departing CST at 8.28 am, 1.00 pm;

Locals departing Dadar at 10.45 am, 5.29 pm;

Locals departing Kalyan at 7.14 am, 2.09 pm, 4.28 pm, 6.24 pm

DETAILS OF EIGHT NEW 15-CAR SERVICES

Locals departing CST at 6.06 am, 3.17 pm, 7.33 pm, 9.54 pm

Local departing Kalyan at 9.50 am for Dadar and departing Kalyan at 11.48 am, 8.46 pm, 11.05 pm for CST

All the 15-car services will run as FAST LOCALS and WILL HALT AT Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Thane, Dombivli stations. There will be two new services from Thane to Badlapur and Ambarnath and o­ne new service from Kurla to Titwala.

BESIDES, THE FOLLOWING NEW SERVICES WILL BE RUN o­n MAIN LINE:

DN SLOW SERVICES

Local leaving Vidyavihar at 5.12 am arriving Titwala at 6.24 am

Local leaving Kurla at 8.22 am arriving Kalyan at 9.20 am

Local leaving Thane at 1.05 pm arriving Badlapur at 1.58 pm

Local leaving CST at 2.48 pm arriving Dombivali at 4.07 pm

Local leaving CST at 4.38 pm arriving Thane at 5.36 pm

Local leaving CST at 5.48 pm arriving Thane at 6.46 pm

Local leaving Thane at 8.38 pm arriving Ambarnath at 9.27 pm

Local leaving Dadar at 9.39 pm arriving Thane at 10.19 pm

Local leaving CST at 10.06 pm arriving Kurla at 10.35 pm

Local leaving CST at 11.20 pm arriving Titwaa at 1.03 am

UP SLOW SERVICES

Local leaving Titwala at 6.50 am arriving Kurla at 8.04 am

Local leaving Kurla at 9.39 am arriving CST at 10.09 am

Local leaving Badlapur at 2.11 pm arriving CST at 3.34 (fast service)

Local leaving Dombivali at 3.34 pm arriving CST at 4.55 pm

Local leaving Kalyan at 3.21 pm arriving Thane at 3.52 pm

Local leaving Kalyan at 4.00 pm arriving Thane at 4.31 pm

Local leaving Badlapur at 10.00 pm arriving CST at 11.50 pm

DETAILS OF 29 FAST SERVICES

DN SERVICES

S-7 slow local leaving CST at 5.40 am will leave as fast local at 6.16 am

KP-5 slow local leaving CST at 11.55 am will leave as fast local at 12.19 pm

N-17 slow local leaving CST at 12.19 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 12.33 pm

AN-11 slow local leaving CST at 12.50 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 12.55 pm

S-19 semi-fast local leaving CST at  12.51 pm will leave as fast local at 1.10 pm

AN-15 slow local leaving CST at 2.28 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 2.40 pm

AN-17 slow local leaving CST at 3.21 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 3.39 pm

BL-29 slow local leaving CST at 3.29 pm will leave as fast local at 3.53 pm

AN-19 slow local leaving CST at 3.55 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 4.15 pm

S-25 semi-fast local leaving CST at 4.10 pm will leave as fast local 4.10 pm

BL-41 semi-fast local leaving CST at 7.25 pm will leave as fast local BL-39 at 7.24 pm

KP-11 slow local leaving CST at 8.13 pm will leave as fast local at 8.40 pm

S-33 semi-fast local leaving CST at 8.51 pm will leave as fast local at 9.20 pm

BL-49 slow local leaving CST at 10.00 pm will leave as fast local at 10.25 pm

N-31 slow local leaving CST at 11.20 pm will leave as semi-fast local at 10.50 pm

UP SERVICES (ALL SLOW/SEMI-FAST SERVICES WILL RUN AS FAST LOCALS FROM KALYAN TO CST)

S-10 slow local arriving CST at 7.43 am will arrive at 7.16 am

S-24 slow local arriving CST at 11.28 am will arrive at 11.04 am

N-18 semi-fast local arriving CST at 4.05 pm will arrive at 3.48 pm

A-46 semi-fast local arriving CST at 4.18 pm will arrive at 4.07 pm

A-48 slow local arriving CST at 5.00 pm will arrive at 4.34 pm

BL-24 semi-fast local arriving CST at 5.28 pm will arrive at 5.10 pm as BL-28

A-54 semi-fast local arriving CST at 6.15 pm will arrive at 6.03 pm

AN-20 semi-fast local arriving CST at 6.39 pm will arrive at 6.25 pm

A-60 slow local arriving CST at 8.55 pm will arrive at 8.30 pm as A-62

TL-50 slow local arriving CST at 9.29 pm will arrive at 9.20 pm as TL-48

BL-40 slow local arriving CST at 10.40 pm will arrive at 10.10 pm as BL-44

BL-42 slow local arriving CST at 11.02 pm will arrive at 10.26 pm as BL-46

S-46 slow local arriving CST at 11.42 pm will arrive at 11.06 pm

N-30 slow local arriving CST at 11.56 pm will arrive at 11.36 pm

There will be three fast trains from Kalyan after 9.40 pm and from CST the total fast trains after 8.00 pm will increase from 8 to 11.

CANCELLATION OF SLOW SERVICES

Locals leaving Vidyavihar at 4.44 am (for Ambarnath), 5.06 am (for Dombivali) and 5.16 am (for Kalyan)

Locals leaving Kalyan at 9.00 pm (for Thane), 9.56 pm (for Kurla); leaving Dombivali at 10.54 pm (for Kurla) and Ambarnath at 11.36 pm (for Thane)

EXTENSION /CHANGE IN TERMINAL

DTL-1 local leaving Dadar at 8.26 pm will run from CST (dep. 8.09 pm)

A-63 local leaving CST at 8.00 pm will leave CST at 7.56 pm and run up to Badlapur

DBL-4 local leaving Badlapur at 9.25 am (Dadar arr.10.37 am) will run up to CST (arr. 10.51 am)

Railway Minister Announces Introduction of New Trains and Other Services

The Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi today announced introduction of 26 new trains, extension of five existing trains, increase in frequency of two existing trains and introduction of new five sub-urban trains.  Most of these new services announced were part of the Railway Budget 2011-12.  The trains announced in the Railway Budget 2011-12 are implemented by the end of the financial year i.e. 31^st March 2012.     With this announcement, 115 out of 132 new trains proposed for introduction during Railway Budget 2011-12 will get introduced, 19 out of 22 increase in frequency of trains proposed in Railway Budget 2011-12 will be effected and all the extension of trains proposed in Railway Budget 2011-12 will get implemented.  Efforts are being made to ensure introduction of other remaining services proposed in the Railway Budget 2011-12 by the stipulated date of 31^st March, 2012.  Today’s announcement include three Duronto, one Shatabdi, one fully AC Express, three  Rajyarani Express, nine Mail and Express services, three MEMU services, three DEMU services and five EMU services.

In case of new trains, local public representatives as per laid down protocol will be invited by the concerned Zonal Railway/Divisional Railway for the formal flagging off in next 7 to 10 days. 

Extension and increase in frequency of the existing trains will be introduced with immediate effect, as operationally feasible. 

The list of new trains, extension of existing services etc. is given below:

Sl	Train no. and name
1	12297/12298 Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (Tri-weekly)
2	22209/22210 Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
3	19405/19406 Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (Weekly)
4	12567/12568 Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
5	22101/22102 Manmad-Mumbai Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
6	19261/19262 Porbander-Kochuvelli Express (Weekly)
7	22901/22902 Udaipur-Bandra(T) Express (Tri-weekly)
8	18511/18512 Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express
9	57477/57478 Tirupati-Guntakal Passenger (Daily)
10	58301/58302 Koraput-Sambalpur Passenger (Daily)
11	59425/59426 Bhuj-Palanpur passenger (Daily)
12	66302/66303 Ernakulam-Kollam MEMU (6 days a week)
13	77683/77684 Jalna-Nagarsol DEMU (6 days a week)
14	77686/77685 & 77688/77687 Kacheguda – Nizamabad DEMU (6 days a week)
15	77681/77682 & 77679/77680 Falaknuma-Medchal DEMU (6 days a week)
16	19027/19028 Bandra (T)-Jammu Tawi Vivek Express (Weekly)
17	12293/12294 Allahabad-  Mumbai  AC Duronto (Bi-weekly)
18	22454/22453 Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express (Daily)
19	13423/13424 Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (Weekly)
20	12371/12372 Kolkata-Jaisalmer Express (Weekly)
21	22451/22452 Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
22	19407/19408 Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (Weekly)
23	15033/15034 Haridwar-Ramnagar Express (Tri-weekly)
24	66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
25	66300/66301 Ernakulam-Kollam MEMU (6 days a week) (Railway Budget 2010-11)
26	Introduction of Anandvihar-Kathgodam Shatabdi Express (4 days a week)

EXTENSION:

1. 59803/59802 Nagda-Kota Passenger extension upto Ratlam

2. 19603/19604 Sultanpur-Ajmer Express extension upto Ahmedabad

3. 12965/12966 Udaipur-Gwalior Express extension upto Khajuraho

4. 55007/55008 Hajipur-Thawe Passenger extension upto Kaptanganj

5.12891/12892 Bhubaneswar-Baripada Express extension upto Bangriposi

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:

 1. 59025/59026 Surat-Amravati Fast Passenger from 2 to 3 days a week.

 2. 15279/15280 Saharsa-Adarsh Nagar Delhi Express from weekly to bi-weekly

SUBURBAN:

1       Avadi-Chennai Beach                         

2       Chennai Beach-Gummidipundi                                  

3       Gummidipundi-Chennai Beach                                   

4       Chennai Central-Tiruvallur                              

5       Tiruvallur-Chennai Central