NEW BI-WEEKLY A.C. SUPERFAST EXPRESS TRAIN

Ministry of Railways have decided to introduce a new bi-weekly AC superfast Train No.12171/12172 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Haridwar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to run between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Haridwar as per the following schedule.

The train No. No.12171 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Haridwar bi-weekly AC superfast train will depart from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on every Monday and Thursday at 7.55 a.m. to arrive at Haridwar at 1.15 p.m. next day.In the return direction the 12172 Haridwar- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus bi-weekly AC superfast train will run from Haridwar on every Tuesday and Friday at 6.40 p.m. to arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.45 p.m. the next day.

The regular service of the new train will be available from 31.1.11 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and 1.2.11 from Haridwar.Consisting of 1 AC first class, 2 AC second class, 9 AC third class coaches and 2 brake & luggage van, the 12171/12172 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Haridwar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus bi-weekly superfast AC train will stop at Kalyan, Nasik Road, Bhusawal, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra Cantt., Hazrat Nizamuddin, Meerut City and Roorkee enroute in both the directions.

EXTENSION OF PUNE-JAIPUR SPECIAL

Central Railway will extend the service of 09724/09723 Pune-Jaipur-Pune  (Weekly)  Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers.  The details are as under:
09724  Jaipur – Pune  Special will leave Jaipur at  09.00 hrs on Saturday 5.2.2011 to 26.2.2011 (4  trips) and arrive Pune at 08.05 hrs next day.  
09723  Pune - Jaipur Special will leave Pune at 15.20 hrs on Sunday 6.2.2011 to27.2.2011 (4 trips) and arrive Jaipur at 13.40 hrs next day.
There is no change in the timings, halts & composition of this special.
Reservation: Bookings for 09723 open from 26.1.2011.

News From South Western Railways

Extension of train no. 56903/56904 (Old No. 353/354) Gadag – Dharwad – Gadag Passenger to Solapur, announced in Railway Budget – 2010. 

The railway administration has extended the services of train no. 56903/56904 (Old No. 353/354) Gadag – Dharwad – Gadag Passenger to Solapur, which was announced in Railway Budget – 2010. The train will be extended Ex Dharwad w.e.f. 25.01.2011 and Ex Solapur w.e.f. 26.01.2011. The train no. 56904 will leave Dharwad at 17.40 hrs and will reach Solapur at 03.30 hrs. Similarly, train no. 56903 will leave Solapur at 23.40 hrs and will reach Dharwad at 09.05 hrs.The composition of the train is: Two Second Class Sleeper, Four Second Class coaches and two second class with brake & luggage: Total eight coaches.


Running of Special Train between Bijapur and Solapur.


Railway administration will run a Special Train no. 06905/06906, Solapur – Bijapur – Solapur Passenger w.e.f. 25-01-2011.The new special train will leave Bijapur from 25.01.2011 and Ex Solapur from 26.01.2011. The composition of the train is: Two Second Class Sleeper, Four Second Class coaches and two second class with brake & luggage: Total eight coaches.The train no. 06906 will leave Bijapur at 19.55 hrs and will reach Solapur at 22.40 hrs. Train no. 06905 will leave Solapur at 04.45 hrs and will reach Bijapur at 07.00 hrs.

Introduction of Special Express between Shimoga Town – Anandpuram – Shimoga Town i.e. Train No. 06219 / 06220   

S. W. Railway has introduced new daily special express train no. 06219/06220 between Shimoga Town – Anandpuram – Shimoga Town w.e.f. 17-01-2011 with following composition and train timings.
Composition: One AC Chair Car, Six Second Class Seating, Nine IInd Class and two second class with brake & luggage coaches.

Train No. 06220 will leave Shimoga Town at 13.00 hrs. and will reach Anandpuram at 14.35 hrs. Enroute the train will halt at Kotegangur (13.10/13.11), Kangarhalli (13.22/13.23), Harnahalli (13.31/13.32), Kumasi (13.41/13.42) Arasalu (14.00/14.01) and Kenchanahalli (14.09/14.10).In the return direction train no. 06219 will leave Anandapuram at 14.55 hrs. and will reach Shimoga Town at 16.25 hrs. This train will halt at Kenchanahalli (15.11/15.12), Arasalu (15.19/15.20), Kumsi (15.37/15.38), Harnahalli (15.47/15.48), Kangarahalli (15.55/15.56) and Kotegangur (16.05/16.06).

Due to introduction of this train Special train no. 06217/06218 (BA1/AB1) Birur – Anandpuram – Birur Special stands cancelled w.e.f. 17.01.2011.

NEW WEEKLY SUPERFAST EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK- SULTANPUR

Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce a new superfast weekly express train No. 12143/12144to run between Lokmanya Tilak- Sultanpur as per the following schedule.:-

After introduction of the new train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on 26.1.11, the 12143 Lokmanya Tilak- Sultanpur Super fast Weekly Express train will depart from Lokmanya Tilak on every Sunday at 4.40 p.m. to arrive at Sultanpur at 8.00 pm. the next day.In the return direction, the 12144 Sultanpur- Lokmanya Tilak Super fast Weekly Express train will run from Sultanpur on every Monday at 11.55 p.m. to arrive at Lokmanya Tilak at 4.10 a.m. the third day.

The regular service of the new train will beavailable from 30.1.11 from Lokmanya TilakTerminus and 31.1.11 from Sultanpur.Consisting of One A.C 2 Tier, One A.C 3 Tier, Five 3 Second Class Sleeper, Six General Second Class Coaches, One Luggage cum break Van and One Luggage cum break Van with disabled friendly compartment, the 12143/12144 Lokmanya Tilak- Sultanpur Super fast Weekly Express train will stop atNasik Road, Manmad, Bhusawal, Khandwa, Bhopal Jn., Bina, Jhansi, Orai, Kanpur Central, Lucknow & Nihalgarh stations enroute in both the directions.

MUMBAI CENTRAL - INDORE DURONTO EXPRESS

As announced by Hon'ble Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee in Rail-Budget 2010-11, Mumbai Central - Indore - Mumbai Central nonstop Bi-weekly Duronto Express will be introduced from 26th January, 2011.The special run of Mumbai - Indore will take place from Mumbai Central on 26th January, 2011 at 11.30 hrs and will reach Indore at 23.20 on the same day. The regular services of this train will start from Friday , 28th January 2011 Ex. Indore and Ex Mumbai Central  from Saturday, 29th January,2011.

Train No.12227 Mumbai Central - Indore Bi-weekly Duronto Express will depart from Mumbai Central on every Thursday, Saturday at 23.15 hrs and reach Indore at 11.15 hrs. the next day. In its return journey, Train No.12228 Indore - Mumbai Central Bi-weekly Duronto Express will depart from Indore on every Friday and Sunday at 23.00 hrs to reach Mumbai Central at 12.05 hrs the next day.

The fare of III AC between Mumbai Central - Indore will be Rs.890/- , II AC Rs.1269/- and I AC Rs.2235/-

The train will consist of I AC, II AC and III AC coaches and a Pantry Car.

The booking of special run as well as regular services will open from 26th January, 2011

HISTORIC MOMENT ON WESTERN RAILWAY

15 Car Suburban Services extended to Churchgate

            With a view to facilitate daily commuters and to provide more space to them, WR is going to extend the services of 15 car local trains upto Churchgate Railway station. Initially six 15 car services will be extended from Friday, 28^th January, 2011 on experimental basis.

            To ease the dense traffic on suburban trains and to create more space for commuters, 15 car services were introduced on Dadar-Virar section on 21^st November, 2009. The 15 car services have 66% more carrying capacity than the 9 car services. 15 car services have received good response from commuters.

            With completion of the platform extension work for 15 car trains at Churchgate, now six 15 car services will be extended to Churchgate. Of the existing 15 car services, 2 Virar-Dadar, 1 Dadar-Virar, 1 Virar-Borivali, 1 Andheri-Virar and 1 Dadar-Vasai services are being extended upto Churchgate. The details are as under :

Dn

From	To	Dep	Arr
Churchgate	Virar	06.58 hrs	08.20 hrs
Churchgate	Virar	12.46 hrs	14.07 hrs
Churchgate	Vasai Road	16.10 hrs	17.21 hrs

Up

From	To	Dep	Arr
Virar	Churchgate	05.30 hrs	06.54 hrs
Virar	Churchgate	11.12 hrs	12.37 hrs
Virar	Churchgate	14.32 hrs	15.54 hrs

            These 15 car trains will halt at Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali, Mira Road, Bhayander, Vasai Road and Nalasopara stations.

INTRODUCTION OF CHENNAI CENTRAL – COIMBATORE NON-STOP DURONTO EXPRESS

Thiru Dayanidhi Maran, Hon’ble Union Minister of Textiles will flag off the inaugural special of Chennai Central – Coimbatore Non-stop Duronto Express at a function to be held at Chennai Central railway station at 16.00 hrs. on 25.1.2011.Thiru Ma. Subramanian, Worshipful Mayor of Chennai, Hon’ble MPs, MLA and other dignitaries will participate in the function.

The inaugural special will leave Chennai Central at 16.00 hrs. on 25.1.2011 and arrive Coimbatore at 22.40 hrs. the same day.  Advance reservation for the inaugural special will commence on 25.1.2011.

The regular service will commence from 27.1.2011 ex. Chennai Central and from 26.1.2011 ex. Coimbatore. T.No.12243 Chennai Central – Coimbatore (Six days a week, except Tuesdays) Duronto Non-stop Express will leave ex. Chennai Central at 06.50 hrs. and arrive Coimbatore at 13.30 hrs. on the same day. T.No.12244 Coimbatore – Chennai Central (Six days a week, except Tuesdays) Duronto Non-stop Express will leave Coimbatore at 15.05 hrs. and arrive Chennai Central at 21.50 hrs. the same day. The composition of the trains will be 1 Executive AC Chair Car and  7 AC Chair Car coaches.

Advance reservation for the above trains will commence on 25.1.2011.

Chief Minister to Flag Off Two New Trains and One Extended Train

Shri N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh will flag off two new trains and one extended train from Secunderabad Railway Station (Bhoiguda side) at 06.30 pm on 26th January, 2011. These trains were announced in the Railway Budget 2010-11. The trains are as under:

1.      Train No. 12732 Secunderabad-Tirupati Bi-weekly Express (via. Vikarabad, Raichur, Gooty, Anantapur, Madanapalli, Pakala)
2.      Train No. 17639 Kacheguda-Akola Daily Express,  extended from Nanded to Akola.
3.      Train No. 12752 Secunderabad-Manuguru Tri-weekly Express.

Shri K H Muniyappa, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways will preside over the function.

These trains will resume their regular services with effect from 27th January, 2011, as per the timings published in the Southern Zone Railway Time Table.

New train for Lucknow division

Lucknow division will get a new train from Tuesday. The train no. 14213/14214 Varanasi-Gonda Intercity Express will start operating from Varanasi on Tuesday. The train was announced in the rail budget this year. It will depart from Varanasi at 14:15 hrs and reach Gonda at 19:45 hrs. While, it will depart from Gonda at 6:55 hrs and reach Varanasi at 12:20 hrs. The train will have stoppages at Shahganj, Ayodhya and Mankapur. The composition of the train comprise AC chair car, general and SLR coaches.

Train no. 12143/12144 Sultanpur-LTT Superfast Express is another new train to start on Tuesday which would start operation from Mumbai. The new railway time table which came into force from July 1, 2010 has details of timings and frequency of new trains included. The time table shows three new train services for Lucknow division. Train nos. 12143/12144 LTT-Sultanpur (weekly) superfast express via Kanpur, 19603/19604 Ajmer-Sultanpur (weekly) Express via Moradabad and 14213/14214 Varanasi-Gonda Intercity Express (daily). Train nos. 12143/12144 and 14213/14214 are starting on Tuesday. The date of introduction is still to be decided for train no. 19603/19604.

New Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar passenger from 24th January

As announced in the Rail Budget 2010, it has been decided to introduce a new passenger train between Khurda Road and Bhubaneswar w.e.f 24-01-2011. On the inaugural run, this train will run as a passenger special train with no. 58403A/58404A Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road Passenger. The regular services of this train will commence with effect from 25-01-11. This train will run 06 days in a week except Sunday. The new passenger train will be flagged off by Shri Bibhuti Bhushan Balabanta Ray, Hon’ble MLA, Jatni on 24-01-11 at 12.30 pm at Khurda Road Railway Station.
        
58403 Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar Passenger train will leave Khurda Road at 1.30 pm and will arrive at Bhubaneswar at 2.05 pm. In the return direction, 58404 Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road Passenger train will leave Bhubaneswar at 2.35 pm and will arrive at Khurda Road Station at 3.15 pm. This train will stop at Retang station and Lingaraj Road Passenger Halt between Khurda Road and Bhubaneswar.The train will have 2 guard cum luggage van and 11 General second class coaches in its composition. However, this train will run with 2 guard cum luggage van and 8 General second class coaches on its inaugural run.

Extension of Dadar – Sawantwadi Daily Special Train

Railways have decided to extend the service of 01013 / 01014 Daily Special train between Dadar and Sawantwadi to clear the extra rush of Passengers. These
extended services will be run from 27.01.2011 to 26.2.2011.
The details are as under:-
01013 Dadar – Sawantwadi Daily Special will leave Dadar at 11.55 pm will reach Sawantwadi at 10.55 am on next day.
01014 Sawantwadi - Dadar Daily Special will leave Sawantwadi at 6.10 pm and will arrive Dadar at 6.30 am on next day.
Reservation: Booking for extended services will be open from 24.1.2011

AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS

For the convenience of the passengers the following trainshave been augmented on temporary basisas per the programme:-
The train no. 12461/12462 Delhi Jn.-Jodhpur-Delhi Jn. Mandore Express has been augmented by one additional A.C. 2 Tier Cum A.C. 3 Tier coach with immediate effect to run upto 31.1.2011 from Jodhpur and upto 01.2.2011 from Delhi Jn.
The train no. 12963/12964 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Udaipur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Mewar Intercity Express have been augmented by one additional three tier sleeper coach with immediate effect upto 31.1.2011 from Udaipur and upto 01.2.2011 from Hazart Nizamuddin .

Modern Luggage Trolley Service Inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee at Howrah

The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the modern luggage trolley service at Howrah station to assist senior citizens and women passengers in boarding and alighting from coaches along with their luggage comfortably, today i.e. 12th January 2011. The service has been launched as a pilot project for a period of one year and will be handled by uniformed attendants called ‘Rail Yatri Sevaks’. The service will be run in collaboration with State Bank of India and passengers will be charged only Rs 35/- for this unique passenger friendly facility. The trolley can be booked in advance over a telephone number to be specified by the Railways. This service marks the fulfillment of the one of the Budget announcements made by the Railway Minister in her Railway Budget 2010-11.

The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee also flagged off a special exhibition train “Vivekananda Express” showcasing the life and philosophy of the great spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda from Howrah station today. This train is a tribute from Railways on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand. This exhibition train will cover important stations of the country, taking the message of religious harmony and unity to the masses.

The train “Vivekananda Express” consists of two Air-Conditioned coaches in which photographs, write-ups etc. are exhibited to project the life, work and message of Swamiji. The train will also include one Air-Conditioned 3-tier coach, one power car and one second class-cum- luggage van. The coaches have been refurbished at Liluah Workshop of Eastern Railway.

Swami Vivekananda (January 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902), was the chief disciple of 19th century mystic Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta philosophy and Yoga in Europe and America and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness. He is known for his inspiring speech beginning with "Sisters and Brothers of America", through which he introduced Indian philosophy in the Parliament of the World's Religions at Chicago in 1893.

Also on the occasion, the Minister of Railways laid the foundation stone for Archery & Table Tennis Academy. This comes as a sequel to her earlier announcement for setting up of such academy with a view to provide appropriate facilities for the sportspersons of different disciplines. By establishing an Archery academy in Kolkata, Indian Railways will achieve the twin objectives of providing world class training facilities to our existing sportspersons as well as tapping into the vast talent resources available in the eastern region of India

In addition, Mamata Banerjee, also flagged off three new express trains, namely Sealdah - Rampurhat Intercity Express, Howrah – Suri Express and Shalimar – Baripada Intercity Express, on the occasion

Ban on night trains lifted -- partly

Authorities  last Friday decided to resume train traffic at night in Chakradharpur-Rourkela section but said the ban will remain in the Kharagpur-Tata and Kharagpur-Adra areas due to Maoist threats. The South Eastern Railway had restricted the movement of trains between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Kharagpur-Adra, Kharagpur-Tata and Chakradharpur-Rourkela sections. This followed the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express sabotage in West Bengal's West Midnapore district that killed 148 people. The attack was blamed on Maoists. The latest decision follows meetings between railway officials and security forces.

Special trains for Ganga sagar mela

Eastern Railway will run three pairs of special trains between January 13 and 17 for Gangasagar mela. The trains will run between Sealdah and Namkhana, and Lakshmikantapur and Namkhana.