Railways to introduce 58 new trains, extend 11 existing trains
08 Jul 2014
Presenting the Rail Budget 2014-15 in Parliament today, railway minister D V Sadananda Gowda proposed to introduce 58 new trains, which includes five Jansadharan trains, five premium trains, six AC express trains, 27 express trains, eight passenger trains, two MEMU services and five DEMU services this year.
He also proposed to extend the run of 11 existing trains.
Gowda said these services would be meeting the demand surges which manifest themselves on special occasions. He said that special trains would continue to run to meet the holiday and festival rush, including services for Melmaruvathur, Velankanni, Jhalawar etc.
New Trains
Jansadharan Trains
- Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via Surat
- Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
- Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express
- Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan Express via Motihari
- Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
Premium Trains
- Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium AC Express
- Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC Express
- Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Premium AC Express
- Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
- Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
AC Express Trains
- Vijayawada-New Delhi AP Express (Daily)
- Lokmanya Tilak --Lucknow (Weekly)
- Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
- Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
- Naharlagun-New Delhi (Weekly)
- Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
- Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly) via Varanasi
- Ahmedabad-Chennai Express (Biweekly) via Vasai Road
- Bengaluru-Mangalore Express (Daily)
- Bengaluru-Shimoga Express (Biweekly)
- Bandra Terminus-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Nagda, Kota
- Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
- Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly) via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi
- Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a week)
- Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express (Daily)
- Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity Express (Daily)
- Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express (Weekly)
- Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly) via Nagpur
- Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express (Weekly)
- Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly)
- Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Darbhanga
- Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Biweekly)
- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus -Azamgarh Express (Weekly)
- Mumbai-Kazipeth Express (Weekly) via Balharshah
- Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
- New Delhi-Bhatinda Shatabdi Express (Biweekly)
- New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
- Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
- Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly)
- Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly)
- Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly)
- Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) Express (Weekly)
- Visakhapatna-Chennai Express (Weekly)
Passenger Trains
- Bikaner–Rewari Passenger (Daily)
- Dharwad–Dandeli Passenger (Daily) via Alnavar
- Gorakhpur–Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
- Guwahati–Mendipathar Passenger (Daily)
- Hatia–Rourkela Passenger (Daily)
- Byndoor–Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
- Rangapara North–Rangiya Passenger (Daily)
- Yesvantpur–Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
MEMU services
- Bengaluru–Ramanagaram 6 days a week (3 pairs)
- Palwal–Delhi–Aligarh
DEMU services
- Bengaluru–Neelmangala (Daily)
- Chhapra–Manduadih (6 days a week) via Ballia
- Baramula–Banihal (Daily)
- Sambalpur–Rourkela (6 days a week)
- Yesvantpur Hosur (6 days a week)
Extension of run of existing trains
- 22409/22410 Anand Vihar-Sasaram Garib Rath Express to Gaya
- 12455/12456 Delhi-Sarai Rohilla-Sriganganagar Express to Bikaner
- 15231/15232 Gondia-Muzaffarpur Express to Barauni
- 12001/12002 New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express to Habibganj
- 54602 Ludhiana–Hissar Passenger to Sadulpur
- 55007/55008 Sonpur–Kaptanganj Passenger to Gorakhpur
- 55072/55073 Gorakhpur–Thawe Passenger to Siwan
- 63237/63238 Buxar–Mughalsarai MEMU to Varanasi
- 63208/63211 Jhajha–Patna MEMU to Jasidih
- 64221/64222 Lucknow-Hardoi MEMU to Shahjahanpur
- 68002/68007 Howrah–Belda MEMU to Jaleswar
