Ten Garib Rath and 53 other trains to be introduced

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Ten Garib Rath and 53 other trains to be introduced
Presenting the Rail Budget today in Parliament, the Railway Minister, Shri Lalu Prasad announced introduction of 10 Garib Rath trains to provide better comfort at lower fare and introduction of 53 new trains. In view of tercentenary function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Gurta Gaddi at Nanded, the Railway Minister proposed special trains from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Nanded during the celebrations. A special train between Pune and Delhi during Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune in October is also proposed. NEW GARIB RATH Jaipur-Chandigarh (Tri-weekly) via Rewari-Bhiwani Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express (Tri-weekly) Varanasi-Delhi (Tri-weekly) Bangalore-Kochuveli(Tri-Weekly) Ranchi-Delhi (Bi-weekly) Jammu Tawi-Kathgodam (Weekly) (in lieu of Nizamuddin-Dehradun Garib Rath Express announced in the Railway Budget 2007-08) Yesvantpur-Puducherry (Tri-weekly) Jabalpur-Mumbai (Bi-weekly) Delhi-Jaynagar (Bi-Weekly) via Patna Pune-Nagpur (Tri-weekly) NEW TRAINS Amravati-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) Chennai-Tiruchendur Express (Weekly) Hyderabad-Usmanabad Express (Tri-weekly) Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) via Sambalpur Amritsar-Saharsa Jan Sadharan Express (Weekly) via Hasanpur Ranchi-Chopan Express(Tri-weekly) Asansol-Mumbai Express via Jasidih (Weekly) with restoration of Howrah-Mumbai Mail via Gaya on all 7 days of the week Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express (Weekly) Kochuveli-Dehradun Express (weekly) Jaynagar-Saharsa Janaki Express (Tri-weekly) via Hasanpur New Dibrugarh Town-Kamakhya Express (Tri-weekly) via Moranhat Machallipatnam-Bangalore Express (Tri-weekly) Surat-Muzaffarpur Express (Weekly) via Azamgarh-Chhapra Amritsar-Kochuveli Express (Weekly) Delhi-Pathankot Express (Tri-weekly) via Amritsar Malda Town-Patna Express (Tri-weekly) via Bhagalpur Indore-Udaipur Express (Tri-weekly) via Ratlam Varanasi-Rameshwaram Express (Weekly) Delhi-Jogbani Link Express (Weekly) Khajuraho-Delhi Link Express (Tri-weekly) Kamakhya-Gaya Express (Weekly) Ramnagar-Delhi Link Express (Daily) Kolkata-Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express (Weekly) Mathura-Chhapra Express (Tri-weekly) Gwalior-Indore Express (Tri-weekly) Udaipur-Delhi Chetak Express (Tri-weekly) via Ajmer-Neem-ka-Thana Puri-Darbhanga Express (Weekly) Yeswantpur-Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Radhikapur-Delhi Express (Weekly) Vasco-da-gama-Patna Express (Weekly) via Konkan railway Paradeep-Bhubaneshwar Express (Daily) in lieu of one pair passenger service between Paradeep and Cuttack. Bilaspur-Pune Express (Weekly) Kendurjharagarh-Puri Express (Daily) Gaya-Chennai Express(Weekly) Balharshah-Mumbai Link Express (Daily) New Dibrugarh Town-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Moranhat Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kiul in lieu of 3405/3406 Ranchi-Bhagalpur Varanchal Express (Bi-weekly via Kiul) Lucknow-Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Tri-weekly) Dehradun-Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Six days) Ahmedabad-Mumbai Air Conditioned Express (Weekly) Chennai-Rameshwaram Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai-Karaikudi (after Gauge conversion) Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai (after Gauge conversion) Chennai-Salem Express (Daily) via Vriddhachalam (after Gauge conversion) Madurai-Tenkasi Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) Mysore-Nanjanagud Town Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) Ahmedabad-Patan Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) Dabhoi-Pratapnagar Passenger(Daily) (after Gauge conversion) Hajipur-Phulwaria passenger (Daily) (upon commissioning of new line) Itarsi-Katni Passenger (Daily) Shoranur-Nilambur Road Passenger (Daily) Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily) Vasai Road-Panvel MEMU (Daily)
Source: Press Information Bureau
Posted On: 2/26/2008 10:32:20 AM
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