Presenting the Railway Budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has announced the introduction to nine new Duronto Trains across different regions of the country. The proposed Duronto Trains are:
Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
Sealdah-Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
Madurai-Chennai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
Shalimar-Patna Duronto (tri-weekly)
The frequency of following Duronto Trains have been increased:
Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily
Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days
Nagpur-Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily
Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days