New Trains Proposed in The Rail Budget 2011

The Indian Railways will launch 56 new trains in 2011-12, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the Railway Budget on Friday. Nine new Duronto trains will also be introduced. In a bid to promote rail tourism, special tourist trains have also been introduced. The frequency of 17 trains will be increased.

The list of 56 New proposed trains:    

1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram
3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
4. Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola
5. Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat
6. Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur
7. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur
9. Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra
10. Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
11. Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
12. Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
13. Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)
14. Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
15. Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)
16. Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota
18. Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
19. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
21. Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
23. Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)
24. Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
25. Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
26. Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda
27. Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)
28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol
29. Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
30. Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
31. Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
32. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)
33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
34. Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
35. Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
36. Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)
38. Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)
39. Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)
40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)
41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
44. Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam
45. Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
46. Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
47. Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)
48. Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia
49. Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
50. Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)
51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
52. Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)
53. Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
54. Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)
56. Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)

The nine new 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 day

    * Nagpur-Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily

    * Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days



Three new Shatabdi trains and two double decker AC trains will be introduced. These proposed new Shatabdis are: Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi. Two double decker AC services will be introduced on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.

Special tourist trains 

 

Four special tourist trains 'Janam Bhoomi Gaurav' will be launched to take forward the efforts of promoting rail tourism. Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee said that these special trains will connect important historical and educational places in various parts of the country.

Special trains

Rajya Rani Express will connect state capitals with important cities of those states. Kavi Guru Express & Vivek Express Trains to be Launched to Mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore & Swami Vivekananda.

These proposed Janam Bhoomi Gaurav trains will run on the following routes:

• Howrah-Bolpur-Rajgir (Nalanda)-Pataliputra (Patna)-Varanasi (Sarnath)-Gaya-Howrah
• Bangalore-Mysore-Hassan (Space Facility, Belur, Halebid, Shravanbengola)-Hubli-Gadag(Hampi)-Bijapur (Gole Gumbaz)-Bangalore
• Chennai-Puduchcheri-Tiruchichirappali-Madurai-Kanniyakumari-Thiruvananthpuram-Ernakulam-Chennai 
• Mumbai-Ahmedabad-(Lothal)-Bhavnagar (Palitana)-(Alang)-Gir-Diu (Somnath-Veraval)-(Junagarh)-Rajkot-Mumbai.