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As many as 58 new trains, including five new ‘Jansadharan’ trains and an equal number of premium group of trains have been proposed in the Rail Budget presented by Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda today.
Railway Budget 2014: Full coverage
Sadananda Gowda's Railway Budget speech full text
The new trains include six AC Express trains, 27 Express trains, eight passenger trains, two Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) services and 5 Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) services besides extension of 11 existing trains.
The Minister also announced 18 new line surveys which include rail connectivity to ‘Char Dhams’ — Kedarnath, Badrinath, etc and connectivity to iron ore mines between Nayagarh and Banspani and Shimoga—Sringeri—Mangalore train route.
The Rail Minister also announced 10 surveys for doubling between Jaipur and Kota, Chandna Fort—Nagbhir, Mangalore—Ullal —Surathkal and Rewari—Mahendragarh, besides some 3rd and 4th line and Guage conversion projects during the current year.
Jansadharan trains
The new five Jansadharan trains are between Ahmedabad and Darbhanga via Surat, Jaynagar—Mumbai, Mumbai—Gorakhpur, Saharsa—Anand Vihar via Motihari and between Saharsa—Amritsar.
Premium AC trains
The premium air conditioned trains are between Mumbai Central and New Delhi, Shalimar—Chennai, Secundarabad—Hazrat Nizamuddin, Jaipur—Madurai and Kamakhya—Bangaluru.
New Express AC trains
Among the new Express AC trains announced include a daily train between Vijayawada and New Delhi and weekly trains between Lokmanya Tilak to Lucknow,Nagpur—Pune,Nagpur—Amritsar, Naharlagun—New Delhi and between Nizamuddin and Pune.
Ahmedabad—Patna (weekly),
Ahmedabad—Chennai via Vasai Road (bi—weekly),
Bengaluru— Mangalore (Daily),
Bengaluru—Shimoga (bi—weekly),
Bandra(T)— Jaipur via Nagda, Kota (weekly),
Bidar—Mumbai (weekly) and
Chhapra—Lucknow via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi (tri—weekly).
Other express trains
Besides, other express trains announced include those between:
Ferozepur—Chandigarh (6 days a week),
Guwahati— Naharlagun Intercity (daily),
Guwahati—Murlongselek Intercity (daily),
Gorakhpur—Anand Vihar (weekly),
Hapa—Bilaspur via Nagpur (weekly),
Huzur Saheb Nanded—Bikaner (weekly),
Indore—Jammu Tawi (weekly),
Kanpur—Jammu Tawi (bi—weekly) and
Kamakhya—Katra via Barbhanga (weekly).
Lokmanya Tilak(T)— Azamgarh (weekly),
Mumbai—Kazipeth vial Balharshah (weekly),
Mumbai—Palitana (weekly),
New Delhi—Bhatinda Shatabdi (bi—weekly),
New Delhi—Varanasi (daily),
Paradeep—Howrah and Paradeep—Visakhapatnam (both weekly),
Rajkot—Rewa, Ramnagar— Agra, Tatanagar—Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) and Visakhapatnam— Chennai (both weekly).
Passenger trains
The Minister also announced eight new daily passenger trains that include:
Bikaner—Rewari,
Dharwad—Dandeli,
Gorakhpur—Nautanwa,
Guwahati—Mendipathar,
Hatia—Rourkela,
Byndoor—Kasaragod,
Rangapara North—Rangiya and
Yesvantpur—Tumkur.
MEMU services
Among the two new MEMU services proposed are those between Bengaluru—Ramanagaram (6 days a week) and Palwal—Delhi—Aligarh.
Besides, the five MEMU services are those between Bengaluru—Neelmangala (daily), Chhapra—Manduadih via Ballia (6 days a week), Baramula—Banihal (daily), Sambalpur—Rourkela and Yesvantpur—Hosur (both 6 days a week).
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