Monday, November 14, 2011

Railway Minister Announces Implementation of 26 New Trains


The Minister of Railways Shri Dinesh Trivedi at a press conference here today announced the implementation of 26 new trains, extension of 8 trains and increase in frequency of 5 trains. The 26 new trains will be flagged off within a week or so by the local public representatives from different stations. The extension of trains and increase in frequency of trains will, however, is implemented with immediate effect.
In the Railway Budget 2011-12, announcement for introduction of 132 new trains, extension of 33 trains and increase in frequency of 22 existing trains was made. Of these, 42 new trains have been introduced, 24 trains extensions and 13 increase in frequency of existing trains has been implemented.
            In order to cater to the surge of passenger traffic that is seasonal in nature, Indian Railways has followed a strategy of running trains on demand. Recognizing the need to bridge the extremely large gap between supply and demand on one hand and limitations of terminal capacity and line capacity on the railways on the other, a close watch is kept on the wait-list of passengers as well as on important social and cultural events in the region. Exercising operational innovations by way of utilizing spare maintenance capacity and ensuring optimum utilization of assets, special trains are run to the maximum extent feasible for clearance of passenger traffic. Special trains are run not only on traditional festivals and holidays but for also on region specific cultural events like Urs festival at Ajmer and the Durga Puja/Diwali & Chhat festivals.
            Between April to September 2011, Railways carried approximately 4120.8 million passengers, which is 5.47% higher than the 3907 million passengers carried during corresponding period of last year. In case of originating passenger earnings, between April-September 2011, Railways have achieved originating earnings of approximately Rs. 14017.7 crore, which is 10.47% higher than the originating earnings of Rs. 12688.8 crore during corresponding period of last year.
Keeping in view the consistent and substantial growth in passenger traffic, Indian Railways will endeavor to introduce new trains, increase frequency of train services and extend some existing trains as announced in the Railway Budget 2011-12 during the course of the financial year and will also run special trains during important festivals and peak seasons this year.





INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRAINS
                                                                                                                       
SI
Train no. and name
Frequency
1
12025/12026 Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Express
Daily
2
15023/15024 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express
Weekly
3
12593/12594 Lucknow-Bhopal Express
Weekly
4
15669/15670 Guwahati-Dimapur Express:
Daily
5
22471/22472 Bikaner-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express
Daily
6
22481/22482 Jodhpur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express
Bi-weekly
7
19709/19710 Jaipur-Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express
Weekly
8
16349/16350 Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Rajya Rani Express
Daily
9
18417/18418 Jharsuguda-Bhubneswar Rajya Rani Express
Tri-weekly
10
22846/22845 Hatia-Pune Express
Bi-weekly
11
12949/12950 Porbander- Santragachi Kavi Guru Express
Weekly
12
12960/12959 Bhuj-Dadar Express
Bi-weekly
13
19259/19260 Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express
Weekly
14
12993/12994 Gandhidham-Puri Express
Weekly
15
19657/19568 Dwarka-Tuticorin Vivek Express
Weekly
16
22161/22162 Damoh-Bhopal Rajya Rani Express
Daily
17
22815/22816 Ernakulam-Bilaspur Superfast Express
Weekly
18
22609/22610 Mangalore-Palakkad Intercity Express
Daily
19
77676/77677 Mriyalguda-Nadikudi DEMU
6 days a week
20
77675/77678 Kacheguda-Mriyalguda DEMU
6 days a week
21
78017/78018 Baripada-Bangriposi DEMU
6 days a week
22
79433/79434 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU
Daily
22A
79435/79436 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU (With different timings)
6 days a week
23
78819/78820 Gondia-Ballarshah DEMU
Daily
24
53357/53358 Barkakhana-Dehri-On-Sone Passenger
Daily
25
58425/58426   Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswar Fast Passenger
5 days a week
26
19801/19802 Indore-Kota Intercity Express
Daily

EXTENSION

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Train no. and name
1
Extension of 12563/12564 Mumbai-Allahabad Express upto Faizabad
2
Extension of 11423/11424 Solapur-Gadag Express upto Hubli
3
Extension of 56905/56906 Hubli-Bijapur Passenger upto Solapur
4
Extension of 16515/16516 Yesvantpur-Mangalore Express upto Karwar
5
Extension of 18601/18602  Jammu Tawi- Hatia Express  upto Rourkela
6
Extension of 58653/58654  Ranchi-Lohardaga Passenger upto Barkichampi
7
Extension of 52045/52046 Dabhoi–Miyagam–KarjanPassenger upto Moti Koral
8.
Extension of 59229/59230 Bhavnagar-Botad passenger upto Dhrangadhara

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY:

Sl
Train no. and name
1
11453/11454 Nagpur-Ahmedabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly
2
12079/12080 Bangalore-Hubli Jan Shatabdi Express from 6 days a  week to daily
3
19657/19658 Indore-Udaipur Express from 3 days to daily
4
12981/12982 Udaipur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express from 4 days to daily
5.
52045/52046 Dabhoi-Miyagam Karjan passenger from Bi-weekly to Daily