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Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Offering a bonanza for train travellers, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced that the Indian Railways will start new 67 new Express trains, 27 passenger trains, 5 MEMU and 8 DEMU trains.

The train routes of 58 routes will be extended. The frequency of 24 trains has been increased.

Rail Budget New Trains 2013

Express trains

1. Ahmedabad – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi
2. Ajni (Nagpur) – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) Via Hingoli
3. Amritsar – Lalkuan Express (Weekly) Via Chandigarh
4. Bandra Terminus – Ramnagar Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rampur
5. Bandra Terminus – Jaisalmer Express (Weekly) Via Marwar, Jodhpur
6. Bandra Terminus – Hisar Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Marwar, Jodhpur, Degana
7. Bandra Terminus – Haridwar Express (Weekly) Via Valsad
8. Bangalore – Mangalore Express (Weekly)
9. Bathinda – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Patiala, Rajpura
10. Bhubaneswar – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur
11. Bikaner – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur
12. Chandigarh –Amritsar Intercity Express (Daily) Via Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana
13. Chennai – Karaikudi Express (Weekly)
14. Chennai – Palani Express (Daily) Via Jolarpettai, Salem, Karur, Namakkal
15. Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai
16. Chennai – Nagarsol (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda
17. Chennai – Velankanni Link Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur
18. Coimbatore – Mannargudi Express (Daily) Via Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam
19. Coimbatore – Rameswaram Express (Weekly)
20. Delhi – Firozpur Intercity Express (Daily) Via Bathinda
21. Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sikar Express (Bi-weekly) after gauge conversion
22. Delhi – Hoshiarpur Express (Weekly)
23. Durg – Jaipur Express (Weekly)
24. Gandhidham – Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada
25. Hazrat Nizamuddin – Mumbai AC Express (Weekly) via Bhopal, Khandwa, Bhusawal
26. Howrah – Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur
27. Howrah – New Jalpaiguri AC Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town
28. Hubli – Mumbai Express (Weekly) Via Miraj, Pune
29. Indore – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) Via Dewas, Ujjain, Guna, Gwalior, Hazrat Nizamuddin
30. Jabalpur – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram
31. Jaipur – Lucknow Express (Tri-weekly) Via Bandikui, Mathura, Kanpur
32. Jaipur-Alwar Express (Daily)
33. Jodhpur –Jaipur Express (Daily) Via Phulera
34. Jodhpur – Kamakhya (Guwahati) Express (Weekly) Via Degana, Ratangarh
35. Kakinada – Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly)
36. Kalka – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Bi-weekly) Via Hazrat Nizamuddin , Bhopal, Itarsi
37. Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Anand VIhar Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Sitapur Cantt, Moradabad
38. Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bangalore AC Express (Weekly)
39. Kanpur – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Farrukhabad
40. Katihar – Howrah Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town
41. Katra – Kalka Express (Bi-weekly) Via Morinda
42. Kolkata – Agra Express (Weekly) Via Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mathura
43. Kolkata – Sitamarhi Express (Weekly) Via Jhajha, Barauni, Darbhanga
44. Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Mathura, Palwal
45. Kurnool Town – Secunderabad Express (Daily)
46. Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Kochuveli Express (Weekly)
47. Lucknow – Varanasi Express Via Rae-Bareli (6 Days a week)
48. Madgaon – Mangalore Intercity Express (Daily) Via Udupi, Karwar
49. Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore
50. Mau – Anand Vihar Express (Bi-weekly)
51. Mumbai – Solapur Express (6 Days a week) Via Pune
52. Nagercoil – Bangalore Express (Daily) Via Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli
53. New Delhi – Katra AC Express (6 Days a week)
54. Nizamabad – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly)
55. Patna – Sasaram Intercity Express (Daily) Via Ara
56. Patliputra (Patna) – Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki
57. Puducherry – Kanniyakumari Express (Weekly) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchchirappalli
58. Puri – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal
59. Puri –Ajmer Express (Weekly) Via Abu-Road
60. Radhikapur – Anand Vihar Link Express (Daily)
61. Rajendra Nagar Terminus (Patna)– New Tinsukia Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Guwahati
62. Tirupati – Puducherry Express (Weekly)
63. Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam
64. Una / Nangaldam– Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly)
Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala
65. Visakhapatnam – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Titlagarh, Raipur
66. Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly)
67. Yesvantpur – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh

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Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Passenger Trains

1. Bathinda – Dhuri Passenger (Daily)
2. Bikaner-Ratangarh Passenger (Daily)
3. Bhavnagar – Palitana Passenger (Daily)
4. Bhavnagar – Surendranagar Passenger (Daily)
5. Bareilly – Lalkuan Passenger (Daily)
6. Chhapra –Thawe Passenger (Daily)
7. Loharu – Sikar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
8. Madgaon – Ratnagiri Passenger (Daily)
9. Marikuppam – Bangalore Passenger (Daily)
10. Muzaffarpur – Sitamarhi Passenger (Daily) via Runnisaidpur
11. Nadiad – Modasa Passenger (6 days a week)
12. Nandyal – Kurnool Town passenger (Daily)
13. New Amravati – Narkher Passenger (Daily)
14. Punalur – Kollam Passenger (Daily)
15. Purna – Parli Vaijnath Passenger (Daily)
16. Palani-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily)
17. Ratangarh - Sardarsahar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
18. Samastipur- Banmankhi Passenger via Saharsa, Madhepura (Daily) after gauge conversion
19. Shoranur – Kozhikode Passenger (Daily)
20. Surendranagar – Dharangdhara Passenger (Daily)
21. Suratgarh – Anupgarh Passenger (Daily)
22. Somnath – Rajkot Passenger (Daily)
23. Sitamarhi – Raxaul Passenger (Daily) 35
24. Sriganganagar – Hanumangarh-Sadulpur Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
25. Talguppa – Shimoga Town Passenger (Daily)
26. Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger (Daily)

MEMU Services

1. Barabanki – Kanpur
2. Chennai – Tirupati
3. Delhi- Rohtak (Replacement of conventional service by MEMU)
4. Lucknow – Hardoi
5. Sealdah – Berhampore Court

DEMU Services

1. Bhatkal – Thokur
2. Delhi – Kurukshetra Via Kaithal
3. Katwa – Jangipur
4. Lucknow – Sultanpur
5. Lucknow – Pratapgarh Via Gauriganj
6. Madgaon – Karwar
7. Rohtak – Rewari
8. Taran Taran – Goindwal Saheb

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Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Extension of Trains

1. 19601/19602 Ajmer-New Jalpaiguri Express to Udaipur
2. 15715/15716 Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri
3. 12403/12404 Allahabad – Mathura Express to Jaipur
4. 17307/17308 Bagalkot-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore
5. 18437/18438 Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna Express to Junagarh
6. 18191/18192 Chhapra – Kanpur Anwarganj Express to Farrukhabad
7. 16127/16128 Chennai-Madurai portion of Chennai-Guruvayur Express to Tuticorin
8. 12231/12232 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express to Patna (2 days)
9. 12605/12606 Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express to Karaikudi
10. 14007/14008 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
11. 14017/14018 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
12. 12577/12578 Darbhanga-Bangalore Express to Mysore
13. 14731/14732 Delhi – Bathinda Express to Fazilka
14. 14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sadulpur Express to Sujangarh (Salasar Express)
15. 15159/15160 Durg- Chhapra Express to Muzaffarpur and Gondia
16. 12507/12508 Guwahati-Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram
17. 17005/17006 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
18. 17011/17012 Hyderabad- Belampalli Express to Sirpur Kaghaznagar
19. 16591/16592 Hubli-Bangalore Express to Mysore
20. 12181/12182 Jabalpur-Jaipur Express to Ajmer
21. 15097/15098 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express to Bhagalpur
22. 13117/13118 Kolkata – Berhampore Court Express to Lalgola
23. 22981/22982 Kota-Hanumangarh Express to Shri Ganga Nagar
24. 15609/15610 Lalgarh- Guwahati Express to New Tinsukia
25. 12145/12146 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Bhubaneswar Express to Puri
26. 12545/12546 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
27. 12449/12450 Madgaon-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express to Chandigarh
28. 12653/12654 Mangalore – Tiruchchirappalli Express to Puducherry
29. 29019/29020 Meerut-Nimach Link Express to Mandasor 30. 22107/22108 Mumbai CST-Latur Express to Hazoor Saheb Nanded
31. 14003/14004 New Delhi -New Farakka Express to Malda Town
32. 15723/15724 New Jalpaiguri-Darbhanga Express to Sitamarhi
33. 18419/18420 Puri-Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar
34. 19327/19328 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh Express to Udaipur
35. 13133/13134 Sealdah – Varanasi Express (2 Days) to Delhi via Lucknow, Moradabad
36. 14711/14712 Shri Ganga Nagar – Haridwar Express to Rishikesh
37. 16535/16536 Solapur-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore
38. 19251/19252 Somnath-Dwarka Express to Okha
39. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark
Kranti Express 2 days to Chandigarh
40. 59601/59602 Ajmer-Beawar Passenger to Marwar
41. 56513/56514 Bangalore-Nagore Passenger to Karaikal
42. 51183/51184 Bhusaval-Amravati Passenger to Narkher
43. 57502/57503 Bodhan-Kamareddi Passenger to Mirzapalli
44. 54632/54633 Dhuri-Hisar/ Hisar- Ludhiana Passenger to Sirsa
45. 56700/56701Madurai-Kollam Passenger to Punalur
46. 56709/56710 Madurai-Dindigul Passenger to Palani
47. 56275/56276 Mysore-Shimoga Town Passenger to Talguppa
48. 59297/59298 Porbander-Veraval Passenger to Somnath
49. 66611/66612 Ernakulam-Thrisur MEMU to Palakkad
50. 67277/67278 Falaknuma-Bhongir MEMU to Jangaon
51. 66304/66305 Kollam-Nagarcoil MEMU to Kanniyakumari
52. 63131/63132 Krishnanagar City-Berhampore Court MEMU to Ranaghat and to Cossimbazar
53. 74021/74024 Delhi-Shamli DEMU to Saharanpur
54. 76837/76838 Karaikudi-Manamadurai DEMU to Virudunagar after gauge conversion
55. 79454/79445 Morbi-Wankaner DEMU to Rajkot
56. 77676/77677 Miryalguda-Nadikudi DEMU to Piduguralla
57. 79301/79302 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh DEMU to Bhilwara 38

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Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Increase in frequency

The frequency of the following trains will be increased:
1. 12547/12548 Agra Fort –Ahmedabad Express 3 to 7 days
2. 11453/11454 Ahmedabad-Nagpur Express 2 to 3 days
3. 22615/22616 Coimbatore-Tirupati Express 3 to 4 days
4. 14037/14038 Delhi-Pathankot Express 3 to 6 days
5. 19409/19410 Gorakhpur – Ahmedabad Express 1 to 2 days
6. 13465/13466 Howrah – Malda Town Express 6 to 7 days
7. 12159/12160 Jabalpur – Amravati Express 3 to 7 days
8. 11103/11104 Jhansi – Bandra (T) Express 1 to 2 days
9. 19325/19326 Indore – Amritsar Express 1 to 2 days
10. 12469/12470 Kanpur – Jammu Tawi Express 1 to 2 days
11. 12217/12218 Kochuveli – Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days
12. 12687/12688 Madurai – Dehradun/Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days
13. 13409/13410 Malda Town – Jamalpur Express 6 to 7 days
14. 17213/17214 Narsapur – Nagersol (Near Sainagar Shirdi) Express 2 to 7 days
15. 12877/12878 Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express 2 to 3 days
16. 18509/18510 Visakhapatnam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
17. 22819/22820 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 2 to 7 days
18. 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
19. 12751/12752 Secunderabad – Manuguru Express 3 to 7 days
20. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 to 4 days
21. 56221/56222/56525/56526 Bangalore – Tumkur Passenger 6 to 7 days
22. 56321 Kanniyakumari-Tirunelveli Passenger 6 to 7 days
23. 56325 Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari Passenger 6 to 7 days
24. 56312 Tirunelveli - Nagercoil Passenger 6 to 7 days