55 new trains to be introduced

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced 55 new trains in the Rail Budget 2006-07 for different destinations across the country.

The new trains included 27 weekly, five bi-weekly, five tri-weekly and 14 daily.

The weekly trains are:

• Valsad-Udhna (Surat)-Chhapra-Sonpur Shramik Express,
• Ahmedabad-Patna-Azimabad Express,
• Muzaffarpur-Kolkata (Chitpur) Tirhut Express,
• Kishanganj Garib Nawaj Express,
• Yeshwantpur Garib Nawaj Express,
• Ranch Garib Nawaj Express,
• Sonpur-Chhapra-Jammu Twai Mour Dhwaj Express,
• Delhi-Patna Garib Rath (AC),
• Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath (AC)
• Delhi-Chennai Garib Rath (AC),
• Bangalore-Darbhanga Express Via Chennai, Patna,
• Delhi (New Azadpur)-Saharsa Poorbiya Express via LKO,
• Valsad-Udhna (Surat)-Kanpur Udyogkarmi Express,
• Durg-Gorakhpur Express via Faizabad,
• Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram Express,
• Chennai-Egmore-Nagercoil Express,
• Chennai-Coimbatore Express,
• Bhubaneswar-Pondichery Express,
• Howrah-Mumbai Express.

Other weekly trains are

• Tatanagar-Yeshwantpur Express,
• Chennai-Bilaspur Express,
• Pune-Lucknow Express,
• Jabalpur-Jammu Tawi Express,
• Purna-Nanded-Patna Express (after Gauge conversion),
• Purna-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion).

The bi-weekly trains are:

• Darbhanga-Kolkata (Chitpur) Mithilanchal Express,
• Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (AC) via Barauni, Hajipur,
• Sonpur, Chhapra and Gorakhpur,
• Rae-Barely-Pratapgarh-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Link Express,
• Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express, and
• Jaipur-Amritsar Express.

The tri-weekly trains are:

• Bhubaneshwar-Baripada Express,
• Delhi-Rae Bareli Express,
• Chennai-Mangalore Express,
• Bhuj-Bareilly Express, and
• Machilipatanam-Tirupati Fast Passenger.

The new daily trains announced in the budget are:

• Saharsa-Patna Kosi Express
• Link Express between Darbhanga and Guwahati with 5609/5610 Avadh-Assam Express,
• Chennai-Tiruvanthapuram Express,
• Nagpur-Raipur Intercity Express,
• Indore-Bhopal Intercity Express,
• Radhikapur-Sealdah Link Express with 3453/3454 Gour Express,
• Mathura-Alwar Passenger,
• Gudur-Tirupati Passenger,
• Hajipur-Sonpur-Chhapra-Siwan-Thawe Passenger,
• Mailani-Palia Kalan Passenger (MG),
• Jallandhar City-Nakodar DMU,
• Nanded-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion),
• Madurai-Rameshwaram Passenger (after gauge conversion),
• Kumarhat-Agartala (after commissioning of new metre gauge line).

Other new trains introduced included Asansol-Bokaro, Bankura-Ranchi passenger via Purulia and Ajmer-Udaipur City Express (after gauge converesion).

The Railway Minister also announced extension of 37 trains, besides increasing frequency of 12 trains.

The Railway Budget 2006-07