58 new trains proposed in Rail Budget

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.

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.

The premium air conditioned trains are between Mumbai Central and New Delhi, Shalimar-Chennai, Secundarabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin, Jaipur-Madurai and Kamakhya-Bangaluru.

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.

Among the new Express Trains announced by the Railway Minister today include those between 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).

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).

Some other such Express trains are 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).

The Minister also announced eight new daily passenger trains that include between Bikaner-Rewari, Dharwad-Dandeli, Gorakhpur-Nautanwa, Guwahati-Mendipathar, Hatia-Rourkela, Byndoor-Kasaragod, Rangapara North-Rangiya and Yesvantpur-Tumkur.

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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