Rail Budget 2013-14 had its fare share of populism with Rail Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announcing 67 new express trains on Tues...
more... class="reversehighlighted">day. 26 new passenger trains, 5 MEMU and 8 DEMU trains have also been announced in the Budget.<br />Besides the new services, 57 trains have been extended and the frequency of 24 trains has been increased.<br />Rail Budget New Trains 2013<br />Express trains<br />1. Ahmedabad – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi <br />2. Ajni (Nagpur) – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) Via Hingoli <br />3. Amritsar – Lalkuan Express (Weekly) Via Chandigarh <br />4. Bandra Terminus – Ramnagar Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rampur<br />5. Bandra Terminus – Jaisalmer Express (Weekly) Via Marwar, Jodhpur <br />6. Bandra Terminus – Hisar Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Marwar, Jodhpur, Degana <br />7. Bandra Terminus – Haridwar Express (Weekly) Via Valsad <br />8. Bangalore – Mangalore Express (Weekly) <br />9. Bathinda – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Patiala, Rajpura <br />10. Bhubaneswar – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur <br />11. Bikaner – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur <br />12. Chandigarh –Amritsar Intercity Express (Daily) Via Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana <br />13. Chennai – Karaikudi Express (Weekly) <br />14. Chennai – Palani Express (Daily) Via Jolarpettai, Salem, Karur, Namakkal <br />15. Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai <br />16. Chennai – Nagarsol (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda <br />17. Chennai – Velankanni Link Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur <br />18. Coimbatore – Mannargudi Express (Daily) Via Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam <br />19. Coimbatore – Rameswaram Express (Weekly) <br />20. Delhi – Firozpur Intercity Express (Daily) Via Bathinda <br />21. Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sikar Express (Bi-weekly) after gauge conversion <br />22. Delhi – Hoshiarpur Express (Weekly) <br />23. Durg – Jaipur Express (Weekly) <br />24. Gandhidham – Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada <br />25. Hazrat Nizamuddin – Mumbai AC Express (Weekly) via Bhopal, Khandwa, Bhusawal <br />26. Howrah – Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur <br />27. Howrah – New Jalpaiguri AC Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town <br />28. Hubli – Mumbai Express (Weekly) Via Miraj, Pune <br />29. Indore – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) Via Dewas, Ujjain, Guna, Gwalior, Hazrat Nizamuddin <br />30. Jabalpur – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram <br />31. Jaipur – Lucknow Express (Tri-weekly) Via Bandikui, Mathura, Kanpur <br />32. Jaipur-Alwar Express (Daily) <br />33. Jodhpur –Jaipur Express (Daily) Via Phulera <br />34. Jodhpur – Kamakhya (Guwahati) Express (Weekly) Via Degana, Ratangarh <br />35. Kakinada – Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) <br />36. Kalka – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Bi-weekly) Via Hazrat Nizamuddin , Bhopal, Itarsi <br />37. Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Anand VIhar Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Sitapur Cantt, Moradabad <br />38. Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bangalore AC Express (Weekly) <br />39. Kanpur – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Farrukhabad <br />40. Katihar – Howrah Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town <br />41. Katra – Kalka Express (Bi-weekly) Via Morinda <br />42. Kolkata – Agra Express (Weekly) Via Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mathura <br />43. Kolkata – Sitamarhi Express (Weekly) Via Jhajha, Barauni, Darbhanga <br />44. Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Mathura, Palwal <br />45. Kurnool Town – Secunderabad Express (Daily) <br />46. Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Kochuveli Express (Weekly) <br />47. Lucknow – Varanasi Express Via Rae-Bareli (6 Days a week) <br />48. Madgaon – Mangalore Intercity Express (Daily) Via Udupi, Karwar <br />49. Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore <br />50. Mau – Anand Vihar Express (Bi-weekly) <br />51. Mumbai – Solapur Express (6 Days a week) Via Pune <br />52. Nagercoil – Bangalore Express (Daily) Via Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli <br />53. New Delhi – Katra AC Express (6 Days a week) <br />54. Nizamabad – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) <br />55. Patna – Sasaram Intercity Express (Daily) Via Ara <br />56. Patliputra (Patna) – Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki <br />57. Puducherry – Kanniyakumari Express (Weekly) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchchirappalli <br />58. Puri – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal <br />59. Puri –Ajmer Express (Weekly) Via Abu-Road <br />60. Radhikapur – Anand Vihar Link Express (Daily) <br />61. Rajendra Nagar Terminus (Patna)– New Tinsukia Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Guwahati <br />62. Tirupati – Puducherry Express (Weekly) <br />63. Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam <br />64. Una / Nangaldam– Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly) <br />Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala <br />65. Visakhapatnam – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Titlagarh, Raipur <br />66. Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly) <br />67. Yesvantpur – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh <br />Passenger Trains <br />1. Bathinda – Dhuri Passenger (Daily) <br />2. Bikaner-Ratangarh Passenger (Daily) <br />3. Bhavnagar – Palitana Passenger (Daily) <br />4. Bhavnagar – Surendranagar Passenger (Daily) <br />5. Bareilly – Lalkuan Passenger (Daily) <br />6. Chhapra –Thawe Passenger (Daily) <br />7. Loharu – Sikar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion <br />8. Madgaon – Ratnagiri Passenger (Daily) <br />9. Marikuppam – Bangalore Passenger (Daily) <br />10. Muzaffarpur – Sitamarhi Passenger (Daily) via Runnisaidpur <br />11. Nadiad – Modasa Passenger (6 days a week) <br />12. Nandyal – Kurnool Town passenger (Daily) <br />13. New Amravati – Narkher Passenger (Daily) <br />14. Punalur – Kollam Passenger (Daily) <br />15. Purna – Parli Vaijnath Passenger (Daily) <br />16. Palani-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily) <br />17. Ratangarh - Sardarsahar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion <br />18. Samastipur- Banmankhi Passenger via Saharsa, Madhepura (Daily) after gauge conversion <br />19. Shoranur – Kozhikode Passenger (Daily) <br />20. Surendranagar – Dharangdhara Passenger (Daily) <br />21. Suratgarh – Anupgarh Passenger (Daily) <br />22. Somnath – Rajkot Passenger (Daily) <br />23. Sitamarhi – Raxaul Passenger (Daily) 35 <br />24. Sriganganagar – Hanumangarh-Sadulpur Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion <br />25. Talguppa – Shimoga Town Passenger (Daily) <br />26. Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger (Daily) MEMU Services<br />1. Barabanki – Kanpur <br />2. Chennai – Tirupati <br />3. Delhi- Rohtak (Replacement of conventional service by MEMU) <br />4. Lucknow – Hardoi <br />5. Sealdah – Berhampore Court <br />DEMU Services <br />1. Bhatkal – Thokur <br />2. Delhi – Kurukshetra Via Kaithal <br />3. Katwa – Jangipur <br />4. Lucknow – Sultanpur <br />5. Lucknow – Pratapgarh Via Gauriganj <br />6. Madgaon – Karwar <br />7. Rohtak – Rewari <br />8. Taran Taran – Goindwal Saheb <br />Extension of Trains <br />1. 19601/19602 Ajmer-New Jalpaiguri Express to Udaipur <br />2. 15715/15716 Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri <br />3. 12403/12404 Allahabad – Mathura Express to Jaipur <br />4. 17307/17308 Bagalkot-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore <br />5. 18437/18438 Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna Express to Junagarh <br />6. 18191/18192 Chhapra – Kanpur Anwarganj Express to Farrukhabad <br />7. 16127/16128 Chennai-Madurai portion of Chennai-Guruvayur Express to Tuticorin <br />8. 12231/12232 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express to Patna (2 days) <br />9. 12605/12606 Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express to Karaikudi <br />10. 14007/14008 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion <br />11. 14017/14018 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion <br />12. 12577/12578 Darbhanga-Bangalore Express to Mysore <br />13. 14731/14732 Delhi – Bathinda Express to Fazilka <br />14. 14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sadulpur Express to Sujangarh (Salasar Express) <br />15. 15159/15160 Durg- Chhapra Express to Muzaffarpur and Gondia <br />16. 12507/12508 Guwahati-Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram <br />17. 17005/17006 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion <br />18. 17011/17012 Hyderabad- Belampalli Express to Sirpur Kaghaznagar <br />19. 16591/16592 Hubli-Bangalore Express to Mysore <br />20. 12181/12182 Jabalpur-Jaipur Express to Ajmer <br />21. 15097/15098 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express to Bhagalpur <br />22. 13117/13118 Kolkata – Berhampore Court Express to Lalgola <br />23. 22981/22982 Kota-Hanumangarh Express to Shri Ganga Nagar <br />24. 15609/15610 Lalgarh- Guwahati Express to New Tinsukia <br />25. 12145/12146 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Bhubaneswar Express to Puri <br />26. 12545/12546 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion <br />27. 12449/12450 Madgaon-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express to Chandigarh <br />28. 12653/12654 Mangalore – Tiruchchirappalli Express to Puducherry <br />29. 29019/29020 Meerut-Nimach Link Express to Mandasor 30. 22107/22108 Mumbai CST-Latur Express to Hazoor Saheb Nanded <br />31. 14003/14004 New Delhi -New Farakka Express to Malda Town <br />32. 15723/15724 New Jalpaiguri-Darbhanga Express to Sitamarhi <br />33. 18419/18420 Puri-Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar <br />34. 19327/19328 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh Express to Udaipur <br />35. 13133/13134 Sealdah – Varanasi Express (2 Days) to Delhi via Lucknow, Moradabad <br />36. 14711/14712 Shri Ganga Nagar – Haridwar Express to Rishikesh <br />37. 16535/16536 Solapur-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore <br />38. 19251/19252 Somnath-Dwarka Express to Okha <br />39. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark <br />Kranti Express 2 days to Chandigarh <br />40. 59601/59602 Ajmer-Beawar Passenger to Marwar <br />41. 56513/56514 Bangalore-Nagore Passenger to Karaikal <br />42. 51183/51184 Bhusaval-Amravati Passenger to Narkher <br />43. 57502/57503 Bodhan-Kamareddi Passenger to Mirzapalli <br />44. 54632/54633 Dhuri-Hisar/ Hisar- Ludhiana Passenger to Sirsa <br />45. 56700/56701Madurai-Kollam Passenger to Punalur <br />46. 56709/56710 Madurai-Dindigul Passenger to Palani <br />47. 56275/56276 Mysore-Shimoga Town Passenger to Talguppa <br />48. 59297/59298 Porbander-Veraval Passenger to Somnath <br />49. 66611/66612 Ernakulam-Thrisur MEMU to Palakkad <br />50. 67277/67278 Falaknuma-Bhongir MEMU to Jangaon <br />51. 66304/66305 Kollam-Nagarcoil MEMU to Kanniyakumari <br />52. 63131/63132 Krishnanagar City-Berhampore Court MEMU to Ranaghat and to Cossimbazar <br />53. 74021/74024 Delhi-Shamli DEMU to Saharanpur <br />54. 76837/76838 Karaikudi-Manamadurai DEMU to Virudunagar after gauge conversion <br />55. 79454/79445 Morbi-Wankaner DEMU to Rajkot <br />56. 77676/77677 Miryalguda-Nadikudi DEMU to Piduguralla <br />57. 79301/79302 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh DEMU to Bhilwara 38 <br />Increase in frequency <br />The frequency of the following trains will be increased:<br />1. 12547/12548 Agra Fort –Ahmedabad Express 3 to 7 days <br />2. 11453/11454 Ahmedabad-Nagpur Express 2 to 3 days <br />3. 22615/22616 Coimbatore-Tirupati Express 3 to 4 days <br />4. 14037/14038 Delhi-Pathankot Express 3 to 6 days <br />5. 19409/19410 Gorakhpur – Ahmedabad Express 1 to 2 days <br />6. 13465/13466 Howrah – Malda Town Express 6 to 7 days <br />7. 12159/12160 Jabalpur – Amravati Express 3 to 7 days <br />8. 11103/11104 Jhansi – Bandra (T) Express 1 to 2 days <br />9. 19325/19326 Indore – Amritsar Express 1 to 2 days <br />10. 12469/12470 Kanpur – Jammu Tawi Express 1 to 2 days <br />11. 12217/12218 Kochuveli – Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days <br />12. 12687/12688 Madurai – Dehradun/Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days <br />13. 13409/13410 Malda Town – Jamalpur Express 6 to 7 days <br />14. 17213/17214 Narsapur – Nagersol (Near Sainagar Shirdi) Express 2 to 7 days <br />15. 12877/12878 Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express 2 to 3 days <br />16. 18509/18510 Visakhapatnam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days <br />17. 22819/22820 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 2 to 7 days <br />18. 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days <br />19. 12751/12752 Secunderabad – Manuguru Express 3 to 7 days <br />20. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 to 4 days <br />21. 56221/56222/56525/56526 Bangalore – Tumkur Passenger 6 to 7 days <br />22. 56321 Kanniyakumari-Tirunelveli Passenger 6 to 7 days <br />23. 56325 Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari Passenger 6 to 7 days <br />24. 56312 Tirunelveli - Nagercoil Passenger 6 to 7 days