Railway Budget 2012: List of New Trains

Here is the list of new express trains, passenger trains, MEMU, DEMU, extension of run and increase in frequency of trains announced in Railway Budget 2012-13.

1. Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak (T) AC Express (Weekly) via Katihar, Mughalsarai, Itarsi

2. Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada

3. Bandra (T)- Bhuj AC Express (Tri-Weekly)

4. Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur AC Express (Tri-Weekly) via Ambala, Jalandhar

5. Coimbatore-Bikaner AC Express (Weekly) via Roha, Vasai Road, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur

6. Kakinada-Secunderabad AC Express (Tri-weekly)

7. Yesvantpur-Kochuveli AC Express (Weekly)

8. Chennai-Bangalore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)

9. Habibganj-Indore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)

10. Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days a week) via Malda Town

11. Kamakhya-Tezpur Intercity Express (Daily)

12. Tiruchchirappalli-Tirunelveli Intercity Express (Daily) via Madurai, Virudunagar

13. Jabalpur-Singrauli Intercity Express (Daily) via New Katni Junction

14. Bidar-Secunderabad Intercity Express (6 days a week)

15. Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)

16. Chhapra-Manduadih Intercity Express (Daily) via Phephna, Rasra, Mau, Aunrihar

17. Ranchi-Dumka Intercity Express (Daily) via Deoghar

18. Barbil-Chakradharpur Intercity Express (Daily) via Dongoaposi, Jhinkpani

19. Secunderabad-Belampalli Intercity Express (Daily) via Kazipet

20. New Jalpaiguri-New Cooch Behar Intercity Express (5 days a week)

21. Ahmedabad-Ajmer Intercity Express (Daily)

22. Dadar (T) �" Tirunelveli Express (Weekly) via Roha, Coimbatore, Erode

23. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)

24. Visakhapatnam-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada, Manmad

25. Indore-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Itarsi, Narkher, Amravati, Akola, Kacheguda

26. Ajmer-Haridwar Express (Tri-Weekly) via Delhi

27. Amravati-Pune Express (Bi-weekly) via Akola, Purna and Latur

28. Kacheguda-Madurai Express (Weekly) via Dharmavaram, Pakala, Jolarpettai

29. Bikaner-Puri Express (Weekly) via Jaipur, Kota, Katni Murwara, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur

30. Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly) via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Jhajha

31. Bilaspur-Patna Express (Weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha

32. Howrah-Raxual Express (Bi-weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha, Barauni

33. Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna Link Express (Daily) via Vizianagaram

34. Puri-Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam, Guntur

35. Sai Nagar Shirdi-Pandharpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kurduwadi

36. Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Visakhapatnam, Gudur

37. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) via Titlagarh, Raipur

38. Howrah-Lalkuan Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Lucknow

39. Kolkata-Jaynagar Express (Weekly) via Asansol, Jhajha, Barauni

40. Dibrugarh-Kolkata Express (Weekly)

41. Firozpur-Sriganganagar Express (Daily) via Fazilka, Abohar

42. Jaipur-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Nagda, Bhopal, Narkher, Amravati, Akola

43. Okha-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer

44. Adilabad-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Daily) via Mudkhed

45. Shalimar-Chennai Express (Weekly)

46. Mysore-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Bangalore, Dharmavaram, Bellary

47. Valsad-Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Marwar

48. Porbander-Secunderabad Express (Weekly) via Viramgam, Vasai Road

49. Bandra (T) �" Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Phulera

50. Hapa-Madgaon Express (Weekly) via Vasai Road, Roha

51. Bikaner-Bandra(T) Express (Weekly) via Jodhpur, Marwar, Ahmedabad

52. Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Mathura, Farrukhabad, Kanpur

53. Durg-Jagdalpur Express (Tri-Weekly) via Titlagarh

54. Mannargudi-Tirupati Express (Tri-Weekly) via Thiruvarur, Villupuram, Katpadi

55. Gandhidham-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Morbi

56. Kota-Hanumangarh Express (Daily) via Jaipur, Degana, Bikaner

57. Jhansi-Mumbai Express (Weekly) via Gwalior, Maksi, Nagda

58. Secunderabad-Nagpur Express (Triweekly) via Kazipet

59. Kanpur-Amritsar Express (Weekly) via Farrukhabad, Bareilly

60. Chappra-Lucknow Express (Tri-Weekly) via Masrakh, Thawe, Padrauna

61. Karimnagar-Tirupati Express (Weekly) via Pedapalli

62. Anandvihar-Haldia Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Gomoh, Purulia

63. Barrackpore-Azamgarh Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Ballia, Mau

64. Indore-Rewa Express (Tri-weekly) via Bina

65. Running of independent train between Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin by delinking from 12405/12406 Bhusawal-Hazrat Nizamuddin and 12409/12410 Raigarh-Nizamuddin Gondwana Express

66. Darbhanga-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Raxaul, Sitapur, Bareilly, Kasganj, Mathura

67. Solapur-Yesvantpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Gulbarga

68. Chennai-Puri Express (Weekly)

69. Hyderabad-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Manmad, Itarsi, Ratlam

70. Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly) via Purulia, Sambalpur, Vizianagaram

71. Shalimar-Bhuj Express (Weekly) via Bilaspur, Katni, Bhopal

72. Amritsar-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (Weekly)

73. Santragachi-Ajmer Express (Weekly) via Kharagpur, Chandil, Barkakana, Katni, Kota

74. Malda Town-Surat Express (Weekly) via Rampur Hat, Asansol, Nagpur

75. Dwarka-Somnath Express (Daily)

Passenger Trains

1. Koderma-Nawadih Passenger (6 Days)

2. Sriganganagar-Suratgarh Passenger (Daily)

3. Yerraguntla-Nosam/Nanganapalli Passenger (Daily)

4. Villupuram-Katpadi Passenger (Daily)

5. Gunupur-Palasa (via Parlakhemundi) Passenger (Daily)

6. Ajmer-Pushkar Passenger (5 Days)

7. Kota-Jhalawar City Passenger (Daily)

8. Bareilly-Kasganj Passenger (Daily)

9. Anandnagar-Barahani Passenger (Daily)

10. Rangiya-Tezpur Passenger (Daily)

11. Mysore-Shravan belgola (Daily)

12. Jodhpur-Bilara Passenger (Daily)

13. Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily)

14. Rohtak-Panipat Passenger (Daily)

15. Miraj-Kurudwadi Passenger (Daily)

16. Phulera-Rewari Passenger (Daily)

17. Mysore-Chamarajanagar Passenger (Daily)

18. Gorakhpur-Siwan Passenger (Daily)

19. Running of independent Passenger trains between Rewa-Bilaspur and Rewa-Chirmiri by delinking from 51751/51752 Rewa-Bilaspur Passenger and 51753/51754 Rewa-Chirmir Passenger

20. Mysore-Birur Passenger via Arsikere (Daily)

21. Jhansi-Tikamgarh Passenger via Lalitpur

MEMU

1. Dahod-Anand

2. Anand-Gandhinagar

3. Bina-Bhopal MEMU service in lieu of conventional services

4. Palakkad-Coimbatore-Erode

5. Ernakulam-Thrisur

6. Adra-Asansol

7. Adra-Bishnupur via Bankura

8. Sealdah-Lalgola 

DEMU

1. Baripada-Bangriposi(Daily)

2. Masagram-Matnashibpur (Daily)

3. Mannargudi-Trichy-Manamadurai (Daily)

4. Hoshiarpur-Firozpur (Daily)

5. Siliguri-Changrabandha (Daily)

6. Pratapnagar-Chota Udepur (Daily)

7. New Jalpaiguri-Bamanhat DEMU service in lieu of conventional services

Indian Railway Budget Highlights 2011

Yesterday (25th Feb 2011) Railway minister of India Ms Mamta Banergee Presented Railway Budget in Indian Parliament House for the Year 2011. Railway Declared 2011-12 as a "Year Of Green Energy".Some of the Highlights are:-

COMMON PEOPLE

# No increase in passenger fares and freight rates in FY 2011/12.

# New Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 Duronto trains to be introduced.

# AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.

# New Super AC Class to be introduced.

# A new portal for e-ticketing to be launched shortly.

# Booking charges will be cheaper with a charge of only Rs 10 for AC classes and Rs 5 for others.

# Pan-India multi-purpose smart card 'Go India' to be introduced.

# 236 more stations to be upgraded as Adarsh Stations.

# 47 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 50 new suburban services proposed for Kolkata.

# Two new passenger terminals in Kerala and one each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal proposed.

# Feasibility study to raise speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph to be undertaken.

# A special package of two new trains and two projects for the states managing trouble free run of trains through out the year.

# Anti Collision Devise (ACD) sanctioned to cover 8 zonal railways.

# GPS Based 'Fog Safe' Device to be deployed.

# All unmanned level crossing up to 3000 to be eliminated.

# All India Security Help line on a single number set up.

NEW TRAINS

#New Janambhoomi trains Between Ahmedabad and Udhampur

# Krambhoomi Train for working class specially for Migrents.

# Bharat thirth train to be launched on Rabindranath Tagore's 150th Birth day Anniversary 

# Matribhumi Special Trains for Women

SOCIAL INITIATIVE

# A scheme for socially desirable projects, 'Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana' with non-lapsable fund proposed.

# 10,000 shelter units proposed for track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis.

# Concession to physically handicapped persons to be extended on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains.

# Concession of 50 per cent to press correspondents with family increased to twice a year.

# Senior Citizens concession to be hiked from 30 per cent to 40 per cent.

# Medical facilities extended to dependent parents of the Railway employees.

# Scholarship for girl child of Group-D railway employees increased to Rs 1200 per month.

# 20 additional hostels for children of railway employees to be set up.

# Recruitment for 1.75 lakh vacancies of Group 'C' and 'D' including to fill up backlog of SC/ST initiated, 16,000 ex-servicemen to be inducted by March 2011.

# Free Journey for cancer patient in Sleeper and 3rd a/c & 75% concession for companion.

FACTS & FIGURE

# Gross traffic receipts estimated at 1.06 trillion rupees ($23.4 billion) in FY 2011/12

# Passenger numbers estimated to grow by 6.4 percent in coming financial year.

# Freight traffic estimated at 993 million tonnes in the coming financial year.

# Fresh investment of 576.3 billion rupees ($12.68 billion) into Indian Railways in the FY 2011/12.

INVESTMENT

# The government to provide 200 billion rupees ($4.4 billion) to Indian Railways in coming FY.

# Total amount of borrowing by Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC) estimated at 204.54 billion rupees ($4.5 billion) in FY 2011/12

# Tax-free bonds totalling 100 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) to be issued by IRFC in the coming financial year.

#Railways development bank Rail Vikas Nigam Limited to borrow 1.4 billion rupees ($30.9 million) in coming financial year.

#Total public-private partnership investments estimated at 15.26 billion rupees ($336.5 million) in FY 2011/12.

INFRASTRUCTURE

# 1,300 kilometres (808 miles) of new rail lines to be added in FY 2011/12.

# 18,000 new wagons to be purchased.

# Two wagon units to be set up in conjunction with private partners.

# 700 megawatt gas-based captive power plant to be set up.

# A Bridge Factory in Jammu and Kashmir and a state-of-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering is proposed at Jammu.

# A Diesel Locomotive Centre will be set-up in Manipur.

#A Centre of Excellence in Software at Darjeeling proposed under the aegis of CRIS.

# Rail Industrial Parks at Jellingham and New Bongaigaon proposed.

# Additional mechanised laundry units to be set up at Nagpur, Chandigarh and Bhopal.

Railway Budget 2010-2011 Highlights

On 24th of Feb 2010 Mamata Banerjee had presented Railway Budget in the Indian Parliament House. These are the some highlits for railway Budget 2010.

·  Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee appeals to business houses to join hands for building partnership with Railways. Presenting Railway Budget for 2010-11, Banerjee says a special task force will be set up for early clearance of projects.

·  No fare hike for passengers.

· Railways not to be privatised; It will remain with the government, says Banerjee. While not privatising, Railways have to develop business models for improving earnings, says Banerjee.

·  Railways 2020 vision document will contain short, medium and long-term goals. Commitments fulfilled to the maximum. Out of 120 trains announced in last budget, only three remain to be flagged off because of lack of broad-gauge lines, says Banerjee.

·  Plans to launch a pilot project for fire detection.The government also plans to construct more underpasses for safety, the minister said while presenting the Railway Budget.

·  Railways to start six water bottling plants in places like Ambala, Thiruvananthapuram, Farakka, Amethi and Nasik to provide clean and cheap drinking water to passengers.

·Indian Railways aims to add 25,000 route kilometers by 2020. The railways currently has 64,015 route kilometers, she said.

· India's railways has set up a special task force to clear investment proposals in 100 days

· Indian Railways plans to keep rail freight rates unchanged, Bloomberg-UTV news channel reported, without saying where it got the information.

· Railways to set up mobile e-ticketing centres at hospitals, universities, courts, IITs, IIMs, district headquarters and village panchayats. All 13,000 unmanned level crossings to be manned in the next five years.

· Railway Protection Force to be strengthened through amendments in RPF Act; women's wing to be formed in RPF to ensure security of women. Ex-servicemen to be inducted in RPF. Railways will be the lead partner in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

· Railways to set up Rabindra Museum in Howrah and Geetanjali Museum in Bolpur -- both in West Bengal  to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 125th birth anniversary.

· Railways will provide houses to all its employees in the the next 10 years in collaboration with the Urban Development ministry.

·  Railways to enhance contribution to central staff benefit fund. Centre for Railway Research to be set up at IIT-Kharagpur. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works capacity to be augmented from 200 to 275 engines a year.

·  Work on Rae Bareli Coach Factory in Uttar Pradesh to start within a year. Wagon Repair Shop to be set up in Badnera near Amravati in Maharashtra.

· Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to be modernised and a new unit to be set up there. If land is available, Railways willing to set up a Diesel Multiple Unit factory in West Bengal.

· No forcible acquisition of land for freight corridor project. One member of each family of land losers to be given employment in the freight corridor as also in the new projects.

· High-speed dedicated passenger corridors to be constructed; National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up.

· Revenue from non-core business of Railways to go up from Rs 150 crore to Rs 1,000 crore. Indian Railways has set a target to transport 944 million tons of goods in the year beginning April 1.

· Railways expects to increase earnings from non core activities. The government aims to increase non core earnings to Rs10 billion rupees from Rs1.5 billion.

· Railways expects to increase earnings from non core activities. The government aims to increase non core earnings to Rs10 billion rupees from Rs1.5 billion.

· Despite slowdown, Railways to exceed freight loading target by eight million tonnes during 2009-10. Freight loading target for 2010-11 fixed at 944 million tonnes, 54 million tonnes more than the current year's revised target. Gross traffic receipt for 2010-11 pegged at Rs94,765 crore.

·  Allocation for construction of new lines increased from Rs2848 crore to Rs 4411 crore.

· Rs1,302 crore provided for passenger amenities in the 2010-11 railway budget against Rs 923 crore last year.

· Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)will borrow 91.2 billion rupees ($1.97 billion) from the market in 2010-11.

·  Railways to have master plan for North Eastern region. Special train between India and Bangladesh to be started to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

· 101 additional services to start on Mumbai suburban railways. Survey will be conducted to connect Sealdah and Howrah stations in West Bengal. To commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary, 'Bharat Teertha' trains to connect several pilgrimage centres across the country.

·  Indian Railway Finance Corporation will borrow Rs91.2 billion ($1.97 billion) from the market in 2010-11.