Rail Budget 2013: List of new express, passenger trains

As many as 67 express trains and 26 passenger trains are being introduced this year, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced today.

Presenting the 2013-14 Railway Budget, Mr Bansal also said that five Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMUs) are being introduced this year besides eight Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMUs).

Besides, he proposed extension of as many as 57 trains and increasing the frequency of 24 trains.

Here's the list of new trains:

 

 Express trains

•     Ahmedabad - Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi
•     Ajni (Nagpur) - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) Via Hingoli
•     Amritsar - Lalkuan Express (Weekly) Via Chandigarh
•     Bandra Terminus - Ramnagar Express (Weekly) Via  Nagda, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rampur
•     Bandra Terminus - Jaisalmer Express (Weekly) Via Marwar, Jodhpur
•     Bandra Terminus - Hisar Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Marwar,  Jodhpur, Degana
•     Bandra Terminus - Haridwar Express (Weekly) Via Valsad
•     Bangalore - Mangalore Express (Weekly)
•     Bathinda - Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Patiala, Rajpura
•     Bhubaneswar - Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur
•     Bikaner - Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai, Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur
•     Chandigarh -Amritsar Intercity Express (Daily) Via Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana
•     Chennai - Karaikudi Express (Weekly)
•     Chennai - Palani Express (Daily) Via Jolarpettai, Salem, Karur, Namakkal
•     Chennai Egmore - Thanjavur Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai
•     Chennai - Nagarsol  (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda
•     Chennai - Velankanni Link Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur
•     Coimbatore - Mannargudi  Express (Daily) Via Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam
•     Coimbatore - Rameswaram Express (Weekly)
•     Delhi - Firozpur Intercity Express (Daily) Via Bathinda
•     Delhi Sarai Rohilla - Sikar Express (Bi-weekly)  after gauge conversion
•     Delhi - Hoshiarpur Express (Weekly)
•     Durg - Jaipur Express (Weekly)
•     Gandhidham - Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada
•     Hazrat Nizamuddin - Mumbai AC Express (Weekly) via Bhopal, Khandwa, Bhusawal
•     Howrah - Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur
•     Howrah - New Jalpaiguri AC Express  (Weekly) Via Malda Town
•     Hubli - Mumbai Express (Weekly) Via Miraj, Pune
•     Indore - Chandigarh Express (Weekly) Via Dewas, Ujjain, Guna, Gwalior, Hazrat Nizamuddin
•     Jabalpur - Yesvantpur Express  (Weekly)Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram
•     Jaipur - Lucknow Express (Tri-weekly) Via Bandikui, Mathura, Kanpur
•     Jaipur-Alwar Express  (Daily)
•     Jodhpur -Jaipur Express (Daily) Via Phulera
•     Jodhpur - Kamakhya (Guwahati)  Express  (Weekly) Via Degana, Ratangarh
•     Kakinada - Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly)
•     Kalka - Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Bi-weekly) Via Hazrat Nizamuddin , Bhopal, Itrasi
•     Kamakhya (Guwahati)  - Anand VIhar Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Barauni, Sitapur Cantt, Moradabad
•     Kamakhya (Guwahati) - Bangalore AC Express (Weekly )
•     Kanpur - Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Farrukhabad
•     Katihar - Howrah Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town
•     Katra - Kalka  Express (Bi-weekly) Via Morinda
•     Kolkata - Agra Express (Weekly) Via Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mathura
•     Kolkata - Sitamarhi Express (Weekly) Via Jhajha, Barauni, Darbhanga
•     Kota - Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Mathura, Palwal
•     Kurnool Town - Secunderabad Express  (Daily)
•     Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Kochuveli Express (Weekly)
•     Lucknow - Varanasi Express  Via Rae-Bareli (6 Days a week)
•     Madgaon - Mangalore Intercity Express (Daily) Via Udupi, Karwar
•     Mangalore - Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore
•     Mau  - Anand Vihar Express (Bi-weekly)
•     Mumbai - Solapur Express (6 Days a week)  Via Pune
•     Nagercoil - Bangalore Express (Daily) Via Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli
•     New Delhi - Katra AC Express (6 Days a week)
•     Nizamabad - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly)
•     Patna - Sasaram Intercity Express (Daily) Via Ara
•     Patliputra (Patna) - Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki
•     Puducherry - Kanniyakumari Express (Weekly) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchchirappalli
•     Puri - Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal
•     Puri -Ajmer Express (Weekly) Via Abu-Road
•     Radhikapur - Anand Vihar Link Express (Daily)
•     Rajendra Nagar Terminus (Patna)- New Tinsukia Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Guwahati
•     Tirupati - Puducherry Express (Weekly)
•     Tirupati - Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam
•     Una / Nangaldam- Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly) Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda,       Chandigarh, Ambala
•     Visakhapatnam - Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Titlagarh, Raipur
•     Visakhapatnam - Kollam Express (Weekly)
•     Yesvantpur - Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh

Passenger trains

•     Bathinda - Dhuri Passenger (Daily)
•     Bikaner-Ratangarh  Passenger (Daily)
•     Bhavnagar - Palitana Passenger (Daily)
•     Bhavnagar - Surendranagar Passenger (Daily)
•     Bareilly - Lalkuan Passenger (Daily)
•     Chhapra -Thawe Passenger (Daily)
•     Loharu - Sikar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
•     Madgaon - Ratnagiri Passenger (Daily)
•     Marikuppam - Bangalore Passenger (Daily)
•     Muzaffarpur - Sitamarhi Passenger (Daily) via Runnisaidpur
•     Nadiad - Modasa Passenger (6 days a week)
•     Nandyal - Kurnool Town passenger (Daily)
•     New Amravati - Narkher Passenger (Daily)
•     Punalur - Kollam Passenger (Daily)
•     Purna - Parli  Vaijnath Passenger (Daily)
•     Palani-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily)
•     Ratangarh - Sardarsahar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
•     Samastipur- Banmankhi Passenger via Saharsa, Madhepura (Daily) after gauge conversion
•     Shoranur - Kozhikode Passenger (Daily)
•     Surendranagar - Dharangdhara Passenger (Daily)
•     Suratgarh - Anupgarh Passenger (Daily)
•     Somnath - Rajkot Passenger (Daily)
•     Sitamarhi - Raxaul Passenger (Daily) 35
•     Sriganganagar - Hanumangarh-Sadulpur Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion
•     Talguppa - Shimoga Town Passenger (Daily)
•     Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger (Daily

MEMU services

•     Barabanki - Kanpur
•     Chennai - Tirupati
•     Delhi- Rohtak  (Replacement of conventional service by MEMU)
•     Lucknow - Hardoi
•     Sealdah - Berhampore Court

DEMU services

•     Bhatkal - Thokur
•     Delhi - Kurukshetra Via Kaithal
•     Katwa - Jangipur
•     Lucknow - Sultanpur
•     Lucknow - Pratapgarh Via Gauriganj
•     Madgaon - Karwar
•     Rohtak - Rewari
•     Taran Taran - Goindwal Saheb