Railway minister Lalu Prasad on Friday announced the introduction of 43 new trains. While fare for ordinary trains was reduced by Rupee 1 for journey above ten kilometers, fares of all AC classes were reduced by 2%. Similarly, second class and sleeper class fares for all mail, express and ordinary passenger trains were reduced by 2% for tickets costing Rs 50 and more.
He announced amidst thumping of desks that construction work on double line Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor has commenced from Dehri-on-Son from February 10, while work on Western Corridor will commence soon.
Action is also on for examining feasibility of running bullet trains on selected sections travelling at speed of 300 to 350 kilometers per hour. The survey for extension of Kolkata Metro from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar has been completed.
Railways expected to show a surplus of Rs 188.47 billion in the next fiscal. Due to implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations, Railways are expected to incur an additional burden of Rs 90 billion on salaries and Rs 45 billion on pensions.
List Of New Trains
1. Bilaspur-Tirunelveli via Thiruvananthapuram Express (Weekly)
2. Ranchi-Jaynagar Express (Tri-Weekly)
3. Secunderabad-Manuguru Superfast (Daily)
4. Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
5. Bhopal-Lucknow Junction Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
6. Durg-Jaipur Express (Weekly)
7. Chhatrapati Sahu terminal (Kolhapur)-Dhanbad Link Service via Parasnath (Weekly)
8. Sengottai-Erode Passenger (Daily)
9. Dibrugarh Town-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
10. Ajmer-Bhagalpur via Delhi Garib Rath Express (Bi-Weekly)
11. Nizamuddin-Bangalore via Kacheguda Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly)
12. Barauni-Delhi Jan Sadharan Superfast (Bi-weekly)
13. Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast (Daily)
14. Mysore-Yesvantpur Express (Daily)
15. Jamalpur-Gaya Passenger
16. Korapur-Rourkela Express via Rayagada (Daily)
17. Agra-Ajmer Superfast (Daily)
18. Sitamarhi-Patna Link Service (Daily)
19. Tiruchirapalli-Madurai Express (Daily)
20. Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)
21. Jaynagar-Ajmer Link Service (Bi-weekly)
22. Agra-Lucknow Junction Shatabdi Express (Daily)
23. Gandhidham-Kolkata Superfast (Weekly)
24. New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Bhagalpur (Weekly)
25. Mumbai-Tirunelveli Superfast via Thiruvananthapuram (Bi-weekly)
26. Jammu Tawi-Darbhanga Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
27. Saharsa-Delhi Express via Patna (Weekly)
28. Gwalior-Bhopal Intercity Express via Guna (Five days a week)
29. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Service (Daily)
30. Howrah-Haridwar Superfast (Five days a week)
31. Machhalipatnam-Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly)
32. Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)
33. Gorakhpur-Mumbai Superfast (Daily)
34. Jhajhar-Patna
35. New Delhi-Palwal
36. New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Muzaffarpur (Weekly)
37. Veraval-Mumbai Link Service (Daily)
38. Ranchi-Patna Jan Shatabdi (Daily)
39. Jhansi-Chhindwara Superfast (Bi-weekly)
40. Mumbai-Jodhpur Express (Weekly)
41. Hajipur-Bagaha Link Service
42. Howrah-Delhi Link Service via Azimganj-Bhagalpur (Weekly)
43. Sitamarhi-Delhi Garib Rath Express via Patna (Weekly)
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