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43 new trains to start in 2009-10

February 13, 2009

The Union Minister of Railways, Lalu Prasad while presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, announced the introduction of 43 new trains which include four Garib Raths.


  • Bilaspur-Tirunelveli via Thiruvananthapuram Express (Weekly)
  • Ranchi-Jaynagar Express (Tri-Weekly)
  • Secunderabad-Manuguru Superfast (Daily)
  • Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
  • Bhopal-Lucknow Junction Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
  • Durg-Jaipur Express (Weekly)
  • Chhatrapati Sahu terminal (Kolhapur)-Dhanbad Link Service via Parasnath (Weekly)
  • Sengottai-Erode Passenger (Daily)
  • Dibrugarh Town-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)
  • Ajmer-Bhagalpur via Delhi Garib Rath Express (Bi-Weekly)
  • Nizamuddin-Bangalore via Kacheguda Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly)
  • Barauni-Delhi Jan Sadharan Superfast (Bi-weekly)
  • Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast (Daily)
  • Mysore-Yesvantpur Express (Daily)
  • Jamalpur-Gaya Passenger
  • Korapur-Rourkela Express via Rayagada (Daily)
  • Agra-Ajmer Superfast (Daily)
  • Sitamarhi-Patna Link Service (Daily)
  • Tiruchchirapalli-Madurai Express (Daily)
  • Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)
  • Jaynagar-Ajmer Link Service (Bi-weekly)
  • Agra-Lucknow Junction Shatabdi Express (Daily)
  • Gandhidham-Kolkata Superfast (Weekly)
  • New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Bhagalpur (Weekly)
  • Mumbai-Tirunelveli Superfast via Thiruvananthapuram (Bi-weekly)
  • Jammu Tawi-Darbhanga Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
  • Saharsa-Delhi Express via Patna (Weekly)
  • Gwalior-Bhopal Intercity Express via Guna (5 days a week)
  • Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Service (Daily)
  • Howrah-Haridwar Superfast (5 days a week)
  • Machhalipatnam-Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly)
  • Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)
  • Gorakhpur-Mumbai Superfast (Daily)
  • Jhajha-Patna MEMU
  • New Delhi-Palwal MEMU
  • New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express via Muzaffarpur (Weekly)
  • Veraval-Mumbai Link Service (Daily)
  • Ranchi-Patna Jan Shatabdi (Daily)
  • Jhansi-Chhindwara Superfast (Bi-weekly)
  • Mumbai-Jodhpur Express (Weekly)
  • Hajipur-Bagaha Link Service
  • Howrah-Delhi Link Service via Azimganj-Bhagalpur (Weekly)
  • Sitamarhi-Delhi Garib Rath Express via Patna (Weekly)

    He has also proposed to increase the frequency of the following train services:

  • 2423/2424 New Delhi - Guwahati/Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express from 5 days to 6 days.
  • 2443/2444 Bhubaneshwar - New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 2 days to 4 days
  • 2395/2396 Ajmer - Rajendra Nagar Ziyarat Express from Weekly to Bi-weekly
  • 2211/2212 Nizamuddin - Bapudham Motihari ? Garib Rath from weekly to Bi-weekly
  • 2183/2184 Bhopal - Lucknow Junction Express from Bi-weekly to Tri-weekly
  • 7091/7092 Secunderabad - Patna Express from Bi-weekly to Daily
  • 2739/2740 Secunderabad - Vishakhapatnam Garib Rath Express from 4 days to Daily
  • 2111/2112 Amravati - Mumbai Amravati Express from Tri-weekly to Daily
  • 2149/2150 Pune - Patna Express from 4 days a week to Daily
  • 2957/2958 Ahmedabad - New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 6 days to Daily
  • 2947/2948 Ahmedabad - Patna Azimabad Express from Bi-weekly to Tri-weekly
  • 2887/2888 Puri - Howrah Express from weekly to Bi-weekly
  • 2487/2488 Jogbani - Delhi Seemanchal Express from 5 days to 6 days a week
  • 2823/2824 Nizamuddin - Durg Chattisgarh Sampark Kranti from 2 days to 3 days a week

    He announced the extension of 14 trains.

  • 5761/5762 Ranchi - Alipurduar Express to Guwahati
  • 9269/9270 Porbandar - Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur
  • 1471/1472 Jabalpur - Bhopal Express to Laxmibai Nagar, Indore
  • 6865/6866 Ernakulam - Tiruchchirapalli Express to Nagore
  • 3155/3156 Kolkata - Darbhanga Mithilanchal Express to Sitamarhi
  • 2175/2176 Howrah - Gwalior Chambal Express to Mathura
  • 2177/2178 Howrah - Agra Cantt Chambal Express to Mathura
  • 6507/6508 Jodhpur - Bangalore Express to Coimbatore
  • 2187/2188 Jabalpur - Mumbai Garib Rath Express to Allahabad
  • 2927/2928 Mumbai - Vadodara Express to Chhotaudepur
  • 541/542 Patna - Darbhanga Kamlaganga Fast Passenger to Biraul
  • 3113/3114 Kolkata - Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express to Lalgola
  • 2909/2910 Mumbai - Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Delhi
  • 2143/2144 Nagpur - Gaya Dikshabhoomi Parasnath Express to Dhanbad via

    Image: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in conversation with Railway officials. | Photograph: PTI/A file photo

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