Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced 55 new trains in the Rail Budget 2006-07 for different destinations across the country.
The new trains included 27 weekly, five bi-weekly, five tri-weekly and 14 daily.
The weekly trains are:
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Valsad-Udhna (Surat)-Chhapra-Sonpur Shramik Express,
- Ahmedabad-Patna-Azimabad Express,
- Muzaffarpur-Kolkata (Chitpur) Tirhut Express,
- Kishanganj Garib Nawaj Express,
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Yeshwantpur Garib Nawaj Express,
- Ranch Garib Nawaj Express,
- Sonpur-Chhapra-Jammu Twai Mour Dhwaj Express,
- Delhi-Patna Garib Rath (AC),
- Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath (AC)
- Delhi-Chennai Garib Rath (AC),
- Bangalore-Darbhanga Express Via Chennai, Patna,
- Delhi (New Azadpur)-Saharsa Poorbiya Express via LKO,
- Valsad-Udhna (Surat)-Kanpur Udyogkarmi Express,
- Durg-Gorakhpur Express via Faizabad,
- Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram Express,
- Chennai-Egmore-Nagercoil Express,
- Chennai-Coimbatore Express,
- Bhubaneswar-Pondichery Express,
- Howrah-Mumbai Express.
Other weekly trains are
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Tatanagar-Yeshwantpur Express,
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Chennai-Bilaspur Express,
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Pune-Lucknow Express,
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Jabalpur-Jammu Tawi Express,
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Purna-Nanded-Patna Express (after Gauge conversion),
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Purna-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion).
The bi-weekly trains are:
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Darbhanga-Kolkata (Chitpur) Mithilanchal Express,
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Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath (AC) via Barauni, Hajipur,
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Sonpur, Chhapra and Gorakhpur,
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Rae-Barely-Pratapgarh-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Link Express,
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Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express, and
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Jaipur-Amritsar Express.
The tri-weekly trains are:
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Bhubaneshwar-Baripada Express,
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Delhi-Rae Bareli Express,
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Chennai-Mangalore Express,
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Bhuj-Bareilly Express, and
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Machilipatanam-Tirupati Fast Passenger.
The new daily trains announced in the budget are:
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Saharsa-Patna Kosi Express
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Link Express between Darbhanga and Guwahati with 5609/5610 Avadh-Assam Express,
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Chennai-Tiruvanthapuram Express,
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Nagpur-Raipur Intercity Express,
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Indore-Bhopal Intercity Express,
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Radhikapur-Sealdah Link Express with 3453/3454 Gour Express,
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Mathura-Alwar Passenger,
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Gudur-Tirupati Passenger,
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Hajipur-Sonpur-Chhapra-Siwan-Thawe Passenger,
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Mailani-Palia Kalan Passenger (MG),
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Jallandhar City-Nakodar DMU,
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Nanded-Adilabad Passenger (after gauge conversion),
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Madurai-Rameshwaram Passenger (after gauge conversion),
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Kumarhat-Agartala (after commissioning of new metre gauge line).
Other new trains introduced included Asansol-Bokaro, Bankura-Ranchi passenger via Purulia and Ajmer-Udaipur City Express (after gauge converesion).
The Railway Minister also announced extension of 37 trains, besides increasing frequency of 12 trains.
