Following is the list of 56 new express trains proposed to be introduced in Rail Budget 2011:

1. Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)

2. Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram

3. Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan

4. Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola

5. Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat

6. Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur

7. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram

8. Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur

9. Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra

10. Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)

11. Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh

12. Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur

13. Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)

14. Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad

15. Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)

16. Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur

17. Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota

18. Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore

19. Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)

20. Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad

21. Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)

22. Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

23. Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)

24. Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur

25. Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

26. Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda

27. Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)

28. Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol

29. Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina

30. Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon

31. Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura

32. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)

33. Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)

34. Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa

35. Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg

36. Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

37. Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)

38. Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)

39. Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)

40. Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)

41. Digha-Puri Express (weekly)

42. Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh

43. Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore

44. Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam

45. Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore

46. Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya

47. Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)

48. Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia

49. Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai

50. Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)

51. Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh

52. Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)

53. Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)

54. Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer

55. Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)

56. Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)

Following is the list of 13 new passenger trains proposed:

* Delhi-Garhi Harsaru –Farukhnagar Passenger (daily)

* Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswr Fast Passenger (5 days a week)

* Koraput – Bolangir – Sambalpur Passenger (daily)

* Barkakhana-Dehri-on-Sone Passenger (daily)

* Jodhpur-Hissar Fast Passenger (daily)

* Tirupati – Guntakal Passenger (daily)

* Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Passenger (6 days a week)

* Bhuj-Palanpur Passenger (daily)

* Silghat-Chaparmukh Passenger (daily)

* Siliguri-Dinhata Passenger (daily)

* Abohar-Fazilka Passenger (daily)

* Bilaspur-Katni Passenger (daily)

* Raipur-Korba Passenger (daily)

Following new diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Gondia-Ballarshah

* Vasai road-Diva

* Ratlam-Neemuch

* Ratlam-Chittaurgarh

* Sealdah-Jangipur

* Ahmedabad-Patan

* Bangalore Cantt-Bangarpet

* Dharmapuri-Bangalore

* Marikuppam-Bangarpet

* New Jalpaiguri – Balurghat

* Falaknuma-Medchhal

* Mriyalguda-Nadikudi

* Kacheguda-Raichur

* Raichur-Gadwal

* Radhikapur-New Jalpaiguri

* Jalna-Nagarsol

* Nizamabad-Secunderabad

* Kacheguda-Mriyalguda

* Baripada-Bangariposi

* Sealdah-Bhagwangola-Lalgola

* Kolar-Bangalore

* Krishnanagar-Behrampore Court

The following Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) train services will be introduced:

* Ranchi-Asansol

* Ernakulam-Kollam (via Alappuzha)

* Vasi Road-Panvel

* Bangarpet-Koppam

* Falaknuma-Bhongir

* Midnapore-Jhargram

* Kollam-Nagercoil

* Jhargram-Purulia

The run of the following trains have been proposed to be extended:

1. Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102)

2. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express to Delhi (11103/11104)

3. Udaipur-Gwalior Express to Khajuraho (12965/12966)

4. Solapur-Gadag Express to Hubli (11423/11424)

5. Jabalpur-Nagpur Express to Amravati (12159/12160)

6. Nizamuddin-Bapudham Motihari Express to Muzaffarpur (12211/12212)

7. Jammu Tawi-Sonpur Express to Muzaffarpur (12491/12492)

8. Lucknow-Allahabad Express to Vindhyachal (14209/14210)

9. Chandigarh-Jaipur Garib Rath Express to Ajmer (12983/12984)

10. Indore-Ajmer Express to Jaipur (19655/19656)

11. Lucknow-Saharanpur Express to Chandigarh (15011/15012)

12. Chennai Egmore-Nagore Express to Karaikal (16175/16176)

13. Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18509/18510)

14. Sambalpur-Nizamabad Express to Nanded (18309/18310)

15. Mysore-Shimoga Town Express to Talguppa (16205/16206)

16. Valsad-Vadodara Express to Dahod (12929/12930)

17. Surat-Bhavnagar Express to Mahuva (19025.19026)

18. Sultanpur-Ajmer Express to Ahmedabad (19603/19604)

19. Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri (19601/19602)

20. Mumbai-Allahabad Express to Faizabad via Jaunpur, Shahganj (12563/12564)

21. Yesvantapur-Mangalore Express to Karwar (16515/16516)

22. Saharanpur-Delhi to Farukh Nagar (14546/14545)

23. Lucknow-Bhopal Express to Pratapgarh (12183/12184)

24. Delhi-Shahjahanpur Passenger to Sitapur Cantt. (54075/54076)

25. Moradabad-Chandausi Passenger to Bareilly (54311/54312)

26. Hajipur-Phulwaria Passenger to Bathua Bazar (55221/55222)

27. Hajipur-Thawe Passenger to Kaptanganj (55007/55008)

28. Nagercoil-Thiruvanthapuram Passenger to Kochuvelli (56318/56317)

29. Hyderabad-Wadi Passenger to Gulbarga (57135/57136)

30. Hubli-Bijapur Passenger to Solapur (56909/56910)

31. Nagda-Kota Passenger to Ratlam (59803/59802)

32. Ambala-Una DEMU to Amb Andaura (74991/74992)

33. Ambala-Amritsar DEMU to Kurukshetra (74645/74646)

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Highlights of the railway budget for 2011-12 presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday by railway minister Mamata Banerjee (Download complete speech here -  RailBudget_2011-12):

* No increase in fares.

* Earnings for 2010-11 set to exceed Rs.1 lakh crore.

* Working expenditure during 2011-12 estimated at Rs.87,000 crore.

* Outlay of Rs.57,630 crore for 2011-12, the highest investment in one year.

* Rs.10,000 crore to be raised through railway bonds.

* Budget combines strong economic focus with inclusion.

* Will develop business-oriented policies to aid industry.

* Happy to announce 85 PPP proposals received; set up single-window system to take these forward.

* Decided to set-up rail-based industries.

* Passing through a difficult phase; 97 percent increase in expenditure in 2010-11 due to implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report.

* Loss of Rs.3,500 crore in 2010-11.

* Ten-year backlog of 1.75 lakh jobs being addressed; 16,000 ex-servicemen to be given jobs in railways.

* Safety first priority; accident rate has come down.

* Anti-collision device, successful in North West Frontier Railway, to be extended to three more zonal railways.

* Railways always been a soft target but law and order a state subject. If railways are blocked in one region, this has a snowballing effect in other parts of the country.

* Will add 180 km of rail lines in 2011-12.

* All-India security helpline set up.

* New Durantos to be run on Allahabad-Mumbai, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah-Puri, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Madurai-Chennai routes, among others.

* Rail linkage to Gujarat from Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor.

* Integrated suburban network to be set up in Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad and other cities; suburban system of Hyderabad to be strengthened.

* Mumbai suburban system’s EMU coaches to be increased from nine to 12.

* Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojna to be launched.

* Industrial park to be set up in Nandigram, West Bengal.

* Railways to set up factory in Jammu and Kashmir.

* To set up Metro coach factory at Singur, West Bengal.

* First coach from Rae Bareli factory to roll out in next three months.

* Work on wagon factory in Orissa to begin after land is acquired.

* Manipur capital Imphal to be soon connected to railway network.

* Center for excellence in software to be set up at Darjeeling.

* Fund to be created for socially desirable projects.

* Central Organistaion for Project Implemtaiton created; will create accountability for non-performance.

* Work started on two dedicated freight corridors.

* Work on upgrading 442 stations to be completed by March 31.

* Decision to start pilot projects to give shelter to homeless people living along the tracks in Mumbai.

* Multi-purpose smart card to be introduced for all-India travel.

* Airport-like trolleys to be provided at more stations.

* Railways to set up a sports cadre.

* Upgraded class of air conditioned travel to be introduced shortly.

* To adopt modern technology through centres of academic excellence.

* Train to run to Bangladesh to showcase Indian culture.

* Age for senior citizen’s concession reduced to 58 from 60.

* Concession for physically handicapped and gallantry award winners for travel in Rajdhani and Shatabdi expresses.

* 50 percent concession for mediapersons with families to be increased from once to twice a year.

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