Dr.Mamata Banerjee's gift for you: 56 new trains
The Indian Railways will launch 56 new trains in 2011-12, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the Railway Budget on Friday.
Nine new Duronto trains will also be introduced. In a bid to promote rail tourism, special tourist trains have also been introduced. The frequency of 17 trains will be increased. The names of new trains are give below:
- Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily)
- Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty, Dharmavaram
- Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Siwan
- Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna, Akola
- Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat
- Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur
- Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram
- Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur
- Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra
- Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)
- Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh
- Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur
- Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)
- Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad
- Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)
- Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur
- Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota
- Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore
- Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)
- Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad
- Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)
- Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
- Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)
- Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur
- Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
- Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur Express (weekly) via Faizabad, Kanpur, Bhopal Kacheguda
- Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly)
- Kolkata-Ajmer Express (weekly) via Asansol
- Jabalpur-Indore Intercity Express (tri-weekly) via Guna, Bina
- Porbander-Kochuveli Express (weekly) via Panvel, Madgaon
- Kolkata-Agra Express (weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura
- Lucknow-Bhopal Express (weekly)
- Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
- Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
- Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
- Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
- Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily)
- Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly)
- Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly)
- Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly)
- Digha-Puri Express (weekly)
- Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh
- Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore
- Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam
- Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore
- Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya
- Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly)
- Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia
- Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai
- Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly)
- Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Rae Bareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh
- Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly)
- Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
- Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer
- Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly)Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly)
- Allahabad-Mumbai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
- Pune-Ahmedabad AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
- Sealdah-Puri non AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
- Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC Duronto (tri-weekly)
- Madurai-Chennai AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
- Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
- Mumbai Central-New Delhi AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
- Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC Duronto (bi-weekly)
- Shalimar-Patna Duronto (tri-weekly)
The frequency of following "Duronto Trains" have been increased:
- Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto Express from 2 days to 4 days
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad Duronto Express from 3 days to daily
- Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express from 2 days to 5 days
- Nagpur-Mumbai CST Duronto Express from 3 days to daily
- Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from 4 days to 5 days

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