53 new trains, 10 Garib Raths to be introduced

Keeping in mind the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections, Union Minister for Railways Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav unveils people-friendly Railway Budget 2008. In this budget Lalu has several things for everybody right from the Railway Quli, to the students, senior citizens and girl student. In order to please the lower and upper middle class, he cuts down the fare of AC and Sleepet Class by 7 and 5% respectively. He has also introduced 53 new trains and 10 Garib Raths for the masses. The following is the detail of new trains and garib raths:-

New Garib Raths

• Jaipur-Chandigarh (Tri-weekly) via Rewari-Bhiwani
• Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express (Tri-weekly)
• Varanasi-Delhi (Tri-weekly)
• Bangalore-Kochuveli(Tri-Weekly)
• Ranchi-Delhi (Bi-weekly)
• Jammu Tawi-Kathgodam (Weekly) (in lieu of Nizamuddin-Dehradun Garib Rath Express announced in the Railway Budget 2007-08)
• Yesvantpur-Puducherry (Tri-weekly)
• Jabalpur-Mumbai (Bi-weekly)
• Delhi-Jaynagar (Bi-Weekly) via Patna
• Pune-Nagpur (Tri-weekly)

New Trains

• Amravati-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly)
• Chennai-Tiruchendur Express (Weekly)
• Hyderabad-Usmanabad Express (Tri-weekly)
• Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) via Sambalpur
• Amritsar-Saharsa Jan Sadharan Express (Weekly) via Hasanpur
• Ranchi-Chopan Express(Tri-weekly)
• Asansol-Mumbai Express via Jasidih (Weekly) with restoration of Howrah-Mumbai Mail via Gaya on all 7 days of the week
• Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express (Weekly)
• Kochuveli-Dehradun Express (weekly)
• Jaynagar-Saharsa Janaki Express (Tri-weekly) via Hasanpur
• New Dibrugarh Town-Kamakhya Express (Tri-weekly) via Moranhat
• Machallipatnam-Bangalore Express (Tri-weekly)
• Surat-Muzaffarpur Express (Weekly) via Azamgarh-Chhapra
• Amritsar-Kochuveli Express (Weekly)
• Delhi-Pathankot Express (Tri-weekly) via Amritsar
• Malda Town-Patna Express (Tri-weekly) via Bhagalpur
• Indore-Udaipur Express (Tri-weekly) via Ratlam
• Varanasi-Rameshwaram Express (Weekly)
• Delhi-Jogbani Link Express (Weekly)
• Khajuraho-Delhi Link Express (Tri-weekly)
• Kamakhya-Gaya Express (Weekly)
• Ramnagar-Delhi Link Express (Daily)
• Kolkata-Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express (Weekly)
• Mathura-Chhapra Express (Tri-weekly)
• Gwalior-Indore Express (Tri-weekly)
• Udaipur-Delhi Chetak Express (Tri-weekly) via Ajmer-Neem-ka-Thana
• Puri-Darbhanga Express (Weekly)
• Yeswantpur-Jodhpur Express (Weekly)
• Radhikapur-Delhi Express (Weekly)
• Vasco-da-gama-Patna Express (Weekly) via Konkan railway
• Paradeep-Bhubaneshwar Express (Daily) in lieu of one pair passenger service between Paradeep and Cuttack
• Bilaspur-Pune Express (Weekly)
• Kendurjharagarh-Puri Express (Daily)
• Gaya-Chennai Express(Weekly)
• Balharshah-Mumbai Link Express (Daily)
• New Dibrugarh Town-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Moranhat
• Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kiul in lieu of 3405/3406 Ranchi-Bhagalpur Varanchal Express (Bi-weekly via Kiul)
• -Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Tri-weekly)
• Dehradun-Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Six days)
• Ahmedabad-Mumbai Air Conditioned Express (Weekly)
• Chennai-Rameshwaram Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai-Karaikudi (after Gauge conversion)
• Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai (after Gauge conversion)
• Chennai-Salem Express (Daily) via Vriddhachalam (after Gauge conversion)
• Madurai-Tenkasi Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
• Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
• Mysore-Nanjanagud Town Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
• Ahmedabad-Patan Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
• Dabhoi-Pratapnagar Passenger(Daily) (after Gauge conversion)
• Hajipur-Phulwaria passenger (Daily) (upon commissioning of new line)
• Itarsi-Katni Passenger (Daily)
• Shoranur-Nilambur Road Passenger (Daily)
• Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily)
• Vasai Road-Panvel MEMU (Daily)