RAIL BUDGET 2000-01 Highlights That Presented By Mr.Nitish Kumar.
It is only for new services of trains.
PASSENGER SERVICES
NEW TRAINS
i. Lucknow-Bhopal Express (Bi-weekly)
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Bangalore-Shimoga overnight Express (daily)
iii. Tirupati-Nagercoil Express (Bi-weekly)
iv. Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Bi-
weekly)
v. Jodhpur-Bangalore Express via Hubli,
Ahmedabad (weekly)
vi. Howrah-Purulia Express (daily)
vii. Ajmer-Bangalore Express via Hubli,
Ahmedabad (weekly)
iii. Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Express (Tri-weekly)
ix. Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express (Tri-
weekly)
x. Okha-Dehradun Uttaranchal Express (weekly)
(To serve Dwarka, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and
Haridwar)
xi. Shalimar-Bankura Express
xii. Kakinada-Visakhapatnam-Nagarsol Link
Express (Bi-weekly)
iii. Ahmedabad-Nagpur Express (weekly)
iv. Sealdah-Amritsar Superfast Express via Patna
Sahib (weekly)
xv. Bandra Terminus-Gandhidham Express (by
merging 2963 / 64 Bandra-Vadodara
Sayajinagari Express and 9103 / 04 Vadodara-
Gandhidham Inter-city Express)
vi. Lucknow-Ballia-Chhapra Express
vii. Varanasi-Baidyanath Dham Express (Bi-
weekly)
iii. Bikaner-Suratgarh Service
ix. Bangalore-Puttaparthi Service
To commemorate three important places
prominently associated with freedom struggle,
namely Ballia, Tamluk and Satara, additional
connectivity to be provided by introducing
Jodhpur-Bangalore Express, Ajmer-Bangalore
Express, Howrah-Digha Express and Lucknow-
Ballia-Chhapra Express.
A new express train from Nizamuddin to
Coimbatore (weekly).
I NCREASE IN FREQUENCY
i. 8563 / 8564 Vishakapatnam – Bangalore
Express: from 4 days to daily
ii. 2951 / 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express : from 6
days to daily
iii. 2953 / 2954 August Kranti Rajdhani Express :
from 6 days to daily
iv. 1029 / 1030 Pune Howrah Azad Hind Express :
from 2 days to 3 days a week
v. 9263 / 9264 Porbandar – Delhi Sarai Rohilla
Express : from weekly to Bi-weekly.
EXTENSION, CONNECTION, AUGMENTATION
i. 6635 / 6636 Kurla-Ernakulam Netravati
Express To Trivandrum
(Also augmentation to 22 coaches thereby
increasing 280 berth capacity daily)
ii. 5011 / 5012 Gorakhpur-Cochin Raptisagar
Express to Trivandrum.
iii. 7057 / 7058 Bilaspur-Cochin Express to
Trivandrum.
iv. 7081 / 7082 Indore-Cochin Express to
Trivandrum.
v. 6731 / 6732 Bangalore-Madurai Express to
Tuticorin.
vi. 3287A/88A Patna-Rourkela Link Express to
Bilaspur.
vii. 6333/6334 Trivandrum-Rajkot Express to Hapa.
iii. 6803 / 04 Howrah-Trichy Express to
Kanniyakumari (on one day in a week).
ix. 1095 / 96 Pune-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express to
Gandhidham (on one day in a week).
x. 2475 / 2476 Jammu Tawi-Rajkot Express to
Hapa.
xi. 1269 / 1270 Rajkot-Bhopal Express to Jabalpur
(on two days in a week)
Extension of 5207/5208 Amritsar-Barauni
Express upto Katihar and 3163/3164 Sealdah-
Katihar Express upto Barauni.
Additional travel facility between Howrah and
Puri to be provided by connecting 2821 / 2822
Dhauli Express at Bhubaneshwar with 201 /
202 Howrah Puri passenger by modifying
timings.
8621/8622 Patliputra Express to be augmented
from Dhanbad by seven coaches to provide
additional travel capacity between Jasidih and
Patna.
NEW SERVICES / EXTENSIONS TO BE
INTRODUCED UPON COMPLETION OF
GAUGE CONVERSION AND NEW LINES
i. Extension of 9031 / 32 Mumbai Central –
Gandhidham Kutch Express to Bhuj
ii. One pair of passenger service between
Gandhidham and Bhuj
iii. Extension of Rail bus services between Nadiad
and Kapadvanj to Modasa
iv. One pair of passenger services on Peddapalli-
Karimnagar section
M.E.M.U. SERVICES
i. Patna-Mokama section.
ii. Shalimar-Bankura section.
iii. Chennai-Arakkonam-Renigunta section.
iv. Lucknow-Kanpur section.
v. Srikakulam-Vishakhapatnam section.
vi. Katpadi-Jolarpettai section.
D.M.U. SERVICES
i. Amritsar-Pathankot section
ii. Raichur-Gulbarga section
iii. Erode-Trichy section
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