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Southern Railway will run the following special trains in order to clear the extra rush of passengers in connection with 'DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL'.Bangalore - Tirunelveli - Bangalore Weekly Specials: T.No. 0691 Bangalore - Tirunelveli Weekly Special will leave Bangalore at 22.45 hrs. on 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th October 2009 and arrive Tirunelveli at 12.45 hrs. the next day. In the return direction, T.No

'Duronto' train services for metros, major state capitalsDuronto Express trains are a set of specialized rail services by Indian Railways like Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express trains. These are the non-stop point to point rail services introduced for the first time in the history of India.These services connect the metros and major state capitals of India.Introduced in the Indian Rail Budget

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Mamata flags off first Duronto ExpressRailway Minister Mamata Banerjee today flagged off the Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto express, the country’s first point-to-point non-stop train, from the Sealdah station in Kolkata.The Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto train will cover the distance one-and-a-half hours earlier than the Rajdhani Express. A railway official explained: “The speed at which Duronto trains

Southern Railway will run the following special trains in order to clear the extra rush of passengers in connection with 'DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL'Madurai - Chennai Central - Madurai Super fast Specials: Train No.0631 Madurai - Chennai Central Special will leave Madurai at 19.00 hrs on 15.10.2009 and arrive Chennai Central at 05.15 hrs. the next day. Train No.0632 Chennai Central - Madurai Special will

Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram flagged off the super fast Duronto Express train between Chennai and New Delhi on Monday(21st Sep 2009).Duronto Express between Chennai Central and Hazrat NizamuddinTo comply with the budget announcement, Train No.2269 ex: Chennai to Nizamuddin will be introduced with effect from 21.9.2009. Shri P. Chidambaram, Hon'ble Union Minister of Home Affairs will flag off

GPS BASED PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEMSouthern Railway will introduce a Broad Gauge EMU between Tambaram and Chennai Beach on 18.9.2009. The first EMU (No. B-26) with GPS based passenger Information System will leave Tambaram at 07.56 hrs. to Chennai Beach. This EMU will be provided with state of the art Global Positioning System based Passenger Information System having the following

Railways were established in India for various reasons. In some areas they started as famine works, in others as commercial enterprises and in some as ventures of enlightened rulers. A substantial growth in the network was via private companies incorporated in England. East Indian Railway (EIR) and Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP) were two of them.Though the credit for the first train in

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN CHENNAI CENTRAL AND NAGERCOIL (via ERODE)Southern Railway will run the following special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers.Chennai Central * Nagercoil Special(0603, 0604 ): Train No. 0603 Chennai Central - Nagercoil Special will leave Chennai Central at 20.30 hrs. on 18.09.09 and arrive Nagercoil at 12.20 hrs. the next day. In the return direction, Train No. 0604

Southern Railway will run the following special train to clear extra rush of passengers in connection with the Velankanni Arockiamatha Annual Festival.Chennai Central – Nagore Special (via. Karur, Trichy): Train No.0623 Chennai Central – Nagore Special will leave Chennai Central at 22.20 hrs. on 07.09.2009 (Monday) and arrive Nagore at 11.00 hrs. the next day. The train will stop at

Southern Railway will run the following special trains to clear extra rush of passengers in connection with Budha Dhama Chakrapavardhan Day celebration at Nagpur on 28.09.2009. Chennai Central – Nagpur – Chennai Central Specials: Train No. 0675 Chennai Central – Nagpur Special will leave Chennai Central at 21.10 hrs. on 26.09.09 and arrive Nagpur at 15.00 hrs. the next day. In the return