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Western Railway to be run 286 Summer holiday specials to various destinations.Specials between Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur(Weekly) :- Train No.0939 Weekly Specials will leave Ahmedabad at 21.30 hrs on every Sunday and reach Gorakhpur on Tuesday at 04.30 hrs from 4th April to 27th June 2010.Train No.0940 Weekly Special will depart from Gorakhpur at 23.30 hrs on every Tuesday and reach Ahmedabad on

COMPUTERISED PASSENGER RESERVATION CENTRES DUE TO HOLI FESTIVALOn the occasion of Holi Festival on 01.3.2010 the computerized passenger centres in Delhi area will remain closed/partially closed/ work as per the programme:- A skeleton service will be available in morning shift at IRCA Reservation Complex, New Delhi, Delhi Jn. and Hazrat Nizamuddin Reservation Office from 08.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m

AUTOMATED TICKETED VENDING MACHINES AT HYDERABAD AND LINGAMPALLI STATIONSSouth Central Railway commissioned Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) at Hyderabad and Lingampalli stations on 26th February, 2010.   Passengers can buy MMTS tickets , General Second Class tickets for travel by Ordinary, Mail / Express trains, and Platform tickets from these ATVMs by using Smart Cards avoiding

Rail Budget 2010 For OrissaFollowing New Trains During The Rail Way Budget 2010Bharat Tirth TrainsHowrah-Chennai-Puducherry-Madurai-Rameshwaram-Kanyakumari-Bangalore-Mysore-Chennai-Howrah.Howrah-Visakhapattnam-Hyderabad-Araku-HowrahAhmedabad-Puri-Kolkata-Gangasagar-Varanasi-Allahabad-Indore-Omkareswar-Ujjain-Ahmedabad.Duranto ExpressPuri-Howrah (Day time)Express ServicesBhubaneswar-Pune Express (

SEVEN SPECIAL TRAINS FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION OF HOSANNA MINISTRIES To clear extra rush of passengers attending Annual Convention of Hosanna Ministries at Gorantala near Guntur to be held from 3rd to 7th March, 2010, Railway will run the following Passenger special trains:-  SEDUNDERABAD-GUNTUR-SECUNDERABAD PASSENGER SPECIAL TRAIN (VIA KAZIPET, VIJAYAWADA) : Secunderabad - Guntur Passenger Special

Secunderabad- Kakinada Special TrainsTo clear the rush of passengers South central Railways anounced following specialsTrain No. 0701 Secunderabad- Kakinada Special train will depart Secunderabad on 27th and 01st March, 2010, at 23 00 hrs and arrive Kakinada Town at 08.50 hrs on the next day. In the return direction, Train No. 0700 Kakinada Town-Secunderabad Special train will depart Kakinada

Rail Budget 2010 For TamilnaduUnion Minister Mamata Banarjee On Feb 24th, 2010 says that 14 New Trains for Tamilnadu. which consist of a new train 'Chennai – Coimbatore Duronto Express' will be a day time point to point service between the two cities. This will be cheaper and faster compared to Rajdhani Express.To promote tourism, special tourist trains called 'Bharat Tirth' connecting tourist

 Rail Budget 2010 For KarnatakaKarnataka is the first State in the country to come forward to take up railway projects on cost sharing basis. The Government plans to spend Rs.2,529.80 crore in the next five years for such projects. This year alone, Goverment plan to spend Rs.600 crore towards cost sharing projects. Sanctioning of five new routes namely Talaguppa-Honnavara, Shimoga-Harihara,

Holi Special Trains CHANDIGARH - ALLAHABADFollowing special trains announced by the Northern Railways additionaly in the Holi FestivalThe 0434 Chandigarh- Allahabad Express Special will depart from Chandigarh on Friday, 26.2.10 ( One trip) at 9.30 p.m. to reach Allahabad at 2.00p.m. the next day. While in the return direction the 0433 Allahabad - Chandigarh Express Special will depart from

Rail Budget 2010 For WesternRailwaysDuring Rail Budget 2010 WesternRailways Got Following TrainsSuburban servicesSuburban services are the lifeline of major metropolitan cities.Suburban services will be augmented over the Mumbai area, 101additional services are proposed to be introduced with 32 services inThane/Kalyan to Kasara/Karjat/Khopoli, 16 services on the Mainline, 18services on the

Rail Budget 2010 For Northern Rail And Delhi AreaDuring Rail Budget 2010 Northern Rail And Delhi Area Got Following TrainsMatribhoomi TrainsIntroduced 21 ladies specials on the railway network in major cities of Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai. The following Matribhoomi specials will be run in the suburban sections of the major metropolises: Delhi-Panipat Karmabhoomi TrainsThe following

10 New Duroto Express Trains AnnouncedIn the Rail Budget 2010, anounced to launch 10 more such trains in the next financial year. Punctuality, good service and less travel time have made Durontos operating in the New Delhi-Sealdah, Nizamuddin-Pune, Nizamuddin-Chennai and Howrah-Mumbai sectors popular. The other reason for their popularity is that tickets come at a much cheaper rate than the

Rail Budget 2010 For KeralaDuring the Indian Rail Budget 2010 Union Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Following things for Kerala.Seven new trains for the state, survey for six new railway lines, a fresh water plant for railways at Thiruvananthapuram. Also a final go ahead has been given to coach factory at Kanjikode in Palakkad.Mumbai-Ernakulam Duranto express( Non-stop)Pune-Ernakulam super

Indian Railways To Setup 5 Sports AcademiesIndian Railways will set up five sports academies at Delhi, Secunderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai as its contribution to the encouragement of sports in the country, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced in Parliament on Rail Budget 2010 24th Feb. “We are proud of our sports persons for excellent performances. Indian Railways, a great patron of

Indian Railways To Setup 522 Hospitals And Diagnostic CentersUnion Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday Feb  24th 2010, that with co-operation of Union Health. It was expected to setup eround 522 Hospitals and Diagnostic Centers for Railway Employess and there children.Also in the budget of 2010 minister says that Outpatient department and diagnostic centers will be setup in

Bharat Tirth: The New Series Of Trains For TouristsIndian Railways going to introduced a new series of train Services names 'Barth Tirth'. The main aim of this train is to promote tourism in the various part of the country. Railways will be launching 16 special 'Bharat Tirth' trains connecting popular tourist sites as also pilgrimage centres in differ "The running of Bharat Tirth is to emphasise

Indian Rail Budget 2010Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on 24th Wednesday, February 2010 presented the Rail Budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha, with a special focus on the PSU’s network expansion, while leaving the freight rates untouched. Mamata also emphasised on her ministry’s commitment to “social responsibility” and rued out privatisation of the PSU. “Besides commercial

Additional Holi Special Trains Northern Railway has decided to run one additional Holi Special train no. 0581/0582 Barauni-Adarshnagar Delhi and revise the run of Special train nos. 0421 Patna -Anand Vihar(T) & 0423 Darbhanga- Anand Vihar(T) as per the following schedule0581/0582 BARAUNI-ADARSHNAGAR DELHI HOLI SPECIAL TRAIN:-The 0581/0582 Barauni-Adarshnagar Delhi Holi special train

DUE TO LINE BLOCK TRAINS RESCHEDULED BETWEEN OTTAKOVIL AND ARIYALUR  Due to line block in connection with rebuilding of bridge between Ottakovil and Ariyalur on Villupuram - Tiruchchirappalli section between 12.25 hrs. to 18.25 hrs. on 24.2.2010, following will be the pattern services for the trains. T.No.6128 Guruvayur - Chennai Egmore Express scheduled to leave Guruvayur at 20.50 hrs.

HOLI SPECIAL TRAIN ANNOUNCEDNorthern railways run a weekly holy special train between Anand Vihar Terminus and Gaya  Train No. 0385/0386 between Anand Vihar Terminus and Gaya Weekly Special train:-  The train no. 0385 Gaya- Anand Vihar Terminus Holi Special Weekly train will run on 25.02.2010 & 04.03.2010(Thursday) to depart from Gaya at 07.25 p.m. to arrive at Anand Vihar at 01.10 p.m. the next

Indian Railways i-Ticket and E-Ticket BookingBoth i-Ticket and E-Ticket are the Internet Online Booking tickets via www.irctc.co.in but these 2 tickets having some difference that difference is explained as followsi-TicketIn the case of i-Ticket service charge of Rs.40 per ticket in lower class and Rs. 60 per ticket in upper class (maximum 6 passengers per ticket) is leviable in addition to the

New Enquiry Number 138 For Indian RailwaysIndian Rail going to start New Rail enquiry number 138 soon for providing faster services to the passengers in a telephone call away.  The railways news sources says that "The new service has receivede the nod of the department of Telecomunication and we hope to launch the service soon".The 138 number expected to be reduce the load off the existing

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN CHENNAI AND NAGERCOIL ANNOUNCEDT.No. 0625/0626 Chennai Egmore - Nagercoil - Chennai Egmore (Weekly) Specials: T.No. 0625 Chennai Egmore - Nagercoil Weekly Special will leave Chennai Egmore at 20.20 hrs. on Thursdays from 25.2.2010 to 25.3.2010 and arrive Nagercoil at 11 hrs. the next day. T.No. 0626 Nagercoil - Chennai Egmore Weekly Special will leave Nagercoil at 13.30 hrs

Modification In Seating For Short TripsIndian Rail today announced that all the season ticket travelers must enter the General Coaches and the D-Reserved Coaches Only. All the long trip trains Begin and End part having D-Reserved Coaches and the season ticket persons have to enter this compartment only in the morning.The Sleeper Ticket short trip travelers also can enter the D-Reserved coaches

18 NEW ADDITIONAL SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCEDSouthern Railway announced that they will run the following additional Summer Special trains to meet the demands of the passengers during the ensuing summer season. T.No. 0643/0644 Tiruchchirappalli - Kochuveli - Tiruchchirappalli (Weekly) Specials: Train No 0643 will leave from Tiruchchirappalli at 17.45 hrs. (Sat) on April 3, 10, 17, 24; May

Howrah-Mysore Weekly Special ExtendedEast Coast Railway anounced that they will extend the services of 0803/0804 Howrah-Mysore-Howrah Weekly Special train up to June 2010. 0803 Howrah-Mysore weekly special train will leave Howrah at 04.10 p.m. on every Friday till 25th June 2010 and will arrive Mysore at 07.40 a.m. on every Sunday. In the return direction, 0804 Mysore-Howrah weekly special train

CHENNAI AND NAGERCOIL SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCED Southern Railway announced today that they will run the following Special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers. T.No. 0619/0620 Chennai Central – Nagercoil – Chennai Central (Bi-weekly) Specials: T.No. 0619 Chennai Central – Nagercoil Bi-weekly Superfast Special will leave Chennai Central at 20.35 hrs. on Mondays & Wednesdays from

ADDITIONAL SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINSSouthern Railway today announced that they will run the following additional Summer Special trains to meet the demands of the passengers during the ensuing summer season. T.No. 0655/0656 Chennai Central - Dadar - Chennai Central (Weekly) Superfast Garib Rath Specials: The Train No. 0655 will  depart at 15.00 hrs. (Wed) from Chennai Central and  11.15 hrs. (Thu)

Southern Railway today annouced that they will run the following special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers.The deatails are as followsErnakulam Jn. - Bangalore - Ernakulam Jn. Weekly Specials (via. Tirupattur, Bangarapet): T.No. 0659 Ernakulam Jn. - Bangalore Weekly Special will leave Ernakulam Jn. at 18.50 hrs. on Mondays from 15.2.2010 to 29.3.2010 and arrive at Bangalore at 08.30

MARY MATHA FESTIVAL TEMPORARAY AT GUNADALAIn order to clear extra rush temporary stoppages at Gunadala and Ramavarapadu Railway Stations 9th to 11th February, 2010 to felicitate pilgrims attending Mary Matha Festival at Gunadala. At Gunadala Station Train No. 273 / 274 Tirupati - Kakinada Port - Tirupati Passengers Train No. 431 / 432 Vijayawada - Kakinada Port - Vijayawada Passengers Train No.

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN KAKINADA AND KOTIPALLI South Central Railway plans to run special trains between Kakinada-Kotipalli on 12th and 13th February, 2010 on the occasion of Mahasivaratri. Acordingly, the trains will run as as per the following schedule:12th FEBRUARY, 2010 Special Train No.1 will leave Kakinada at 04.00 hrs., and arrive Kotipalli at 06.00 hrs. In the return direction special

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN MUMBAI CENTRAL - AHMEDABADWestern Rail run Special Train 0989/0990 between Mumbai Central and Ahmedabad . Train No 0989 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad will leave Mumbai Central every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 22.50 hrs to reach Ahmedabad at 6.00 hrs the next day from 9th Feb to 30th March 2010. Similarly, Train No 0990 will leave Ahmedabad on every Wednesday, Friday and

SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS 2010In order to clear extra rush of passengers during the summer season, Northern Railway will run special train nos. 0403/0404 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 0457/0458 Varanasi-Anand Vihar Terminal-Varanasi, 2205A/2206A Hazrat Nizamuddin-Dehradun, 0405/0406 Anand Vihar-Jammu Tawi, & will run as per the following programme:- 0403/0404 DELHI SARAI

SPECIAL TRAIN FOR KUMBH MELA SPECIAL TRAINS 2010In order to clear extra rush of rail passengers during Maha Kumbh Mela, Railways will run one Mela Special train no. 0235A/0236A between Haridwar-Ajmer-Haridwar as per the following programme:- The 0236A Ajmer-Haridwar-Ajmer mela special will depart from Ajmer on 11.2.2010 at 3.30 p.m. to reach Haridwar at 05.15 a.m. the next day. In the return

YESVANTPUR - LUCKNOW WEEKLY EXPRESSESTrain No.6503/6504 Yesvantpur - Lucknow - Yesvantpur Weekly Expresses will be introduced with effect from 10.02.2010 (Wednesday) ex. Yesvantpur and 12.02.2010 (Friday) ex. Lucknow.   T.No.6503 Yesvantpur - Lucknow Weekly Express will leave Yesvantpur at 11.15 hrs. on Wednesdays and arrive Lucknow at 10.45 hrs. on Fridays. In the return direction, T.No

SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINSSouthern Railway will run the following Summer Special trains to meet the demands of the passengers during the ensuing summer season. T.No. 0622/0621 Coimbatore - Chennai Central - Coimbatore (Weekly) Superfast Special:                                                                                                                                  Train No. 0622

DURG-GORAKHPUR EXPRESS BEING EXTENDED UPTO NAUTANWANEW TRI-WEEKLY TRAINS FOR CHHAPRA AND GORAKHPUR BEING INTRODUCED 05/02/2010   For the convenience of rail passengers, Railways will introduce 2 New Tri-Weekly Express train nos. 5107/5108 between Chhapra and Mathura & 2541/2542 between Gorakhpur and LokManya Tilak from 10.2.10 as per the programme: The 5107 Chhapra - Mathura express train will

BHUBANESWAR-TIRUPATI WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAIN0871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Weekly Special Train which was leaving Bhubaneswar on every Friday has been further extended to run up to 26th February 2010 towards Tirupati. Similarly, in the return direction, 0872 Tirupati-Bhubaneswar weekly special train leaving Tirupati on every Saturday towards Bhubaneswar will run up to 27 th February 2010. AC COACH IN

Indian Rail Going To Introduce MEMU Trains On KeralaIndian rail going to start MEMU(Main line Electrical Multiple Unit) Trains on Kerala region. The memu will start conquering the railway lines of Kerala by this Onam. Each MEMU trains can occupy 1800 passengers. ie, having 9 bogies with each bogy 100 people can seat and 100 people can stand. MEMU will stop each station around 1 minute time

SPECIAL TRAIN FOR KUMBH MELAIn order to clear extra rush of rail passengers during Kumbh Mela, Railways will run mela special train no. 0235/0236 between Haridwar and Ajmer as per the programme:The 0236 Ajmer- Haridwar Mela special train will depart from Ajmer on 10.2.10 &12.2.10 (2trips) at 7.05p.m to reach Haridwar at 9.45 a.m the next day. While in the return direction the 0235 Haridwar- Ajmer

PARTIAL CANCELLATION/DIVERSION OF TRAINS  Due to doubling works between Bhakrapeta and Hastavaramu in Gooty - Renigunta section of South Central Railway from 5.2.2010 to 22.2.2010, following will be the change in pattern of train services. Trains partially cancelled T.No.193/194 Arakkonam - Nandalur - Arakkonam Passengers will be partially cancelled between Renigunta and Nandalur from 7.2.2010

Garibrath Express And Others Frequency IncreasingSouth Central Railway increasing the frequency of Train No. 2739 / 2740 Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Garibrath Express from four days a week to daily from 4th February, 2010. On its inaugural run this train will depart Secunderabad at 10 30 hrs, run to open fast timings and arrive Visakhapatnam at 22 00 hrs on the same day. Enroute,

20SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN PATNA AND BANGALORE CITYIn order to clear extra rush of passengers, East Central Railway will run 20 special trains between Patna and Bangalore City during the months of February to April, 2010 as per the following schedule:- Train No. 2296 A Patna-Bangalore City Special Train will depart Patna on Tuesdays ie, on 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, February; 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

Indian Rail On Wi-Fi Enabled StationsThe Mysore railway station on Thursday became Wi-Fi enabled. The facility was launched by the Divisional Railway Manager B.B. Verma who said this would benefit tourists as also the IT professionals whose number was on the rise here. This is reckoned to be the first such facility launched in the country under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The

REGULATION OF TRAINS IN CONNECTION WITH ROAD-OVER-BRIDGE WORKS ON GHAZIABAD – SAHARANPUR SECTIONIn view of the ongoing construction of Road-over bridge and Foot-over-bridge No. 40 B between Sakhoti Tanda - Kankather Stations and 50 A between Muzaffar Nagar- Jarauda Nara Stations on Ghaziabad-Saharanpur section of Northern Railway, the following trains will be regulated on 4.2.2010, 6.2.2010,

CANCELLATION / PARTIAL CANCELLATION / DIVERSION AND PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL STOPPAGES TO FACILITATE TRACK DOUBLING WORKS BETWEEN BHAKRAPETA AND HASTAVARAMU STATIONS With a view to facilitate the ongoing track doubling works between Bhakrapeta and Hastavaramu Stations in Gooty - Renigunta section of Guntakal Division from 5th to 22nd February, 2010, South Central Railway will cancel /

Southern Railway will run the following special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers. Chennai Central - Coimbatore - Chennai Central (Weekly) Specials: T.No.0621 Chennai Central - Coimbatore Special will leave Chennai Central at 22.30 hrs. on Fridays from 5.2.2010 to 26.3.2010 and arrive Coimbatore at 06.50 hrs. the next day. T.No. 0622 Coimbatore - Chennai Central Special will leave

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Special Offers For Domestic Tourists On Buddhist Circuit TrainAs part of its efforts to attract more domestic tourists, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has announced a special offer for them on the Buddhist Circuit Special Train on its February 13-20 trip. The special all-inclusive discounted fare for Indian tourists travelling on the train, which will begin its trip

The non-stop Allahabad-New Delhi Duranto Express would run from February 7.Kanpur-Delhi Shatabadi Express, train number 2179/2180 Agra-Lucknow Intercity, train number 2541/2542 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus would also run from February 7. Allahabad-New Delhi Duranto Express would leave Allahabad at 11:15 pm every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. There would be no halt and it would terminate at

The South Western Railway will run following specials, to clear extra rush from the City.Yeshwantpur-Shirdi-Yeshwantpur Weekly Garib Rath Special: The Yeshwantpur-Shirdi Garib Rath Weekly Special (Train no. 0685) will leave Yeshwantpur on Tuesdays at 7.30 am and arrive at Shirdi the next day at 8 am. The first service will be on February 2 and the last service will be on June 29. It will run from

Train Reservation Through Post OfficesNow Four post offices in Mumbai—Chembur, Dadar, Mandvi and Girgaum—will have the railway reservation facility from Monday. These will be inaugurated by Union minister of state for communications Gurudas Kamat.Union minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat launched the railway reservation system for providing tickets at four post offices in

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