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TRAINS RESCHEDULED   Southern Railways anounced that due to traffic & power block on 2.5.2010 (Sunday) between 10.10 hrs. to 18.10 hrs. in Karjat - Khopoli and Karjat - Panvel sections of Central Railway, the following change in timings will be made in trains services on 1.5.2010 and 2.5.2010. Trains Rescheduled on 1.5.2010 T.No.1042 Chennai Central - Mumbai CST Express scheduled to leave

INCREASE IN FREQUENCY / RENAMING OF TRAINSINCREASE IN FREQUENCYNorthern Railways announced that following trains frequency increase announced. Train no. 2444/2443 Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express :- The frequency of train no. 2444/2443 Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express will increase from 3 times a week to 4 times a week and will run on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday effective

EXTENTION OF TRAINSNorthern Railways announced that, decided to extend the run of train no.4259/4260 for the convenience of rail passengers Train no. 4259/4260 Varanasi-Chennai Egmore Weekly Express:- The train no. 4259/4260 Varanasi-Chennai Egmore Weekly Express will now be extended to run upto Rameshwaram. The train no.4259 will now depart from Rameshwaram station on every Wednesday at

Weekly Superfast Special AnnouncedNorthern Railways announced that to clear extra rush of rail passengers during summer season, Railways will run a special train no 0905/0906 Weekly Superfast between Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi- Bandra as per the programme:-TrainNo. 0905 /0906 Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Weekly superfast special :- TrainNo. 0905 Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Weekly superfast special will depart

CONCESSION TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN & COMPANION OF ACCREDITED PRESS CORRESPONDENTS Southern Railways today announced that, on behalf of ,the Honourable Union Minister of Railways in the Budget Speech for 2010-11, the concession presently given to Accredited Press Correspondents & their spouse has been extended to their companion in case they do not have a spouse and to

100% CONCESSION TO CANCER PATIENTS IN AC 3-TIER & SLEEPER CLASS Southern Railways today announced that, on behalf of the Honourable Union Minister of Railways in the Budget Speech for 2010-11, with immediate effect, 100% concession in Sleeper Class/ AC 3-tier is admissible to Cancer patients for going for and returning from recognized hospitals for treatment and periodical check up.

CHANGE IN PATTERN OF TRAIN SERVICES FROM 3.5.2010 TO 5.5.2010 Southern Railways announced that due to non-interlocked working in connection with doubling of Coimbatore - Irugur section, following will be the pattern of train services from 3.5.2010 to 5.5.2010. The following trains running via Coimbatore Jn. will run via. Irugur - Podanur and will not touch Coimbatore Jn. These trains

TRAIN TIMINGS CHANGED DUE TO DERAILMENT OF GOODS TRAINSouthern Railways announced that due to derailment of goods train between Pudhukkad and Irinjalakuda stations on Ernakulam - Shoranur section, following will be the pattern of train services on 21.4.2010 & 22.4.2010.Trains fully cancelled Train No6347 Trivandrum - Mangalore Express scheduled to leave Trivandrum at 20.45 hrs. on 22.4.2010.

AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS FOR SUMMER SEASON ANNOUNCEDNorthern Railways announced that, to clear the extra rush of passengers in the Summer season decided to increase temporarily the passenger carrying capacity of the following trains as per the programme:- Train No.2301/2302 Howrah Rajdhani Express will be augmented by One AC 3 Tier coach from 01.5.10 to 20.6.10 while departing from Howrah and

Indian Railways :: Availability Check - Clear Trip  :: Now so easyNow we can check the ticket availability of the train in less than a minute of time for 15 days continously via Clear Trip. This can include all the trains traveled on the that route also. Most of the similar web facility not providing this. In the Clear trip they are providing a new facility called Indian Railways train calendar.

Economy Meal For Rs 10 Per PacketIndian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced economy meals at several stations of the East Central Railway (ECR) at the instance of railway minister Mamata Banerjee. The facility for now has been made available at Patna Junction, Gaya, Barauni, Mughalsarai, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Hajipur and other stations to cater to the

Metro Rail Connectivity In Bangalore’s Largest Mall, Mantri SquareLeading real estate player, Mantri Developer on Monday announced the opening of one of India’s largest mall, Mantri Square, spread over 1.7 million square feet and which would soon have a metro connectivity as well. With an investment of over Rs. 500 crore, the mall boasts of 252 retail outlets offering 10,000 brands, Sushil Mantri

SECUNDERABAD - BANGALORE 22 SPECIAL WEEKLY GARIB RATH TRAINS ANNOUNCEDSouth Central Railways announced that,  to clear the extra rush of the passengers, 22 weekly Special Garib Rath Special trains will be run between Secunderabad and Bangalore as per the following schedule:-Train No. 0695/0696 Secunderabad -Bangalore Garib Rath Special:-Train No. 0696 Secunderabad -Bangalore Garib Rath Special

CHENNAI CENTRAL - MYSORE - CHENNAI CENTRAL SHATABDI EXPRESSES :CHANGE IN PATTERN OF SERVICES ANNOUNCED Southern Railways Announced that, at present, the Chennai Central - Mysore - Chennai Central Shatabdi Expresses and the Chennai Central - Bangalore - Chennai Central Shatabdi Expresses are not run on Tuesdays. In order to provide at least one Shatabdi Express Service on Tuesdays,

KUMBH MELA SPECIALSNothern Railways Announced that to clear extra rush of rail passengers during Kumbh Mela, will run two special train nos.4115A/4116A between Allahabad-Haridwar- Allahabad and 0236A/0235A between Ajmer - Haridwar-Ajmer.Following are the details Train No.4115A/4116A Allahabad-Haridwar mela special:- The 4115A Allahabad-Haridwar mela special will depart from Allahabad on 12/4 &

RE-SCHEDULEDEast Coast Railways announced following trains will be rescheduled due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 17th April 2010.Train No.8108 Koraput-Rourkela Inter City Express:-8108 Koraput-Rourkela Inter City Express secheduled to leave Koraput on 13th April 2010 at 05.00p.m will be re-scheduled

SHORT TERMINATIONEast Coast Railways announced following trains will be short terminated due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 17th April 2010.  Train No.235 /236 Raipur-Kesinga passenger:-235 Raipur-Kesinga passenger will be short terminated at Kantabanji up to 17th April 2010 and will return from

CANCELLATION OF TRAINSEast Coast Railways announced following trains will be cancelled due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 17th April 2010.  Train No.8301/8302 Sambalpur-Rayagada Express :-8301 Sambalpur-Rayagada Express leaving Sambalpur on 13th & 14th April 2010 will be cancelled. 8302

TEN SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCEDEast Coast Railway announced that they will run ten special trains between Tirupati and Bubhaneswar as per the following details:- Train No. 0871/0872 Tirupati-Bubhaneswar-Tirupati Special train :-  Train No. 0872 Tirupati-Bubhaneswar-Tirupati Special train will depart Tirupati on Saturdays, ie, on 17th, 24th April, 1st, 8th, 15th May, 2010 at 14 00 hrs and

TRAINS RE-SCHEDULEDEast Coast Railways announced following trains will be rescheduled due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 15th April 2010.8108 Koraput-Rourkela Inter City Express secheduled to leave Koraput on 11th April 2010 at 05.00p.m will be re-scheduled to leave Koraput at 06.30p.m. 8426

SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAINS ANOUNCEDEast Coast Railways announced following trains will be short terminated due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 15th April 2010.Train No. 235/236 Raipur-Kesinga passenger :-235 Raipur-Kesinga passenger will be short terminated at Kantabanji from 10th to 15th April 2010

CANCELLATION OF TRAINS ANOUNCEDEast Coast Railways announced that following trains will cancelled due to urgent modernization work for commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) & Non-Inter Locking Work at Titlagarh for till 15th April 2010 .8301 Sambalpur-Rayagada Express leaving Sambalpur on 10th & 11th & 12th April 2010 will be cancelled. Similarly, the Slip Coach service between Puri and

KUMBH MELA SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCEDNorthern Railways announced that in order to clear extra rush of passengers during Kumbh Mela at Haridwar will run following special trains as per the programme :Train No.0453A/0454A Varanasi-Haridwar special train will depart from Varanasi on 13.4.10 at 3.30 p.m. to arrive at Haridwar at 8.00 a.m. the next day. In the return direction the 0454A will depart from

LATUR - NANDED SPECIAL TRAINS ANOUNCEDTo clear the rush of passengers South central Railways anounced following specialsTrain No.0101/ 0102  Latur- Nanded - Latur Special train:- Train No.0101 Latur- Nanded Special train will arrive/depart Gangakher at 10.40/10.41 hrs. In the return direction, Train No. 0102 Nanded - Latur Special train will arrive/depart Gangakher at 15.44/15.45 hrs. The Special

Secunderabad- Kakinada Special Trains AnnouncedTo clear the rush of passengers South central Railways anounced following specialsSecunderabad- Kakinada Special Train No.0701/0700:- Train No. 0701 Secunderabad- Kakinada Special train will depart Secunderabad on 8th April, 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

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN BANGALORE AND NAGERCOIL ANNOUNCED  Southern Railway announced a new additional summer special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer season.    T.No. 0691/0692 Bangalore - Nagercoil - Bangalore (Weekly) Specials: The train No. 0691 will leave every Thu(April-08, 15, 22, 29 ; May-06, 13, 20, 27

HOWRAH-PUDUCHERRY-HOWRAH EXPRESSES FLAGGED OFF2867/2868 HOWRAH-PUDUCHERRY-HOWRAH EXPRESSES :-  T.No.2867 Howrah-Puducherry Express will leave Howrah at 23.30 hrs. on Sundays and arrive Puducherry at 10.00 hrs. on Tuesdays. T.No.2868 Puducherry-Howrah Express will leave Puducherry at 11.30 hrs. on Wednesdays and arrive Howrah at 22.25 hrs. on Thursdays. The composition of the trains will

Indian Double Decker TrainsThe Kapurthalas Rail Coach Factory (RCF), rolled out the country's first air conditioned double-decker coach for oscillation trials on the Delhi-Muradabad section.RCF will start manufacturing the coaches after successful completion of oscillation trials. These futuristic high-speed stainless steel AC coaches would be introduced to cater to the heavy rush of commuters in

Surat - Ahmedabad - Surat New A.C. Super Fast Express AnnouncedWestern Railway announced that, decided to run Shatabdi type A.C. Super Fast Express between Surat-Ahmedabad-Surat. Train No 0997/0998Surat-Ahmedabad Superfast Special :-This train will run Six days a Week except Sunday from 6th April to 5th May, 2010. Booking for this train will open on Monday, 5th April, 2010 . Catering charges

New Augmentation Of Trains AnnouncedNorthern Railway announced that will augment the following trains by one additional sleeper class coach on temporary basis as per following detailsTrain No. 2225/2226 Delhi-Azamgarh-Delhi Kafiyat Express, & 4033/4034 Delhi-Udhampur Jammu Mail will be augmented from 15.4.2010 to 6.7.2010 while departing from Delhi and from 16.4.2010 to 7.7.2010 while

SPECIAL TRAINS ON MRTS TO WATCH THE IPL CRICKETSouthern Rail Today announced that they will run Special Trains between Chennai Beach - Velachery watch the IPL Cricket Matches to be held at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk to clear extra rush on on 06.04.2010.Following are the details of trains Towards Velacherry Train No. Chennai Beach (Dep.) Chepauk (Arr.) Velacherry (Arr.)VLCY119.25

AUGMENTATION OF TRAINSNorthern Railways announced following trains to be augmentation occur to clear the rush of the passengersThe 2225/2226 Delhi-Azamgarh-Delhi Kafiyat Express, & 4033/4034 Delhi-Udhampur Jammu Mail will be augmented from 15.4.2010 to 6.7.2010 while departing from Delhi and from 16.4.2010 to 7.7.2010 while departing from Azamgarh & Udhampur respectively.The 4015/4016

BHUBANESWAR-NEW DELHI DURONTO EXPRESSIndian Railways Introduced new Duronto Express. Following are the detailsTrain No.2281/2282 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto weekly Express:-2281 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Duronto weekly Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 08.15 am on every Sunday w.e.f 4th April 2010 and will arrive New Delhi at 06.00 am on the next day. In the return direction, 2282 New