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Revised Timings and New Trains of Northern RailwaysNorthern railways announced new trains and revision of train timings from July 1st onwardsNEW SERVICES :Duronto 2,Express - 15, Passenger- 3Duronto2214/2213 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Yeshwantpur (weekly) Duronto Express train2241/2242 Chandigarh- Amritsar (5 days a week) Duranto Express TrainExpress Trains9107/9108 Ahmedabad-Udhampur (weekly)

TRAIN NUMBERS CHANGEDSouthern Railways Announced that following 14 trains numbers changed.T.No. 6123/6124 Chennai Egmore-Thiruvananthapuram Ananthapuri Exp asNo 6723/6724T.No 6101/6102 Chennai Egmore – Rameswaram Exp as No 6701/6702T.No 6349/6350 Thiruvananthapuram – Mangalore Parasuram Exp as No 6650/6649T.No.105/106 Villupuram – Puducherry Passr. as No. 853/856T.No.113/114 Tambaram – Villupuam

9 New Long Distance Trains Announced 2010 JulySouthern railways announced 9 new long distance trains in the July 2010 time table revision.Following are the detailsT.No.2755/2756 Chennai Central - Haldia Express (Weekly):-                        No.2755Chennai Central –Haldia Exp.StationNo.2756Haldia-Chennai Central Exp.(Thu) 14.35Chennai Central17.00 (Sun)(Fri) 18.10Haldia11.30 (Sat)Stoppages:

2 New Duronto (Non-Stop) AnnouncedSouthern railways announced 2 new Duronto expresses.T.No.2243/2244 Chennai Central-Coimbatore ‘Duronto’ Exp. (Day Time) (6 days):-No.2243 Chennai–Coimbatore ‘Duronto’ Exp. (Except Tue)StationNo.2244 Coimbatore– Chennai ‘Duronto’ Exp. (Except Tue)06.50Chennai Central21.50 13.30Coimbatore15.05 Date of introduction: To be notified later. T.No 2224/2223

Konkan Railway Time Table Changed Northern Railways announced that monsoon Time Table has been enforced on Konkan Railway w.e.f. 15th June 2010 to 31st October 2010. With the implementation of Monsoon Time Table on Konkan Railway from 15.06.2010 the timings of following trains which originate from/terminate at Hazrat Nizamuddin ,Chandigarh, Dehradun & Amritsar stations has also

Re-Scheduling Of Trains AnnouncedNorthern Railway announced that decided to replace the existing girders of bridge no. 253 on Ambala-Saharanpur section by the pre-cast RCC-T Beam slabs, hence there will be block of traffic for 9.30 hours on 18.9.10 &19.9.10 resulting in short termination, cancellation , diversion & re-scheduling of trains on both up& down lines as per details give below:BLOCK

SALEM – METTURDAM AND MAGNESITE – OMALUR SECTIONS: LINE BLOCK FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGESSouthern Railways Announced that   Line Blocks have been permitted on two sections, namely, Omalur – Mettur Dam section and Magnesite – Omalur section on 4 different days as mentioned below for the reconstruction of 4 Bridges in the sections.    On 18th and 29th June 2010, two bridge

Summer Special Trains AnnouncedNorthern railways announced one special train no. 0428/0427 between Chandigarh-Lucknow-Chandigarh Express as per the following programme:-Train no.0428/0427 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express Special :-The train no.0428 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express Special will depart from Chandigarh on 17/6, 19/6, 22/6, 24/6, 26/6 & 29.6.2010 (6 trips) at 11.10 p.m. to reach Lucknow at

NEW SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCED: CHENNAI EGMORE AJMERSouthern Rail Announced new special trains for the convinence of the passengersAjmer – Chennai Egmore – Ajmer specials: T.No.0284 Ajmer – Chennai Egmore Special will leave Ajmer at 20.45 hrs. on 15.6.2010 and arrive Chennai Egmore at 16.55 hrs. on 17.6.2010. T.No.0283 Chennai Egmore – Ajmer Special will leave Chennai Egmore at 15.15 hrs. on

URS SPECIAL TRAIN ANNOUNCED TO RUN BETWEEN JAIPUR-SULTANPUR-AJMERNorthern Rail announced that ,for the convenience of passengers intending to visit 798th Urs fair at Ajmer, Railways have announced to run special train no. 0281/0282 between Jaipur-Sultanpur-Ajmer. This train will now stop at Nihal Garh also as per timings and stoppages given below:-0281/0282 JAIPUR-SULTANPUR-AJMER URS SPECIAL

SPECIAL TRAINS FOR WORLD CLASSICAL TAMIL CONFERENCE AT COIMBATORE Southern Railway announced that, will run the following special trains to clear extra rush of passengers expected to attend the World Classical Tamil Conference being held at Coimbatore.Chennai Central – Coimbatore Superfast special: T.No.0649 Chennai Central – Coimbatore special will leave Chennai Central at 22.30 hrs

CHENNAI CENTRAL – NIZAMUDDIN – CHENNAI CENTRAL DURONTO EXPRESS FREQUENCY INCREASEDSouthern Railways Announced that   Train Nos. 2269/2270 Chennai Central – Nizamuddin – Chennai Central Duronto Express will be a bi-weekly service with effect from 11.06.2010 instead of the present weekly service.     The increase in frequency of train No. 2269 Chennai Central – Nizamuddin

NANDED TO NARSAPUR AND NARSAPUR TO SECUNDERABAD SPECIAL TRAINS ANNOUNCEDSouth central railways announced that will run two special trains, one from Nanded to Narsapur on 10th June, 2010 and another from Narsapur to Secunderabad on 11th June,2010 as per the following schedule.Train No.0705 Nanded – Narsapur Special Train:-Train No.0705 Nanded – Narsapur Special Train will depart Nanded at 15.00

STUDENT IDENTITY CARD AND BANK PASS BOOK CAN BE USED FOR E-TICKET IDENTITY PROOF Indian Railways announced that to make travel on e-ticket more convenient for the rail users, Indian Railways has decided to additionally accept the following as “proof of identity” for travelling on e-tickets, with effect from 15th June 2010. Student Identity Card with Photograph issued by recognized school/

RAJDHANI TYPE BI-WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN MUMBAI CENTRAL AND NEW DELHI ANNOUNCEDNorthern Railways Announced that to clear extra rush of passengers during the summer season, Railways have decided to run Rajdhani Type Bi-Weekly Special Train no. 2951A/2952A between Mumbai Central and New Delhi as per the programme:-Train No. 2951A/2952A Mumbai Central-New Delhi-Mumbai Central bi-weekly

SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN COIMBATORE AND METTUPALAYAM ANNOUNCED Southern railways announced that, will run Short Distance Passenger Special Trains between Coimbatore and Mettupalayam from 1.6.2010 to 30.6.2010. The trains will run on all days except Sundays.Special 1 will leave Coimbatore. at 09.30 hrs. and arrive Mettupalayam at 10.20 hrs.Special 1A will leave Mettupalayam at 10.40 hrs. and