Railway Budget 2013-14 – State-Wise New Trains, Lines, Projects

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The Honorable Railway Minister Mr.Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the Indian Railway Budget for the financial year 2013-14 in Parliament on February 26 2013. Read/Download the entire speech for the 2013 Indian Railway Budget here (PDF).

Given below is the list of New Trains, Service Frequency Increase and Service Extensions of existing trains, New Lines, Existing Line Doubling, Gauge Conversions, Surveys and other Projects announced for the Indian Railways in the Budget for 2013-14. Source for this is the Budget Speech of the hon. Railway Minister.

New Express Trains Announced in the Railway Budget 2013-14.

Grouped under starting states and home zones in brackets, destination states given in brackets after the train name.

Goa (Konkan Railway)
Madgaon – Mangalore Intercity Express (Daily) Via Udupi, Karwar
Chattisgarh (South East Central Railway)
Durg – Jaipur Express (Weekly) (Rajasthan)
Puducherry (Southern Railway)
Puducherry – Kanniyakumari Express (Weekly) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
Assam (North East Frontier Railway)
Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Delhi Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Barauni, Sitapur Cantonment, Moradabad (Delhi)
Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bangalore AC Express (Weekly) (Karnataka)
Gujarat (Western Railway)
Ahmedabad – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi (Rajasthan)
Gandhidham – Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh)
Una / Nangaldam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly) Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala (Maharashtra)
Madhya Pradesh (Western Railway, West Central Railway)
Indore – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) Via Dewas, Ujjain, Guna, Gwalior, Hazrat Nizamuddin (Punjab)
Jabalpur – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly)Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram (Karnataka)
Ajni (Nagpur) – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) Via Hingoli (Maharashtra)
Orissa (East Coastal Railway)
Puri – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) via Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal (Maharashtra)
Puri – Ajmer Express (Weekly) Via Abu Road (Rajasthan)
Bhubaneswar – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur (Delhi)
Punjab (Northern Railway)
Amritsar – Lalkuan Express (Weekly) Via Chandigarh
Bathinda – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Patiala, Rajpura (Jammu & Kashmir)
Chandigarh – Amritsar Intercity Express (Daily) Via Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana (Punjab)
Bihar (East Central Railway, Northeast Frontier Railway)
Patna – Sasaram Intercity Express (Daily) Via Ara (Bihar)
Patna – Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki (Karnataka)
Rajendra Nagar Terminus (Patna) – New Tinsukia Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Guwahati (Assam)
Katihar – Howrah Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town (West Bengal)
Karnataka (South Western Railway)
Bangalore – Mangalore Express (Weekly)
Hubli – Mumbai Express (Weekly) Via Miraj, Pune (Maharashtra)
Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore (Andhra Pradesh)
Yesvantpur – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)
Uttar Pradesh (North Central Railway, North Eastern Railway)
Kanpur – Delhi Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Farrukhabad (Delhi)
Katra – Kalka Express (Bi-weekly) Via Morinda (Haryana)
Lucknow – Varanasi Express Via Rae Bareli (6 Days a week) (Uttar Pradesh
Mau – Delhi Anand Vihar Express (Bi-weekly) (Delhi)

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Delhi (Northern Railway)
Delhi – Firozpur Intercity Express (Daily) Via Bathinda (Punjab)
Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sikar Express (Bi-weekly) after gauge conversion (Rajasthan)
Delhi – Hoshiarpur Express (Weekly) (Punjab)
Hazrat Nizamuddin – Mumbai AC Express (Weekly) via Bhopal, Khandwa, Bhusawal (Maharashtra)
New Delhi – Katra AC Express (6 Days a week) (Uttar Pradesh)
West Bengal (Eastern Railway, Northeast Frontier Railway)
Howrah – Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur (Tamil Nadu)
Howrah – New Jalpaiguri AC Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town (West Bengal)
Kolkata – Agra Express (Weekly) Via Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
Kolkata – Sitamarhi Express (Weekly) Via Jhajha, Barauni, Darbhanga (Bihar)
Radhikapur – Delhi Anand Vihar Link Express (Daily) (Delhi)
Rajasthan (North Western Railway, West Central Railway)
Bikaner – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur (Tamil Nadu)
Jaipur – Lucknow Express (Tri – weekly) Via Bandikui, Mathura, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Jaipur – Alwar Express (Daily) (Rajasthan)
Jodhpur – Jaipur Express (Daily) Via Phulera (Rajasthan)
Jodhpur – Kamakhya (Guwahati) Express (Weekly) Via Degana, Ratangarh (Assam)
Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Mathura, Palwal (Jammu & Kashmir)
Maharashtra (Western Railway, Central Railway)
Mumbai Bandra Terminus – Ramnagar Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rampur (Uttarakhand)
Mumbai Bandra Terminus – Jaisalmer Express (Weekly) Via Marwar, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
Mumbai Bandra Terminus – Hisar Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Marwar, Jodhpur, Degana (Haryana)
Mumbai Bandra Terminus – Haridwar Express (Weekly) Via Valsad (Uttarakhand)
Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Kochuveli Express (Weekly) (Kerala)
Mumbai – Solapur Express (6 Days a week) Via Pune (Maharashtra)
Andhra Pradesh (South Central Railway)
Kakinada – Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) (Maharashtra)
Kalka – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Bi-weekly) Via Hazrat Nizamuddin, Bhopal, Itrasi (Maharashtra)
Kurnool Town – Secunderabad Express (Daily) (Andhra Pradesh)
Visakhapatnam – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Titlagarh, Raipur (Rajasthan)
Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly) (Kerala)
Tirupati – Puducherry Express (Weekly) (Puducherry)
Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam (Orissa)
Nizamabad – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) (Maharashtra)
Tamil Nadu (Southern Railway)
Chennai – Karaikudi Express (Weekly) (Tamil Nadu)
Chennai – Palani Express (Daily) Via Jolarpettai, Salem, Karur, Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)
Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu)
Chennai – Nagarsol (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda (Maharashtra)
Chennai – Velankanni Link Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu)
Coimbatore – Mannargudi Express (Daily) Via Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam (Tamil Nadu)
Coimbatore – Rameswaram Express (Weekly) (Tamil Nadu)
Nagercoil – Bangalore Express (Daily) Via Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli (Karnataka)

No New Trains for the state of Kerala (Trivandrum and Palakkad Divisions of Southern Railway)

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Extension of Service for Existing Trains as per Railway Budget 2013

Assam
15609/15610 Lalgarh –  Guwahati Express to New Tinsukia
Madhya Pradesh
29019/29020 Meerut – Nimach Link Express to Mandasor
Orissa
12145/12146 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Bhubaneswar Express to Puri
Uttarakhand
14711/14712 Shri Ganga Nagar – Haridwar Express to Rishikesh
Maharashtra
22107/22108 Mumbai CST – Latur Express to Hazoor Saheb Nanded
51183/51184 Bhusaval – Amravati Passenger to Narkher
Gujarat
19251/19252 Somnath – Dwarka Express to Okha
59297/59298 Porbander – Veraval Passenger to Somnath
79454/79445 Morbi – Wankaner DEMU to Rajkot
Kerala
12507/12508 Guwahati – Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram
56700/56701 Madurai – Kollam Passenger to Punalur
66611/66612 Ernakulam – Thrisur MEMU to Palakkad
Andhra Pradesh
17011/17012 Hyderabad –  Belampalli Express to Sirpur Kaghaznagar
57502/57503 Bodhan – Kamareddi Passenger to Mirzapalli
67277/67278 Falaknuma – Bhongir MEMU to Jangaon
77676/77677 Miryalguda – Nadikudi DEMU to Piduguralla
Punjab
14731/14732 Delhi – Bathinda Express to Fazilka
12449/12450 Madgaon – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express to Chandigarh
12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 days to Chandigarh
54632/54633 Dhuri – Hisar/ Hisar –  Ludhiana Passenger to Sirsa
Uttar Pradesh
18191/18192 Chhapra – Kanpur Anwarganj Express to Farrukhabad
15159/15160 Durg –  Chhapra Express to Muzaffarpur and Gondia
13133/13134 Sealdah – Varanasi Express (2 Days) to Delhi via Lucknow, Moradabad
74021/74024 Delhi – Shamli DEMU to Saharanpur
West Bengal
15715/15716 Ajmer – Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri
13117/13118 Kolkata – Berhampore Court Express to Lalgola
14003/14004 New Delhi  – New Farakka Express to Malda Town
63131/63132 Krishnanagar City – Berhampore Court MEMU to Ranaghat and to Cossimbazar
Karnataka
17307/17308 Bagalkot – Yesvantpur Express to Mysore
12577/12578 Darbhanga – Bangalore Express to Mysore
16591/16592 Hubli – Bangalore Express to Mysore
16535/16536 Solapur – Yesvantpur Express to Mysore
56275/56276 Mysore – Shimoga Town Passenger to Talguppa
Tamil Nadu
16127/16128 Chennai – Madurai portion of Chennai – Guruvayur Express to Tuticorin
12605/12606 Chennai – Tiruchchirappalli Express to Karaikudi
12653/12654 Mangalore – Tiruchchirappalli Express to Puducherry
56513/56514 Bangalore – Nagore Passenger to Karaikal
66304/66305 Kollam – Nagarcoil MEMU to Kanniyakumari
56709/56710 Madurai – Dindigul Passenger to Palani
76837/76838 Karaikudi – Manamadurai DEMU to Virudunagar after gauge conversion
Bihar
12231/12232 Chandigarh – Lucknow Express to Patna (2 days)
14007/14008 Delhi – Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
14017/14018 Delhi – Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
17005/17006 Hyderabad – Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
15097/15098 Jammu Tawi – Barauni Express to Bhagalpur
12545/12546 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
15723/15724 New Jalpaiguri – Darbhanga Express to Sitamarhi
18419/18420 Puri – Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar
Rajasthan
19601/19602 Ajmer – New Jalpaiguri Express to Udaipur
12403/12404 Allahabad – Mathura Express to Jaipur
18437/18438 Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna Express to Junagarh
14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sadulpur Express to Sujangarh (Salasar Express)
12181/12182 Jabalpur – Jaipur Express to Ajmer
22981/22982 Kota – Hanumangarh Express to Shri Ganga Nagar
19327/19328 Ratlam – Chittaurgarh Express to Udaipur
59601/59602 Ajmer – Beawar Passenger to Marwar
79301/79302 Ratlam – Chittaurgarh DEMU to Bhilwara

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Increase in Running Frequency of Trains

1. 12547/12548 Agra Fort –Ahmedabad Express 3 days to Daily
2. 11453/11454 Ahmedabad – Nagpur Express 2 to 3 days
3. 22615/22616 Coimbatore – Tirupati Express 3 to 4 days
4. 14037/14038 Delhi – Pathankot Express 3 to 6 days
5. 19409/19410 Gorakhpur – Ahmedabad Express 1 to 2 days
6. 13465/13466 Howrah – Malda Town Express 6 days to Daily
7. 12159/12160 Jabalpur – Amravati Express 3 to Daily
8. 11103/11104 Jhansi – Bandra (T) Express 1 to 2 days
9. 19325/19326 Indore – Amritsar Express 1 to 2 days
10. 12469/12470 Kanpur – Jammu Tawi Express 1 to 2 days
11. 12217/12218 Kochuveli – Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days
12. 12687/12688 Madurai – Dehradun/Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days
13. 13409/13410 Malda Town – Jamalpur Express 6 days to Daily
14. 17213/17214 Narsapur – Nagersol (Near Sainagar Shirdi) Express 2 to Daily
15. 12877/12878 Ranchi – New Delhi Garib Rath Express 2 to 3 days
16. 18509/18510 Visakhapatnam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
17. 22819/22820 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 2 days to Daily
18. 18309/18310 Sambalpur – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
19. 12751/12752 Secunderabad – Manuguru Express 3 days to Daily
20. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 to 4 days
21. 56221/56222/56525/56526 Bangalore – Tumkur Passenger 6 days to Daily
22. 56321 Kanniyakumari – Tirunelveli Passenger 6 days to Daily
23. 56325 Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari Passenger 6 days to Daily
24. 56312 Tirunelveli  –  Nagercoil Passenger 6 days to 7 days

Projects Sanctioned for Constructing New Lines – Railway Budget 2013-14

1. Ajmer to Kota (Nasirabad to Jalindri) (Rajasthan)
2. Anandnagar to Ghugli via Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh)
3. Barwadih to Chirmiri (Chattisgarh  to Jharkhand)
4. Chickballapur to Gowribidanur (Karnataka)
5. Chickballapur to Puttapurthy to Sri Satya Sai Nilayam (Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh)
6. Chola to Bulandshahar (Uttarpradesh)
7. Cumbum to Proddatur (Andhra Pradesh)
8. Delhi to Sohna to Nuh to Firozpur Jhirka to Alwar (Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan)
9. Dimapur to Tizit (Manipur, Assam, Nagaland)
10. Faizabad to Lalganj via Akbarganj, Maharajganj and Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh)
11. Firozpur to Patti (Punjab)
12. Gadag to Wadi (Karnataka)
13. Hissar to Sirsa via Agroha & Fatehabad (Haryana)
14. Kapilvastu to Basti via Bansi (Nepal? to Uttarpradesh)
15. Kondapalli to Kothagudem (Andhra Pradesh)
16. Manuguru to Ramagundam (Andhra Pradesh
17. Pirpainti to Jasidih (Bihar, Jharkhand)
18. Pushkar to Merta (Rajasthan)
19. Raipur to Jharsuguda (Chattisgarh, Orissa)
20. Srinivasapura to Madanapalli (Andhra Pradesh)
21. Sriperambudur to Guduvanchery with spur to Irun, Kattukotti to Avadi. (Tamil Nadu)
22. Yamuna Nagar to Chandigarh via Sadhaura, Narayangarh (Delhi, Haryana)

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Gauge Conversion of Existing Lines Sanctioned 

1. Nagpur to Nagbhir (Maharashtra)

Doubling of Existing Lines Sanctioned

1. New Bongaigaon to Kamakhya via Rangia (Guwahati)

Rishikesh and Doiwala to be connected by a bypass line at Raiwala (Uttarakhand)

Surveys Announed for New Lines

1. Aloor to Nagarcoil to Chettikulam
2. Ambikapur to Garhwa
3. Amb to Kangra via Nadaun
4. Anand to Borsad
5. Anantnag and Pahalgam via Tral
6. Astha to Bhopal
7. Azamgarh to Mubarakpur
8. Baddi and Bilaspur
9. Balaghat to Bharveli to Ukwa
10. Bijapur to  Kirandul
11. Bangriposi to Gorumahishani (Updating)
12. Dadri to Jharli via Jhajjar
13. Dadri to Sikandarabad to Bulandshahar to Jahangirabad to Anoopshahar to Narora
14. Dhansura to Talod
15. Dharamshala to Palampur
16. Dhuri to Bye pass to avoid reversal of traffic
17. Dornakal to Miryalguda
18. Farrukhabad to  Gola to Gokarnnath via Shahjahanpur (Updating of existing survey)
19. Gajsinghpur to Sadulpur via Padampur, Goluwala, Rawatsar, Taranagar, Dadrewa
20. Haldaur to Dhampur via Nathore
21. Hisar to  Fatehabad
22. Jaisingh Nagar to Shahdol
23. Jashipur to Jajpur Road
24. Jilahi and Tikri Bye pass line
25. Kaniyoor to Kottikulam
26. Kapadvanj to Timba
27. Karaikkudi to Dindigul
28. Karaikkudi to Madurai (updating)
29. Kirandul to Sukma
30. Lunkaransar to Sardarsahar
31. Malkapur to Chikali
32. Mancherail to Adilabad via Utnoor
33. Modasa to Meghraj to Banswara
34. Morappur to Dharmapuri (updating of existing survey)
35. Narwana to Uklana
36. Nirakarpur and Tapanga new bypass lines
37. Padrauna to Kushinagar to Gorakhpur
38. Pandharpur to Vijapur via Mangalwedha
39. Panisagar to Simanapur
40. Patharkandi to Kanmum
41. Pipar Road to Bhopalgarh  to Asop to Shankwas to  Mundawa to Nagore
42. Rajpipla to Kevadiya Colony
43. Rajpur  to Bypass line to avoid rake/loco reversal
44. Dudhwa  to Chandan Chouki abandoned rail linerestoration
45. Sairang to Hbichhuah as extension to Bhairabi to Sairang
46. Saja to Bhatapara
47. Saswad to Jejuri
48. Siddipet to Akkanapet
49. Sikarapai to Jagsalpatri to Junagarh
50. Sri Anandpur Sahib to Chamkaur Sahib to   to Ludhiana
51. Srinagar to Kargil to Leh
52. Surjagarh to Bijapur via Bhopalpattnam
53. Suwasra to Mandsour via Sitamau
54. Thanjavur to Ariyalur (Updating)
55. Tirunelveli to Sankarankoil via Pettai, Pudur, Sendamaram, Veerasigmamani
56. Titlagarh to  Junagarh
57. Tumkur to Maddur to Malevalli
58. Vasai Road to Bypass line between Naigoan and Diva (Juchandra)
59. Washim to Mahur to Adilabad

Surveys for Gauge Conversion of Existing Lines

1. Ahmedabad to Bahucharaji
2. Bhadran to Bochasan to Petlad to Nadiad
3. Gadhada to Jasdan
4. Mailani – Bahraich
5. Surendranagar to Dhrangdhara

Surveys for Doubling of Existing Lines

1. Bathinda  to Abohar to Sriganganagar
2. Chittaurgarh to  Mhow
3. Dharmavaram to Pakala
4. Daund to Manmad (Updating)
5. Firozpur to Bathinda
6. Haridwar to Dehradun
7. Jakhal to Dhuri to Ludhiana
8. Kalyan to  Karjat 3rd line
9. Kandla to Palanpur
10. Khairar to Manikpur
11. Mahasamund to Baghbahra to Titlagarh
12. Mahboobnagar to Gooty
13. Najibabad to Kotdwar
14. Parbhani to Manmad
15. Purulia to Kotshila
16. Rajkot to Veraval
17. Rajpura to  Bathinda via Dhuri
18. Satna to Rewa
19. Secunderabad to Mudkhed to Adilabad
20. Shamli to Tapri
21. Shoranur to Mangalore 3rd line
22. Suratgarh to Bathinda
23. Tirupati to Katpadi
24. Tumkur to Arsikere
25. Varanasi to Ballia

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