(Update: See http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39916 for the list of all the new goodies that were announced in the parliament debate after the initial Railway budget.)

The following is from pages 19-22 of a Rajya Sabha transcript http://164.100.47.5/newdebate/213/12032008/16.00pmTo17.00pm.pdf and the middle (about 45% past) of the Lok Sabha transcript http://164.100.24.209/newls/textofdebatedetail.aspx?sdate=03/11/2008. Only the Lok Sabha proceedings mentions the frequency.

  • Page 20 line 2 of the Rajya Sabha proceedings from top: Puri-Howrah Garib rath (biweekly)
  • Page 20 of the Rajya Sabha proceedings: Bhagalpur-Yeshvantpur Express (?) (weekly)
  • Page 21 line 1-2 of the Rajya Sabha proceedings: Extension of Biweekly 8509 Vizag-Nizamuddin express to Sambalpur via Titlagarh and Balangir. (This will connect Sambalpur, Titlagarh and Balangir to Hyderabad for the first time.)
  • Page 22 line 3 from top of the Rajya Sabha proceedings : New Railway line from Puri to Konark

(Note: See http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/?p=1192 for the other trains introduced in this budget.)