Eight days remain for the deadline by which the new trains, extensions and frequency-increases announced in the 2009 Railway Budget are supposed be operational
Railway Budget 2010, Railway Budgets 2009, Time table and websites 5 Comments »Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee had announced during the 2010 Railway budget that all new trains, extensions and frequency increases that were announced in the 2009 budget will be implemented by the end of March 2010. That day is 8 days away. Following are the trains mentioned in 2009 budget and the subsequent time table that are relevant to Odisha and that are yet to be implemented.
- 2745/46 Puri-LTT weekly express (weekly): SECR announcement has come regarding its implementation. See this and this. With the implementation of this connectivity between Bhubaneswar and Mumbai will further increase to a daily Konark express and four times a week trains via Angul.
- 5643/44 Puri-Kamakhya Express (weekly)
- 8107/08 Rourkela Koraput Express (daily)
- 2281/82 Bhubaneswar- New Delhi Duranto express (weekly)
- 2847/48 Howrah Yeshvantpur Express (weekly) – This train may be scrapped as a new 2245/46 Howrah-Yeshvantpur Duronto express, which was not in the 2009 budget (nor in the time table), was suddenly introduced few months back and the 2010 budget increases the frequency of that train to 4 times a week. If the 2847/48 is scrapped then it will be a loss to Odisha as the Duronto has no commercial stops in between.
- 2821/2822 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express (daily) – Extension to Puri.
- 8415/16 Puri-Kendujhargarh Express (daily) – Extension to Barbil.
- 2443/44 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express – Frequency increase to 4 times a week. Prior to 2009 budget it was 2 times a week. Some time back after the 2009 budget it was made 3 times a week. Once it becomes 4 times a week there will be a daily Rajdhani between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi. (Update: Became 4 times a week in the end of April 2010.)
In addition the 8495/96 Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram Express, which was announced in the 2007-08 Railway budget, is yet to be operationalized. The delay has been due to the gauge conversion that was going on on part of the route. It is complete now. So this train should start running any day now. (Update: It will start on May 21, 2010.)
Looking ahead the trains relevant to Odisha that were announced in the 2010 budget are:
- Guwahati-Mumbai(Weekly) via Howrah-Tatanagar-Jharsuguda-Bilaspur-Nagpur unreserved train.
- Howrah-Chennai- Puducherry- Madurai – Rameshwaram-Kanyakumari-Bangalore – Mysore – Chennai-Howrah Bharat Tirth tourist train (?)
- Howrah- Vizag- Hyderabad- Araku- Howrah Bharat Tirth tourist train (?)
- Ahmedabad-Puri-Kolkata-Gangasagar-Varanasi-Allahabad-Indore-Omkareshwar-Ujjain-Ahmedabad Bharat Tirth tourist train
- Puri – Howrah daytime Duronto
- Howrah-Katpadi(Vellore)-Puducherry Express via Bhubaneswar (Weekly) [DONE: April 2010]
- Haldia – Chennai Express (Weekly)
- New Jalpaiguri – Chennai Express (Weekly)
- Bhubaneswar-Pune Express (Weekly)
- Sambalpur-Howrah Express (Weekly)
Howrah – Berhampur Express (Tri- weekly) (?)- Baripada – Shalimar Intercity Express (Tri – weekly)
- Howrah – Shirdi Express (Weekly)
- Puri – Valsad Express (Weekly) via Katni- Bhopal – Vadodara
- Puri-Digha Express (Weekly)
- Bhubaneswar-Khurda Road Passenger
- Naupada-Gunupur Passenger (after gauge conversion)
- 2807/2808 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Samata Express from 3 days to 5 days
- 2831/2832 Bhubaneswer-Hatia Garib Rath to Dhanbad (Tri-weekly)
- 8425/8426 Puri –Raipur Express to Durg (Daily) [DONE: August 1 2010]
- 8447/8448 Bhubaneswar-Koraput Express to Jagdalpur (Daily)
- 209/210 Puri-Dhenkanal Passenger to Talcher Road (Daily)
- Howrah-Sri Satya Sai Prasanti Nilayam Express (weekly) [Not announced in the budget but announced during the budget discussion in the parliament.]
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