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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

List of Sampark Kranti Express Trains

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Measures proposed to take for railway staff

  • Expand the scope of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the existing criteria of grade pay from Rs.1,800/- to Rs. 1,900/-.
  • Considering the Indian family structure and values, extending medical facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway employees.
  • Increasing the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group ‘D’ employees to `1,200 per month for higher education.
  • Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway schools. The Board will draw up a plan for improving the physical and educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time frame of three years.
  • In order to provide easy access to medical facilities in remote and inaccessible areas for our employees, it is proposed to provide 20 Medical Road Medical Vans at different locations to begin with.
  • I am happy to report that all the proposed 20 hostels for children of railway employees have been commissioned and another 20 would be set up next year.
Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf
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Measures taken/proposed to be taken to improve passenger amenities

Some of the measures taken/proposed to be taken to improve passenger amenities are:-
  • Introduction of a pan-India, multi-purpose “Go-India” smart card on a pilot basis. This will be one single window package for the passenger to
  • seamlessly pay for tickets for long distance, suburban, metro etc. journeys. The card can be used in booking counters, vending machines, internet etc.;
  • Two new coaching terminals at Nemam and Kottayam in Kerala, one in Mau Nath Bhanjan in Uttar Pradesh and another in Dankuni, West
  • Bengal;
  • Better accessibility at stations for physically challenged customers;
  • Extension of Rail Yatri Sevaks with modern trolleys to six more stations: New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram;
  • A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets
  • through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only ` 10 for AC classes and ` 5 for others;
  • Provision of internet access on Howrah-Rajdhani Express as a pilot project;
  • Extension of Train Management System to New Delhi, Bangalore, Secunderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow stations to provide information
  • on running of trains,
  • Introduction of advance booking of retiring rooms.
Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf
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Thrust of Railway Budget this year is on modernisation

Some of these steps for improving the efficiency of the system that will ultimately benefit railway customers are:-

  • Based on the success of the pilot project of SIMRAN, jointly developed by IIT, Kanpur and RDSO, a Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) will provide reliable information on train running.
  • Collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur for using jute geo-textiles in embankment design.
  • A project with IIT, Chennai on prototype manufacture of ultrasonic systems.
  • Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new designs for rail steel bridges.
  • A collaborative study with IIT, Mumbai on the problem of corrosion of rails.
  • The Centre for Railway Research (CRR), collaboration between IIT, Kharagpur and RDSO, has been sanctioned and is under implementation.
  • Centres of Excellence for development and prototyping various types of Mechatronics systems at RCF/Kapurthala and DMW/Patiala;
  • E-procurement and e-auction to ensure transparency and economy.
  • Development of a comprehensive web-based databank for land and asset management database for optimum utilization of our resources.
  • Issuing paperless railway receipts.
  • Extend web based system of allotment of iron ore rakes to coal traffic.
  • Run double-stack container trains from Gujarat ports to the major ICD at Gurgaon.
Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf
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Highlights of Railway Budget 2011-12

Following are the main Highlights of Railway Budget 2011-12:

  • No hike in passenger fare and freight rates.
  • Highest ever Plan outlay of Rs. 57, 630 crore proposed for Railways.
  • Rs. 9,583 crore provided for new lines.
  • 1300 km new lines, 867 km doubling of lines and 1017 km gauge conversion targeted in 2011-12.
  • 56 new Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 Duronto trains to be introduced.
  • AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes.
  • New Super AC Class to be introduced.
  • A new portal for e-ticketing to be launched shortly.  Booking charges will be cheaper with a charge of only Rs. 10 for AC classes and Rs.5 for others.
  • Pan-India multi-purpose smart card “Go India” to be introduced.
  • 236 more stations to be upgraded as Adarsh Stations.
  • 47 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 50 new suburban services proposed for Kolkata.
  • Two new passenger terminals in Kerala and one each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal proposed.
  • Feasibility study to raise speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph to be undertaken.
  • A special package of two new trains and two projects for the States managing trouble free run of trains through out the year.
  • Anti Collision Devise (ACD) sanctioned to cover 8 zonal railways.
  • GPS Based ‘Fog Safe’ Device to be deployed.
  • All unmanned level crossing upto 3000 to be eliminated.
  • All India Security Help line on a single number set up.
  • All state capitals in the North-East except Sikkim to be connected by Rail in next seven years.
  • A Bridge Factory in J & K and a state-of-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering is proposed at Jammu.
  • A Diesel Locomotive Centre will be set-up in Manipur.
  • A Centre of Excellence in Software at Darjeeling proposed under the aegis of CRIS.
  • Rail Industrial Parks at Jellingham and New Bongaigaon proposed.
  • Additional mechanized laundry units to be set up at Nagpur, Chandhigarh and Bhopal.
  • 700 MW gas-based power plant to be set up at Thakurli in Maharashtra.
  • 18,000 Wagons to be procured during 2011-12.
  • A scheme for socially desirable projects, ‘Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojana’ with Non-lapsable fund proposed.
  • 10,000 shelter units proposed for track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis.
  • Concession to physically handicapped persons to be extended on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains.
  • Concession of 50% to press correspondents with family increased to twice a year.
  • Senior Citizens concession to be hiked from 30 % to 40 %.
  • Medical facilities extended to dependent parents of the Railway employees.
  • Scholarship for Girl child of Group-D railway employees increased to Rs.1200 per month.
  • 20 additional hostels for children of railway employees to be set up.
  • Recruitment for 1.75 lakh vacancies of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ including to fill up backlog of SC/ST  initiated, 16,000 ex-servicemen to be inducted by March 2011.
  • A separate sports cadre to be created.
  • 2011-12 declared ‘Year of Green Energy’ for Railways.
  • Freight loading of 993 MT and passenger growth of 6.4 % estimated for 2011-12.
  • Gross Traffic Receipts at Rs.1,06,239 crore, exceeding one lakh crore mark for the first time estimated.
  • Ordinary Working Expenses assessed at Rs. 73,650 crore.
Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=23
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Duronto Trains - Non Stop Travel from Source to Destination

Duronto Express service is a set of specialized train service by Indian Railways which promises a splendid way of fast travel in thorough comfort in various parts of the country. Duronto Express train service is a non-stop service with its exclusive feature of point to point pick and drop. This train service was started for the 2nd time in Indian Railways, Sampark Kranti being the first one.
2259 Sealdah - New Delhi Duronto
The super fast trains of the country, Duronto trains covers source to the destination point journey non-stop with only some prime crew and technical stoppages in between. The super fast trains’ service came into existence during 2009-2010 Rail Budgte under the government of Mamta Banerjee.

The facilities and services offered in Duronto trains are simply commendable ones by Indian Railways. The accommodation type is mainly categorized into five types namely, First AC, 3 AC Tier, 2 AC Tier, Sleeper and Economy.

The coaches of Duronto trains are all very well-painted with impressions of beautiful colours and they are usually 24 m in length relative to the other regular coaches which are about 22.3 m of length. The coaches have been made out of very good quality of stainless steel. All the coaches possess a good discharge toilet system, proper thermal insulation, and superior sound system. They also possess well-fitted air springs, thereby offering a wonderful riding experience even at high speed travel.

The passenger services of these non stop trains comprise of a wonderful pantry car that offers meals whose whole cost is included in the train ticket itself. Alongside, the cost is also quite less compared to other express trains plying on the same routes. Few Duronto Express trains also provide Doctors on board to provide assistance in any case of emergency.

In present times, there are about 34 Duronto Trains that runs between main metro railway stations. The famous Sealdah- New Delhi Duronto Express leaves Sealdah at 6: 40 pm on Thursdays and Sundays and reaches New Delhi railway station at 11 am the very next day. The same train leaves New Delhi at 8: 05 pm on Fridays and Mondays, and reaches the next day at about 12:25 pm.

Mumbai CST Howrah Duronto express train is the latest addition of the Indian Railways. This train runs twice in week. It is a super fast non-stop train service and takes very less time than any other express trains. Then Chennai-H Nizamuddin Duronto is another super fast non-stop train service of India. Its fare is also less.  It commences its journey at Chennai Central and terminates it at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station of New Delhi.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Fast Facts about Indian Railways

Kochuveli - Amritsar Express

Oldest:
  • Railways were first introduced to India in 1853.
  • The Fairy Queen is the oldest operating locomotive in the world today.
  • The Mumbai–Pune Deccan Queen has the oldest running dining car in Indian Railways.
Fastest:
  • The Bhopal Shatabdi Express is the fastest train in India today having a maximum speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).
Longest:
  • The Maharaha Railways is world's longest narrow gauge railway line of just 0.6m width from Gwalior to Sheopur of 198 km. in length listed in the UNESCO world heritage tentative list.
  • Kharagpur railway station is the world's longest railway platform at 1,072 m (3,517 ft).
  • The Himsagar Express has the longest run in terms of distance and time between Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi on Indian Railways network.
Largest:
  • Indian Railways is the world's fourth largest railway network.
  • It is one of the world's largest commercial or utility employers, with more than 1.6 million employees.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

List of Janshatabdi Express Trains

The Jan Shatabdi Express (literally "People's Shatabdi") is a more affordable variety of the Shatabdi Express, which has both AC and non-AC accommodation. Shatabdi Express provides food by included cost in the fare but Jan Shatabdi Express does not provide foods. You have to purchase it in your own cost from the pantry car. Jan Shatabdi express are for middle class passengers. It stops at stations more than Shatabdi Trains.
Dehradun Jan shatabdi express
Train No. and Name Source Station Time Destination Station Time
05697 Hill Queen Exp. Lumding Jn 9:45 Lower Haflong 13:30
05698 Hill Queen Exp. Lower Haflong 13:45 Lumding Jn 17:30
12021 Janshatabdi Exp. Howrah Jn 6:20 Barabil 13:15
12022 Janshatabdi Exp. Barabil 13:45 Howrah Jn 20:50
12023 Janshatabdi Exp. Howrah Jn 14:05 Patna jn 22:15
12024 Janshatabdi Exp. Patna Jn 5:45 Howrah Jn 13:25
12051 Janshatabdi Exp. Mumbai CST 5:10 Madgaon 14:10
12052 Janshatabdi Exp. Madgaon 14:30 Mumbai CST 23:20
12053 Janshatabdi Exp. Haridwar Jn 14:35 Amritsar Jn 21:45
12054 Janshatabdi Exp. Amritsar Jn 7:00 Haridwar Jn 13:55
12055 Janshatabdi Exp. New Delhi 15:25 Dehradun 21:10
12056 Janshatabdi Exp. Dehradun 5:10 New Delhi 11:15
12057 Janshatabdi Exp. New Delhi 14:35 Una Himachal 22:10
12058 Janshatabdi Exp. Una Himachal 5:00 New Delhi 12:00
12059 Janshatabdi Exp. Kota Jn 6:00 H Nizamuddin 12:30
12060 Janshatabdi Exp. H Nizamuddin 13:20 Kota Jn 19:40
12061 Janshatabdi Exp. Habibganj 17:40 Jabalpur 22:55
12062 Janshatabdi Exp. Jabalpur 6:00 Habibganj 11:35
12067 Janshatabdi Exp. Guwahati 6:30 Jorhat Town 13:10
12068 Janshatabdi Exp. Jorhat Town 13:55 Guwahati 20:45
12069 Janshatabdi Exp. Raigarh 6:25 Gondia Jn 13:25
12070 Janshatabdi Exp. Gondia Jn 15:00 Raigarh 22:00
12071 Janshatabdi Exp. Mumbai CST 13:50 Aurangabad 20:35
12072 Janshatabdi Exp. Aurangabad 6:00 Mumbai CST 12:45
12073 Janshatabdi Exp. Howrah Jn 13:35 Bhubaneswar 20:20
12074 Janshatabdi Exp. Bhubaneswar 6:20 Howrah Jn 12:50
12075 Janshatabdi Exp. Kozhikode 13:35 Trivandrum CNTL 20:55
12076 Janshatabdi Exp. Trivandrum CNTL 6:00 Kozhikode 13:05
12077 Janshatabdi Exp. Chennai Central 7:00 Vijayawada Jn 13:35
12078 Janshatabdi Exp. Vijayawada Jn 14:35 Chennai Central 21:10
12079 Janshatabdi Exp. Bangalore Cy Jn 6:00 Hubli jn 13:25
12080 Janshatabdi Exp. Hubli Jn 14:00 Bangalore Jn 21:25
12083 Janshatabdi Exp. Mayiladuturai Jn 14:40 Coimbatore Jn 21:20
12084 Janshatabdi Exp. Coimbatore Jn 7:00 Mayiladuturai Jn 13:40
12365 Janshatabdi Exp. Patna Jn 6:15 Ranchi 13:50
12366 Janshatabdi Exp. Ranchi 14:30 Patna Jn 22:15
13108 Maitree Express Kolkata 7:10 Dhaca Cantt 18:00
13109 Maitree Express Kolkata 7:10 Dhaca Cantt 18:00

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

List of Garib Rath Express Trains

The Garib Rath Express trains introduced by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 2005, fully air-conditioned for passengers who can’t afford expensive AC tickets for Rajdhani or Shatabdi express. Garib Rath trains are the series of superfast trains run at maximum speed of 130km/h. Garib Rath trains are also slated to have many amenities such as fridge, microwave oven, tv, cooler, fan, toaster, however passengers are not normally provided with blankets and pillow and they have to pay extra to get those.

All Greens: 2910 Garib Rath express with Duronto WAP7

Currently there are about 56 Shatabdi Trains running between Important cities railway station. List of Shatabdi Train Names with Details given below:

Train No. Train Name Source Departure Destination Arrival
6539 YESVANTPUR SHIRIDI GARIB RATH YESVANTPUR JN 7:30 SAINAGAR SHIRDI 8:00
6540 YESVANTPUR GARIB RATH SAINAGAR SHIRDI 18:20 YESVANTPUR JN 20:00
8469 PURI SBC GARIB RATH PURI 14:30 BANGALORE CY JN 22:45
8470 PURI GARIB RATH EXP. BANGALORE CY JN 23:55 PURI 5:50
12113 NAGPUR GARIB RATH PUNE JN 17:40 NAGPUR 9:25
12114 PUNE GARIB RATH EXP. NAGPUR 18:35 PUNE JN 9:45
12187 MUMBAI GARIB RATH JABALPUR 19:30 MUMBAI CST 12:15
12188 JABALPUR GARIB RATH MUMBAI CST 13:30 JABALPUR 6:00
12201 KOCHUVELI GARIB RATH LOKMANYATILAK T 16:55 KOCHUVELI 20:30
12202 LOKMANYATILAK T GARIB RATH KOCHUVELI 8:50 LOKMANYATILAK T 11:45
12203 AMRITSAR GARIB RATH EXP SAHARSA JN 15:00 AMRITSAR JN 20:45
12204 SAHARSA GARIB RATH AMRITSAR JN 4:45 SAHARSA JN 10:00
12207 JAMMU GARIB RATH KATHGODAM 18:30 JAMMU TAWI 9:35
12208 KATHGODAM GARIB RATH JAMMU TAWI 23:45 KATHGODAM 14:35
12209 KGM GARIB RATH EXP. KANPUR CENTRAL 6:15 KATHGODAM 15:05
12210 KANPUR GARIB RATH KATHGODAM 18:30 KANPUR CENTRAL 4:30
12211 ANAND VIHAR GARIB RATH BAPUDM MOTIHARI 16:50 ANAND VIHAR 12:25
12212 BAPUDM MOTIHARI GARIB RATH ANAND VIHAR TRM 21:00 BAPUDM MOTIHARI 16:05
12215 BANDRA GARIB RATH DELHI S ROHILLA 9:20 BANDRA TERMINUS 8:10
12216 DELHI S ROHILLA GARIB RATH BANDRA TERMINUS 12:55 DELHI S ROHILLA 12:10
12247 BDTS NZM YUVA EXP. BANDRA TERMINUS 16:55 H NIZAMUDDIN 9:55
12248 NZM BDTS YUVA EXP. H NIZAMUDDIN 15:40 BANDRA TERMINUS 9:20
12249 NEW DELHI YUVA EXP. HOWRAH JN 17:10 NEW DELHI 10:50
12250 HOWRAH YUVA EXP. NEW DELHI 16:10 HOWRAH JN 10:40
12255 PUDUCHERRY EXP YESVANTPUR JN 23:15 PUDUCHERRY 9:40
12256 YESVANTPUR EXP PUDUCHERRY 22:05 YESVANTPUR JN 8:25
12257 KOCHUVELI GR YESVANTPUR JN 21:00 KOCHUVELI 12:50
12258 YESVANTPUR EXP KOCHUVELI 16:35 YESVANTPUR JN 9:05
12353 RJPB GARIB RATH RJNDR NGR BIHAR 18:45 H NIZAMUDDIN 8:40
12354 RJPB GARIB RATH H NIZAMUDDIN 16:50 RJNDR NGR BIHAR 6:25
12359 KOLKATA PATNA GARIB RATH KOLKATA 20:00 PATNA JN 5:30
12360 PATNA KOLKATA GARIB RATH PATNA JN 20:10 KOLKATA 5:30
12517 KOLKATA GUWAHATI GARIB RATH KOLKATA 21:40 GUWAHATI 15:40
12518 GUWAHATI KOLKATA GARIB RATH GUWAHATI 21:00 KOLKATA 15:00
12535 LUCKNOW RAIPUR GARIB RATH LUCKNOW NE 14:40 RAIPUR JN 7:15
12536 RAIPUR LUCKNOW GARIB RATH RAIPUR JN 12:20 LUCKNOW NE 5:05
12551 BANARAS ANVT G RATH VARANASI JN 19:30 ANAND VIHAR TRM 10:00
12552 VARANASI GARIB RATH ANAND VIHAR TRM 18:15 VARANASI JN 8:15
12569 JAYNAGAR NZM G RATH JAYNAGAR 12:10 H NIZAMUDDIN 8:40
12570 JAYNAGAR GARIB RATH H NIZAMUDDIN 16:50 JAYNAGAR 13:30
12611 NZM GARIB RATH CHENNAI CENTRAL 6:10 H NIZAMUDDIN 10:20
12612 MAS GARIB RATH H NIZAMUDDIN 16:00 CHENNAI CENTRAL 20:15
12735 YPR GARIB RATH SECUNDERABAD JN 19:15 YESVANTPUR JN 7:10
12736 SECUNDERABAD GARIB RATH YESVANTPUR JN 20:50 SECUNDERABAD JN 8:35
12739 VSKP GARIB RATH VISHAKAPATNAM 20:30 SECUNDERABAD JN 8:10
12740 VISHAKAPATNAM GARIB RATH SECUNDERABAD JN 20:15 VISHAKAPATNAM 7:30
12831 BHUBANESWAR GARIB RATH DHANBAD JN 16:00 BHUBANESWAR 8:15
12832 DHANBAD GARIB RATH BHUBANESWAR 20:10 DHANBAD JN 11:00
12877 RANCHI NEW DELHI GARIB RATH RANCHI 17:10 NEW DELHI 10:50
12878 NEW DELHI RANCHI GARIB RATH NEW DELHI 16:10 RANCHI 10:40
12881 HOWRAH PURI GARIB RATH HOWRAH JN 20:55 PURI 5:55
12882 PURI HOWRAH GARIB RATH PURI 22:15 HOWRAH JN 7:05
12909 H NIZAMUDDIN GARIB RATH BANDRA TERMINUS 16:55 H NIZAMUDDIN 9:55
12910 BANDRA TERMINUS GARIB RATH H NIZAMUDDIN 15:40 BANDRA TERMINUS 8:10
12983 JAIPUR CDG GARIB RATH JAIPUR 20:05 CHANDIGARH 6:40
12984 CHANDIGARH JP GARIB RATH CHANDIGARH 21:05 JAIPUR 7:40
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

List of Shatabdi Express Trains

Shatabdi Express trains are comes in the list of superfast trains in Indian Railways specially to connect all major metro cities with important for tourism cities. Special feature of Shatabdi Express trains is these are day-trains and they return to the station of origin the same day.

2002A Bhopal Shatabdi Express

The Shatabdi Express trains run over short to medium distances while the Rajdhani Express Trains are long-distance trains connecting the nation's capital New Delhi to capitals of states. Both series of trains have a regular speed of 100 to 130 km/h (62 to 81 mph). The 12001 Bhopal Shatabdi express, however, runs at a peak speed of 150 km/h (93 mph), which makes it the fastest train in India.

Currently there are about 30 Shatabdi Trains running between Important railway stations. List of Shatabdi Train Names with Details given below

Train No. Train Name Source Station Departure Destination Arrival
12001 NDLS SHATABDI E  Bhopal Jn 14:40 New Delhi 22:30
12002 BHOPAL SHATABDI  New Delhi 6:15 Bhopal Jn 14:05
12003 LKO SWRAN SHTBD  Lucknow Nr 15:35 New Delhi 22:05
12004 LKO SWRAN SHTBD  New Delhi 6:15 LUCKNOW Nr 12:30
12005 KALKA SHTBDI  New Delhi 17:15 Kalka 21:20
12006 KALKA SHTBDI  Kalka 6:15 New Delhi 10:15
12007 SHATABDI EXP  Chennai Central 6:00 Mysore Jn 13:00
12008 SHATABDI EXP  Mysore Jn 14:15 Chennai Central 21:25
12009 SHATABDI EXP  Mumbai Central 6:25 Ahmedabad Jn 13:10
12010 SHATABDI EXP  Ahmedabad Jn 14:30 Mumbai Central 21:35
12011 KALKA SHTBDI  New Delhi 7:40 Kalka 11:45
12012 KALKA SHTBDI  Kalka 17:45 New Delhi 21:55
12013 AMRITSAR SHTBDI  New Delhi 16:30 Amritsar Jn 22:35
12014 AMRITSAR SHTBDI  Amritsar Jn 5:10 New Delhi 11:15
12015 AJMER SHTBDI  New Delhi 6:05 Ajmer Jn 12:45
12016 AJMER SHTBDI  Ajmer Jn 15:50 New Delhi 22:40
12017 DEHRADUN SHTBDI  New Delhi 6:50 Dehradun 12:40
12018 DEHRADUN SHTBDI  Dehradun 17:00 New Delhi 22:45
12019 SATABDI EXPRESS  Howrah Jn 6:05 Ranchi 13:10
12020 SHATABDI EXPRES  Ranchi 13:40 Howrah Jn 21:10
12027 SHATABDI EXP  Chennai Central 17:30 Bangalore Cy Jn 22:30
12028 SHATABDI EXP  Bangalore Cy Jn 6:00 Chennai Central 11:00
12029 SWARNA SHTBDI  New Delhi 7:20 Amritsar Jn 13:25
12030 SWARNA SHTBDI  Amritsar Jn 17:00 New Delhi 23:05
12031 AMRITSAR SHTBDI  New Delhi 7:20 Amritsar Jn 13:25
12032 AMRITSAR SHTBDI  Amritsar Jn 17:00 New Delhi 23:05
12033 CNB NDLS SHT  Kanpur Central 6:00 New Delhi 11:05
12034 NDLS CNB SHT  New Delhi 16:00 Kanpur Central 20:50
22001 NDLS SHATABDI E  Bhopal Jn 14:55 New Delhi 23:00
22002 BHOPAL SHTBDI  New Delhi 6:15 Bhopal Jn 14:20

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Monday, January 10, 2011

List of Indian Railway Ministers

YearsRailway Minister
1947 (Nov.) John Mathai (not formally designated the Minister for Railways) presents the first Railway budget for independent India
1948-1952 N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar; worked on consolidating the various railways into the zonal railways
1952-1956 Lal Bahadur Shastri; resigned in 1956 taking responsibility for three fatal railway accidents
1956-1962 Jagjivan Ram
1962 Sardar Swaran Singh
1967?? Kengal Hanumanthaiah (Note: Some sources suggest he was Railway Minister later, in 1971). Ram Sew Singh is also mentioned in some sources as a railway minister in 1966-1968, he may not have been a Cabinet minister for railways.
1968 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha
1969 Govinda Menon Panampilly
1970-1971 Gulzari Lal Nanda Note: Kengal Hanumanthaiah may have been the Railway Minister briefly in 1971.
1972-1973 Tonse Ananth Pai
1973-1975 Lalit Narayan Mishra; killed by a bomb blast 2-Jan-1975, at the opening of a railway line in Samastipur.
1975-1977 Kamlapati Tripathi (again briefly in 1980?)
1977-1979 Prof. Madhu Dandavate
1980-1981 Kedar Pandey (Kamlapathi Tripathi briefly in 1980)
(1981?) 1982-1984 ABA Ghani Khan Chowdhury.
1984 Bansi Lal; his was a brief stint during a reorganization of some ministries and government departments
(1985?) 1984-1989 Madhav Rao Scindia
1989-1990 George Fernandes
1990-1991 Jnaneshwar Mishra; very short tenure
1991-1995 C K Jaffer Sharief
1995-1996 Suresh Kalmadi (briefly), followed by Atal Behari Vajpayee also briefly, who held the Railways portfolio along with being PM.
1996-1998 Ram Vilas Paswan
1998-1999 Nitish Kumar
2000 Mamata Banerjee
2001-2004 Nitish Kumar
2004-2009 Laloo Prasad Yadav
2009- Mamata Banerjee

Source (http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html)

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Yearly List of Presenters of the Railway Budget of India

Below is a list of the Union Government Ministers of Indian Railways over the years in independent India. Also included further below is the list of who presented the railway budget for each year. These lists are only for your reference may incomplete, and some of the dates are uncertain.

Fiscal Year Budget Presenter
1 1947-48 Transport Member, Railway Board
2 1947-48 Col. R. E. Emerson (Chief Commissioner, Railways)
3 1948-49 Dr. John Mathai
4 1949-50 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
5 1950-51 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
6 1951-52 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
7 1952-53 (interim) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
8 1952-53 (final) Lal Bahadur Shastri
9 1953-54 Lal Bahadur Shastri
10 1954-55 Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 1955-56 Lal Bahadur Shastri
12 1956-57 Lal Bahadur Shastri
13 1957-58 (interim) Jagjivan Ram
14 1957-58 (final) Jagjivan Ram
15 1958-59 Jagjivan Ram
16 1959-60 Jagjivan Ram
17 1960-61 Jagjivan Ram
18 1961-62 Jagjivan Ram
19 1962-63 Jagjivan Ram
20 1962-63 (final) Sardar Swaran Singh
21 1963-64 Sardar Swaran Singh
22 1964-65 H. C. Dasappa
23 1965-66 S. K. Patil
24 1966-67 S. K. Patil
25 1967-68 (interim) C. M. Poonacha
26 1967-68 (final) C. M. Poonacha
27 1968-69 C. M. Poonacha
28 1969-70 Dr. Ram Subhag Singh
29 1970-71 Gulzari Lal Nanda
30 1971-72 (interim) K. Hanumanthaiya
31 1971-72 (final) K. Hanumanthaiya
32 1972-73 K. Hanumanthaiya
33 1973-74 Lalit Narayan Misra
34 1974-75 Lalit Narayan Misra
35 August 1974 Lalit Narayan Misra
36 1975-76 Kamalapati Tripathi
37 1976-77 Kamalapati Tripathi
38 1977-78 (interim) Prof. Mathu Dandavate
39 1977-78 (final) Prof. Mathu Dandavate
40 1978-79 Prof. Madhu Dandavate
41 1979-80 Prof. Madhu Dandavate
42 1980-81 (interim) Kamalapati Tripathi
43 1980-81 (final) Kamalapati Tripati
44 1981-82 Kedar Pande
45 1982-83 P. C. Sethi
46 1983-84 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
47 1984-85 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
48 1985-86 Bansi Lal
49 1986-87 Bansi Lal
50 November 1986 Madhavrao Scindia
51 1987-88 Madhavrao Scindia
52 1988-89 Madhavrao Scindia
53 1989-90 Madhavrao Scindia
54 1990-91 George Fernandes
55 1991-92 (interim) Janeshwar Mishra
56 1991-92 (final) C. K. Jaffar Sharief
57 1992-93 C. K. Jaffar Sharief
58 1993-94 C. K. Jaffar Sharief
59 1994-96 C. K. Jaffar Sharief
60 1996-97 C. K. Jaffar Sharief
61 1996-97 (interim) Suresh Kalmadi
62 1996-97 (final) Ram Vilas Paswan
63 1997-98 Ram Vilas Paswan
64 1998-99 (interim) Nitish Kumar
65 1998-99 (final) Nitish Kumar
66 1999-2000 Nitish Kumar
67 2000-01 Mamata Banerjee
68 2001-02 Mamata Banerjee
69 2002-03 Nitish Kumar
70 2003-04 Nitish Kumar
71 2004-05 (interim) Nitish Kumar
72 2004-05 (final) Lalu Prasad Yadav
73 2005-06 Lalu Prasad Yadav
74 2006-07 Lalu Prasad Yadav
75 2007-08 Lalu Prasad Yadav
76 2008-09 Lalu Prasad Yadav
77 2009-2010 Mamata Banerjee
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy and Safe Journey 2011 by Indian Railways

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