The Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee has announced that frequency of 12 trains is proposed to be increased. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2010-11 in Parliament today, she also said that it is proposed to give extension to 21 trains from their current route.
Increase in frequency of trains
1. 2245/2246 Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express from weekly to 4 days
2. 3149/3150 Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchen Kanya Express from 4 days to daily
3. 2377/2378 Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Padatik Express from 3 days to 6 days
4. 2295/2296 Patna-Bangalore Sanghamitra Express from 6 days to daily
5. 2251/2252 Korba-Yesvantpur Express from weekly to 2 days
6. 6605/6606 Mangalore-Kochuveli Ernad Express from 3 days to daily
7. 2933/2934 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Express from 6 days to daily
8. 2215/2216 Bandra Terminus-Delhi Sarai Rohilla from 3 days to 4 days
9. 2807/2808 Visakhapatnam-Nizamuddin Samata Experss from 3 days to 5 days
10. 4705/4706 Delhi Sarai Rohila Sadulpur Express from 3 days to 6 days
11. 2981/2982 Udaipur City-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Chetak Express from3 days to 4 days
12. 2447/2448 Manikpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express from 3 days to daily
Extension of trains
1. 7001/7002 Secunderabad-Manmad Express to Shirdi (Bi-weekly)
2. 7205/7206 Kakinada-Manmad Express to Shirdi (Weekly)
3. 1405/1406 Kakinada-Manmad Express to Shirdi (Bi-weekly)
4. 7207/7208 Vijayawada-Manmad Express to Shirdi (Weekly)
5. 6341/6342 Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam Express to Guruvayur (Daily)
6. 7639/7640 Kacheguda-Nanded Express to Akola (Daily)
7. 2187/2188 Mumbai CST-Jabalpur Express to Allahabad (Bi-weekly)
8. 2235/2236 New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express to Dibrugarh
9. 2777/2778 Yesvantpur-Kochuveli Express to Hubli (Weekly)
10. 2831/2832 Bhubaneswar-Hatia Express to Dhanbad (Tri-weekly)
11. 8425/8426 Puri-Raipur Express to Durg
12. 8447/8448 Bhubaneswar-Koraput Express to Jagdalpur
13. 209/210 Puri-Dhenkanal Passenger to Talcher Road (Daily)
14. 1629 Sangali-Miraj to Chhatrapati Sahu Maharaj Terminus (Kolhapur) (Daily)
15. 1610 Miraj-Pune to Chhatrapati Sahu Maharaj Terminus (Kolhapur) (Daily)
16. 1551/1552 Pune-Daund to Baramati (Daily)
17. 531A/532A Parli-Nizamabad Passenger to Pandharpur
18. 623/624 Mangalore-Kannur Passenger to Kozhikode
19. 353/354 Dharwar-Gadag Passenger to Solapur
20. 1704 Chirmiri-Damoh Passenger to Sagour
21. 1703A Damoh-Katni Passenger to Sagour