22 Pairs of Train Extension in various places

22 Pairs of Train Extension in various places

Shri Piyush Goyal announces Extension of 22 Pairs of Train Services Running on Indian Railways System

Extension of trains will help in development of the regions & will help to utilize resources to the full extent

Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal announced extension of 22 pairs of train services running on Indian Railways’ system in Rail Bhavan today. These will provide additional connectivity between various places in the country. Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Member Traffic, Railway Board, Shri Girish Pillai and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

Speaking of the occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal said, to reduce additional lie-over time of the trains and emphasising on “sweating the assets”, we have decided extension of numerous trains across various Zones of Indian Railways. He added that the first successful experiment of extension was introduced on Gatiman Express, which was extended from Agra to Gwalior and then to Jhansi. Accordingly, the following extension of 22 pairs of train services will help in development of these areas and will also help to utilize our resources to the full extent.

The extension and scheduled stoppages on the extended portions are as under:-

S. No.	Train no. And name	Extension upto	Stoppages on extended portion
1	18107/18108 Rourkela-Koraput Express	Jagdalpur	Jeypore, Kotapar Road
2	14369/24369-14370/24370 Bareilly-Singrauli/ Shaktinagar Express	Tanakpur	Bareilly city, Izzatnagar, Pilibhit, Majhola Pakariya
3	14630/14629 Firozpur-Ludhiana Cantt Sutluj Express	Chandigarh	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), New Morinda
4	24887/24888 Barmer-Haridwar Link Express	Rishikesh	Raiwala
5	18213/18214 Durg-Jaipur Express	Ajmer	Durgapura
6	19710/19709 Kamakhya-Jaipur Kaviguru Express	Udaipur	Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chanderiya, Mavli, Ranapratapnagar
7	20889/20890 Howrah-Vijayawada Humsafar Express	Tirupati	Ongole, Nellore, Renigunta
8	22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur Express	Purulia (for 01 day)	Hijli, Midnapore, Bishnupur, Bankura, Adra
9	18416/18415 Puri-Barbil Express	Rourkela	Kendposi, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur, Manoharpur
10	22632/22631 Bikaner-Chennai Anuvrat Express	Madurai	Chennai Egmore, Tambram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, Ariyalur, Srirangam, Tiruchchirappalli, Dindigul, Kodaikanal Road.
11	22913/22914 Bandra (T)-Patna Humsafar Express	Saharsa	Begusarai, Khagaria
12	12473/12474 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Ahmedabad Sarvodaya Express	Gandhidham	Viramgam, Dharangdhara, Samakhayali
13	19301/19302 Yesvantpur-Indore Express	Dr Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow)	Nil
14	66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU	Arakkonam	Mukundarayapuramm, Walajah Road, Sholinghur
15	68433/68434 Cuttack-Brahampur MEMU	Ichchapuram	All stations en-route
16	64511/64512 Saharanpur-Nangal Dam MEMU	Una himachal	All stations en-route
17	67249/67250 Secunderabad-Tandur MEMU	Chittapur	Mantatti, Nawandgi, Kurgunta, Seram, Malkhaid Road
18	79457/79458/79459/79460 Surendranagar-Dhrangdhara DEMU	Botad	Kundli, Ranpur, Chuda, Limbdi, Wadhwan City, Jorawarnagar, Surendranagar Gate, Surendranagar
19	74906/74907 Udhampur-Jammu Tawi DEMU	Pathankot	All Stations En-Route
20	77673/77674 Mirylaguda-Kacheguda DEMU	Nadikude	Kondrapole Halt, Vishnupuram, Pondugula
21	59121/59120 Pratap Nagar-Chhota Udaipur Passenger	Moti Sadli	Padaliya Road
22	58526/58525 Visakhapatnam-Palasa Passenger	Brahampur	All stations en-route

All these extensions have been planned by utilizing the lie-over periods of the existing trains at their respective terminating stations. These extensions will help in more gainful utilization of Coaching Stock and will augment revenue of Indian Railways. The above trains are extended using present assets with maximum utilization.

Source: PIB