Mumbai, 12 November, 2011

As announced by Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Dinesh Trivedi on Friday, Western Railway will introduce 6 pairs of new Mail/Express trains along with one pair of DEMU train.

It has also been decided to increase the frequency of Train No.11454/11453 Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerana Express from Weekly to Bi-weekly with effect from 12/11/2011.

As per announcement of Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Train No. 12960/12959 Bhuj-Dadar Bi-weekly Superfast Express train will be introduced from 15/11/2011. Its inaugural run will take place from Bhuj from 12/11/2011.

Train No.12959 Dadar-Bhuj Bi-weekly Superfast Express will depart at 23.55 hrs from Dadar o­n every Tuesday & Friday from 15/11/2011 and will reach Bhuja 17.40hrs the next day .

Similarly, Train No. 12960 Bhuj-Dadar Bi-weekly Superfast Express will leave from Bhuj at 18.30 hrson every Monday & Thursday from 17/11/2011 arriving Dadar at 12.15 hrs. the next day .

This train will halt at Gandhidham, Bachau, Samakhiyali, Santalpur, Radhanpur, Diyodar, Bhildi, Palanpur, Mahesana, Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Anand, Vadodara, Surat, Vasai Rd stations in both directions.

The train will have AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, sleeper class and General second class coaches.

The booking for 12959/12960 Dadar-Bhuj-Dadar will start from 14thNovember, 2011.

Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Hon’ble Minister of Railways has also announced the introduction of

19260/19259 Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Weekly Express train from 20/11/2011 Ex Bhavnagar;

Train No.12949/12950 Porbandar-Santragachhi Kavi Guru Weekly Superfast Express from 18/11/2011 Ex Porbandar;

12993/12994 Gandhidham-Puri Weekly Superfast Express from 14/11/2011 Ex Puri;

19568/19567 Weekly Dwarka-Tuticorin Vivek Express from 18/11/2011

79435/79436 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU (Except Sunday),

79433/79434 Ahmedabad-Patan DEMU (Daily) from 13/11/2011

19802/19801 Kota –Indore intercity express from 14/11/11.

Booking for trainNos. 19260/12949/12993from 15th November, 2011 while booking for train no 19802 will open from 13th November, 2011.

Booking for train no. 19657 extended trips will be open from 13th November, 2011.

As announced by Hon’ble Minister of Railways, the frequency of 11454/11453 Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerana Express has also been increased from o­nce a week to twice week with effect from 12/11/2011 while frequency of 19657/19658 Indore –Udaipur Express has also been increased from tri-weekly to daily from 14/11/2011 ex Indore.

Similarly 12981/12982 Udaipur –Delhi Sarai RohillaChetak express will also run daily from 12/11/2011 instead of four days of a week earlier.

52045/52046 Dabhoi-Miyagam Karjan-Dabhoi bi-weekly train wil now run daily from 12/11/2011 instead of twice a week earlier. For the convenience of passengers this train has been extended up to Motikoral.

59229/59230Bhavnagar-Botad passenger has been extended up to Dhangradhara from 12/11/2011.

Shri Dinesh Trivedi today announced in New Delhi the introduction of 26 new trains, extension of 8 trains and increase in frequency of 5 trains over Indian Railways.