New trains to/from Gujarat announced in Railway budget

Ahmedabad, 8 July, 2014

Following are the Gujarat related trains announced in today’s railway budget. This is the list of trains whose to or from journey terminates in some location in Gujarat. A list of those trains that shall pass through and halt at some location in Gujarat will be added to this article later on.

Jansadharan Trains

Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan express via Surat

Express trains

Mumbai–Palitana Express(Weekly)

Hapa–Bilaspur Express(Weekly)via Nagpur

Ahmedabad-Patna Express(Weekly) via Varanasi

Ahmedabad-Chennai Express(Biweekly) via Vasai Road.

Rajkot-Rewa Express(Weekly)

Full list of trains

Western Railway release states Western Railway specific details of budget

New Trains

Express Trains

1. Ahmedabad – Patna Express (Weekly) via Varanasi

2. Ahmedabad – Chennai Express (Bi-weekly) via Vasai Road

3. Hapa – Bilaspur Express (Weekly) via Nagpur

4. Mumbai – Palitana Express (Weekly)

5. Rajkot – Rewa Express (Weekly)

6. Bandra (T) – Jaipur Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Kota

AC Express

1. Nizamuddin-Pune Express (Weekly)

Premium Trains

1. Mumbai Central – New Delhi Premium AC Express

Projects

Gauge Conversion

Gauge Conversion of Meter Gauge line in Ahmedabad area upto Mahesana.

High Speed Trains

• Proposal of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet trains

• An effort will be made to increase the speed of trains to 160-200 kmph in select sectors so as to significantly reduce travel time between major cities.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad

Dedicated Freight Corridor Project Implementation of Eastern and Western DFCs, a critical infrastructure project, will be closely monitored. During 2014-15, award of nearly 1000 kms of civil construction contracts is targeted.

Boost to fruit & Vegetable movement

Boost to rail movement of fruits and vegetables in partnership with the Central Railside Warehousing Corporation (CRWC) by providing requisite facilities of temperature controlled storages at 10 locations viz Vatva, Sanand.

Boost to Milk movement

Indian Railways propose to facilitate transportation of milk through rail by providing special milk tanker trains in association with National Dairy Development Board and Amul.