Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav on Tuesday
Feb 26, 2008 announced a total of 53 new trains and 10 new Garibrath Express while presenting his fifth historic Rail Budget in the Parliament.
Prominent trains
New Garibrath Express
Jabalpur-Chandigarh (3/week)
Sikandrabad-Vishakapatnam (3/week)
Varanasi-Delhi (3/week)
Banglaore-Kochuveli (3/week)
Yesvanthapur-Pondichery (2/week)
Pune-Nagpur (2/week)
Jablapur-Mumbai (3/week)
New trains
Amravati-Mumbai (2/week)
Dibrugrah-Kamkhaya
Machilpatanam-Bangalore
Surat-Muzaffarpur –(daily)
Amritsar-Kochuveli –(daily)
Delhi-Amritsar –(daily)
Indore-Udaipur –(daily)
Varasnai-Ramsehwaram –(weekly)
Mathura-Chapra (3/week)
Gwalior-Indore (1/week)
Puri-Dharbhanga (1/weekly)
Khajuraho-Delhi (3/week)
Vasai-Patna (1/week)
Bilapspur-Pune (1/week)
Gaya-Chennai (1/week)
Dibrugarh-Yeshwantpur (1/week)
Lucknow-Delhi (A/C) 3
Ahmedabad-Patan (1/week)
Chennai-Gaya-(1/week)
Vishakhapatnam- Pune (1/week)
Gwalior-Indore-(1/week)
Chennai-Selum-(daily)
Ahmedabad-Mumbai-(A/C weekly)
Ahmedabad-Patan passenger
Pune-Delhi (Special trains will run during Commonwealth Games in national capital).
Itarsi-Katni passenger daily
Vasai Road –Panvel daily
Ranchi-Bhagalpur (3/week)
Kolkatta-Murshidabad
Extensions of Express trains
Varanasi-Ranchi to Sambalpur
Bangalore-Coimbatore to Ernakulam
Delhi-Rai Bariely to Pratapgarh
Danapur Darbhanga to Jaynagar
Nagpur-Raipur to Bilaspur
Madurai-Manmad to Okha
Nizammudin-Bilaspur to Raigarh.
Mathura-Lucknow to Patna
Bhagalpur-Sholapur to Gadag (after gauge conversion).