Fare related changes announced in Railway Budget 2013

As per the Railway Budget 2013 presented today by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Minister for Railways, there is no fare increase in any of the classes. However there are changes in Reservation Charge, Supplementary Charge for Superfast Trains, Cancellation charges o­n Reserved Tickets, minimum and maximum Tatkal charges and Clerkage charges which have been … Read more

2013-14 Railway budget for Karnataka

Proposed introduction of Bangalore-Mangalore Express (Weekly), opening of an executive lounge here and resumption of work on Chickmagalur-Sakleshpur and Bangalore-Satyamangalam new line projects are some of the key highlights of Railway budget as far as Karnataka is concerned. The budget also proposed several special express trains from various destinations in the state. These include Hubli-Mumbai … Read more

Two Special Trains between Hyderabad and Allahabad for Maha Kumbh Mela

Train No. 07091 Hyderabad – Allahabad Special trainwill depart Hyderabad at10 30 hrs o­n 09th March, 2013 (Saturday) and arrive Allahabad at 13 30 hrs o­n the next day. In the return direction, Train No. 07092 Allahabad-Hyderabad Special train will depart Allahabad at 17 45 hrs o­n 10th March, 2013 (Sunday) and arrive Hyderabad at … Read more

SCR to provide Additional Stoppage for Secunderabad-Guntur-Secunderabad Golconda Express at Moula Ali

South Central Railway will provide one minute halt at Moula Ali Station for Train No. 17202 /17201 Secunderabad-Guntur-Secunderabad Golconda Express with effect from 5th March, 2013on experimental basis. Train No. 17202 Secunderabad-Guntur Golconda Express will arrive/depart Moula Ali at 13 13 / 13 14 hrs. Accordingly in the return direction, Train No. 17201 Guntur-Secunderabad Golconda … Read more

AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS

The temporary augmentation of T.No.12851/12852 Bilaspur – Chennai Central – Bilaspur Express trains by o­ne AC 3-tier coach upto 24th & 25th February 2013, has been extended upto 24.3.2013 ex.Bilaspur and upto 25.3.2013 ex.Chennai Central.

New trains to Kerala

New trains :1.Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Kochuveli Express (Weekly) 2. Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore…. [Hope so it will cover via Kasargod – Shornur – Palghat Section] 3. Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly) New Passengers: 1. Punalur – Kollam Passenger (Daily) 2. Shoranur – Kozhikode Passenger (Daily) 3. Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger … Read more

A list of what Gujarat gets in Railway Budget 20013-14

Rail Neer bottling plant at  Ahmedabad; – Doubling of Palanpur-Samkhiali and third line between Vatva-Ahmedabad through through Public Private Partnership(PPP) model are proposed. Gujarat finds mention in one electrification project which is Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Rewari – Palanpur – Ahmedabad including Kalol-Gandhinagar-Khodiyar and Alwar-BandikuiJaipur-Phulera. Not a single new line is proposed for Gujarat in … Read more

Highlights of Rail Budget 2013-14 pertaining to Northern Railway

The national project of Udhampur-SrinagarBaramulla and other projects of strategic importance will be taken up o­n top priority. To meet the persistent demand of the people of Uttarakhand for a direct connectivity between Rishikesh and Doiwala, as also to avoid an alignment passing through a reserve forest with large elephant population, I propose to meet … Read more

Rail Budget 2013: Highlights

No hike in passenger fares Superfast and Tatkal charges to rise Annual plan for 2013-14 set at Rs 63,363 crore Losses up from Rs 22,500 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 24,600 crore in 2012-13 Accidents per million km down from .41 to .13 Raised four companies of women RPF personnel; another eight to be raised … Read more