INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Indian Railways runs about 3,500 reserved trains.Indian Railways in its new time-table has announced that it will introduce more of its
niche trains -- Antyodaya Express, Uday Express and Tejas Express -- in the next 12 months
According to the Ministry of Railways' new 'Trains at a Glance' (TAG), includes the name of one new Antyodaya Express and two brand new
Two new Uday Express trains -- the AC chair car double decker trains -- have also been included in the timetable
"Since these five new trains have been included in the new timetable, it is expected that they will be introduced soon," an official told
Express, one Tejas Express, one Uday Express, has now incorporated them in the new TAG
Antyodaya Express train is a long distance superfast service with fully unreserved coaches.Here are the new routes on Uday Express
trains:Train NoFrequnecyFromTo22923Monday,Wednesday, SaturdayBandra(T) (23.55)Jamnagar (14.35)22924Tuesday, Thursday, SundayJamnagar
(20.00)Bandra(T) (10.20)22701Excluding Thursday, SundayVisakhapatnam (05.45)Vijayawada (11.15)22702Excluding Sunday,ThursdayVijayawada
(17.30)Visakhapatnam (22.05)Here are the new routes on Tejas Express:Train NoFrequnecyFromTo22425Excluding WednesdayNew Delhi
(6.30)Chandigarh (9.30)22426Excluding WednesdayChandigarh (17.55)New Delhi ( 20.55)12585Excluding Sunday, ThursdayLucknow Jn (06.50)New
NoFrequnecyFromTo16189DailyTambaram (7.00)Sengottai (22.30)16190DailySengottai (06.00)Tambaram (22.30)Among them, 12 trains are in the
Northern Railway, five in the North Central Railway, one each in the East Central Railway and the North Western Railway and four trains in
the South Central Railway which have been shifted
The statement also said that to avoid criss-cross movement at important stations, the terminals of important trains have been changed
In the current financial year, terminal of 23 trains have been shifted, the statement said
The idea was to decongest its terminals, an official said
A "terminal" or "terminus" is a station at the end of a railway line
trains which include Gatiman Express, Rajdhani Express, Humsafar Express, Tejas Express, Duronto Express, Antyodaya Express, Garib Rath
Express, Shatabdi Express, Sampark Kranti Express, YUVA Express, Janshatabdi Express and other types of express trains
This is in addition to about 4,600 passenger and 5,000 EMU (electric multiple unit) trains
