The much talked about Railway Budget, presented two days ahead of the Union budget, has turned out to be largely a non-event. While sparing passengers from another hike within a month, Pawan Kumar Bansal, however increased charges for super-fast trains, and fees for ticket cancellation and reservations

Pawan Kumar Bansal, the minister of railways on Tuesday spared passengers from another fare hike within a month, giving indications that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government does not want to upset voters ahead of the general elections.

Bansal, the first minister from the Congress to present the Railway Budget in 17 years, however, increased supplementary charges for super fast trains, reservation fee, clerkage charge, cancellation charge and tatkal charges. The enhanced reservations fee has been abolished.

“On the whole, there were no fireworks in the Rail Budget. While linking freight to fuel costs is the right move, subsidized passenger fares account for bulk of railway losses and until that is addressed, the financial position of railways is unlikely to turn around quickly, and investment in the sector will languish,” said Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Pvt Ltd, in a note.

Bansal said, fuel adjustment component (FAC) would be linked with the revision for freight tariff from 1 April 2013, which would increase freight charges by an average of 5%.

“...the increase in freight rates which would be linked with the diesel price movements would add to the burden of price of products which use railways for transportation purposes. Given that the finance ministry has made it clear that the price of diesel will be adjusted upwards on a regular basis, albeit, in small measures, the impact would tend to be escalated over the year. Therefore, it is not surprising that the stock market has not reacted positively in net terms to the Railway Budget,” DR Dogra, managing director and chief executive, CARE Ratings, said.

Too little provisions

Surprisingly, while the railway minister has announced several amenities for passengers like lifts for passenger at A1, A and other pilgrim stations, he made a provision of just Rs1 crore as against an estimated cost of Rs100 crore. Similarly, for installing escalators at 179 important stations, Bansal has provided Rs1 crore as against estimated cost of Rs134.25 crore.

It is the same fate of his other ideas as well. For providing wi-fi internet facility in 50 rakes of Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duranto trains, the estimated cost is Rs55 crore and Bansal has provided only Rs10 lakh.

Another interesting aspect of this year’s Rail Budget is lack of funding for signalling and telecommunication-related works. This work does not find favour with Bansal and for almost all projects of signalling and telecommunication in every division the minister has provided just Rs1 lakh for each project, irrespective of the estimated cost. For example, in the Eastern Railway division, the minister has provided Rs1 lakh for replacement of RE and quad cables between Jamtar and Jhaja sections (106 km), as against estimated cost of Rs31.08 crore. Even for replacing signalling gears for route relay interlocking at Kurla, the minister has provided Rs1 lakh as against estimated cost of Rs15.24 crore.
 

Surprisingly, there is not a single paisa provision made by the minister for setting up the Indian Railway Institute for Advanced Electronic Technology (IRIAET) at Nagpur while its estimated cost is Rs21.25 crore. How the Railways can set up the institute without any funding would be interesting to watch, though.

Mumbai to get AC local trains

Bansal said that the Railways would introduce its first air-conditioned (AC) EMU rake (local train) on Mumbai suburban network during 2013-14. The Railways would introduce 72 and 18 additional services in Mumbai and Kolkata, respectively.

Here are the other proposals from the Railway Budget...

New trains

1. 67 new Express trains to be introduced. 
2. 26 new passenger services, 8 DEMU services and 5 MEMU services to be introduced. 
3. Run of 57 trains to be extended. 
4. Frequency of 24 trains to be increased.

Passenger/rail users’ amenities 

1. Identification of 104 important stations for immediate attention to all aspects related to cleanliness.
2. Progressive extension of bio-toilets on trains.
3. Provision of concrete aprons on platforms with mechanized cleaning facilities.
4. Extension of On Board Housekeeping Scheme and Clean Train Stations to more stations and trains.
5. Extension of Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS), Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs), Coin-operated Ticket Vending Machines (CO-TVMs) and scheme of Jan-Sadharan Ticket Booking Sevaks (JTBSs).
6. Setting up of six more Rail Neer bottling plants at Vijayawada, Nagpur, Lalitpur, Bilaspur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
7. Pilot project on select trains to facilitate passengers to contact on board staff through SMS/phone call/e-mail for coach cleanliness and real time feedback.
8. 8-10 more mechanized laundries for quality washing of linen. 
9. Provision of announcement facility and electronic display boards in trains.
10. Providing free Wi-Fi facilities on several trains.
11. Upgrading another 60 stations as Adarsh Stations in addition to 980 already selected.
12. Associate voluntary organizations for providing first aid services at railway stations.
13. Introduction of an ‘Anubhuti’ coach in select trains to provide excellent ambience and latest facilities and services. 
14. 179 escalators and 400 lifts at A-1 and other major stations to be installed facilitating elderly and differently abled.
15. Affixing Braille stickers with layout of coaches including toilets, provision of wheel chairs and battery operated vehicles at more stations and making coaches wheel-chair friendly.
16. Some JTBS to be reserved for disabled people. 
17. Curbing malpractices in reserved tickets including tatkal scheme.
18. Third party audit and tie up with food testing laboratories for food quality control; ISO certified state-of-the-art base kitchens to be set up in railway premises. 
19. Centralized Catering Services Monitoring Cell set up with a toll free number (1800 111 321)

Rail Tourism 

1. Launching multi-modal travel package in cooperation with Jammu & Kashmir state government.
2. Issuing ‘Yatra Parchis’ to pilgrims travelling by rail to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine at the time of railway ticket booking. 
3. Introduction of an educational tourist train with concessional fares—‘Azadi Express’—to connect places associated with freedom movement.
4. Introduction of executive lounge at  seven more stations, namely, Bilaspur, Visakhapatnam, Patna, Nagpur, Agra, Jaipur and Bengaluru.

IT Initiatives 

1. ‘Aadhaar’ to be used for various passenger and staff related services.
2. Internet ticketing from 0030 hours to 2330 hours.
3. e-ticketing through mobile phones.
4. Project of SMS alerts to passengers providing updates on reservation status.
5. Covering larger number of trains under Real Time Information System.
6. Next-Gen e-ticketing system to be rolled out capable of handling 7,200 tickets per minute against 2,000 now and 1.20 lakh users simultaneously against 40,000 now. 

Measures for improving safety & security 

1. Making a Corporate Safety Plan for a ten-year period (2014-2024).
2. Elimination of 10,797 level crossings during the 12th Plan and no addition of new LCs to the IR system henceforth.
3. Introduction of Train Protection Warning System on Automatic Signalling Systems. 
4. Rigorous trials of the indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance System.
5. Using 60 kg rails, 260 meter long welded rail panels and improved flash butt welding technology.
6. Introduction of 160/200 kmph Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains. 
7. Induction of crash worthy LHB coaches with anti-climb feature.
8. Rehabilitation of identified 17 distressed bridges over next one year.
9. Provision of comprehensive fire and smoke detection systems.
10. Provision of portable fire extinguishers in Guard-cum-Brake Vans, AC Coaches and Pantry Cars in all trains.
11. Use of fire retardant furnishing materials in coaches.
12. Measures initiated to deal with elephant related accidents.
13. Four companies of women RPF personnel set up and another eight to be set up to strengthen the security of rail passengers, especially women passengers. 
14. Recruitment to RPF with 10% vacancies reserved for women.

Concessions

1. Complimentary card passes to recipients of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna & Dhyan Chand Awards to be valid for travel by 1st Class/2nd AC. 
2. Complimentary card passes to Olympic medallists and Dronacharya awardees for travel in Rajdhani/ Shatabadi Trains. 
3. Travel by Duronto Trains permitted on all card passes issued to sportspersons having facility of travel by Rajdhani/Shatabadi Trains.
4. Facility of complimentary card passes valid in 1st class/2nd AC extended to parents of posthumous unmarried awardees of Mahavir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, President’s Police Medal for Gallantry and Police Medal for Gallantry.
5. Police Gallantry awardees to be granted one complimentary pass every year for travel along with one companion in 2nd AC in Rajdhani/Shatabadi Trains.
6. Passes for freedom fighters to be renewed once in three years. 

Training and recruitment 

1. 1.52 lakh vacancies being filled up this year out of which 47,000 vacancies have been earmarked for weaker sections and physically challenged.
2. Imparting skills to the youth in railway related trades in 25 locations. 
3. Setting up of a multi-disciplinary training institute at Nagpur for training in rail related electronics technologies.
4. Setting up of a centralized training institute at Secunderabad—Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM).
5. Five fellowships in national universities to be instituted to motivate students to study and undertake research on IR related issues at M.Phil and Ph.D. levels.
6. Setting up of a chair at TERI promoting railway related research to reduce carbon footprint.

Financial performance 2012-13 

1. Loading target revised to 1007 MT against 1025 MT in BE. 
2. Gross Traffic Receipts fixed at Rs1.26 lakh crore in RE, short by Rs6,872 cr over Budget Estimates.  
3. Ordinary Working Expenses retained at BE level of Rs84,400 crore; pension payments increased by Rs1,500 cr to Rs20,000 cr.
4. Dividend liability to government to be fully discharged.  
5. ‘Excess’ of Rs10,409 crore as against the budget amount of Rs15,557 crore.
6. Loan of Rs3,000 crore taken in 2011-12 fully repaid along with interest.  
7. Operating Ratio of 88.8% as compared to 94.9% in 2011-12. 

Budget Estimates 2013-14

1. Freight loading of 1047 MT, 40 MT more than 2012-13.
2. Passenger growth - 5.2%.  
3. Gross Traffic Receipts - Rs1.44 lakh crore i.e. an increase of Rs18,062 crore over RE, 2012-13.
4. Ordinary Working Expenses - Rs96,500 crore.  
5. Appropriation to DRF at Rs7,500 crore and to Pension Fund at Rs22,000 crore.  
6. Dividend payment estimated at Rs6,249 crore.
7. Operating Ratio to be 87.8%.
8. Fund Balances to exceed Rs12,000 crore
   
   

Annual Plan 2013-14

Highest ever plan outlay of Rs63,363 crore. 

o  Gross Budgetary Support - Rs26,000 crore 

o  Railway Safety Fund  - Rs2,000 crore 

o  Internal Resources   - Rs14,260 crore 

o  EBR - Market Borrowing - Rs15,103 crore;   

o  EBR - PPP    - Rs6,000 crore. 

500 km new lines, 750 km doubling, 450 km gauge conversion targeted in 2013-14. 

Fiscal Discipline

1. No supplementary Demands for Grants introduced in Monsoon Session or Winter Session of Parliament;
2. Loan of Rs3,000 crore repaid fully;
3. 347 projects prioritized with assured funding;
4. Operationally important projects and also last mile projects to receive liberal funding;
5. A new fund—Debt Service Fund—set up to meet committed liabilities;
6. Stringent targets for efficiencies in maintenance of rolling stock and fuel consumption;
7. Target to create fund balance of Rs30,000 crore in the terminal year of the 12th Plan.

Staff Welfare 

1. Fund allocation for staff quarters enhanced to Rs300 crore
2. Provision of hostel facilities for single women railway employees at all divisional headquarters.
3. Extending treatment facility in case of medical emergency to RELHS beneficiaries to all cities in hospitals empanelled with CGHS and Railways. 
4. Condition of barracks to be improved for RPF personnel.
5. Provision of water closets and air conditioners in the locomotive cabs to avoid stress being faced by loco pilots.{break}
   
   

   Here is the list of new express trains…

   1.  Ahmedabad – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Samdari, Bhildi

   2.  Ajni (Nagpur) – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly) Via Hingoli

   3.  Amritsar – Lalkuan Express (Weekly) Via Chandigarh 

   4.  Bandra Terminus – Ramnagar Express (Weekly) Via Nagda, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow, Rampur

   5.  Bandra Terminus – Jaisalmer Express (Weekly) Via Marwar, Jodhpur 

   6.  Bandra Terminus – Hisar Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Marwar, Jodhpur, Degana

   7.  Bandra Terminus – Haridwar Express (Weekly) Via Valsad

   8.  Bangalore – Mangalore Express (Weekly)

   9.  Bathinda – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Patiala, Rajpura

   10.  Bhubaneswar – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur

   11.  Bikaner – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur

   12.  Chandigarh –Amritsar Intercity Express (Daily) Via Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar (Mohali), Ludhiana

   13.  Chennai – Karaikudi Express (Weekly)

   14.  Chennai – Palani Express (Daily) Via Jolarpettai, Salem, Karur, Namakkal

   15.  Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai

   16.  Chennai – Nagarsol  (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda

   17.  Chennai – Velankanni Link Express (Daily) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur

   18.  Coimbatore – Mannargudi  Express (Daily) Via Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Nidamangalam

   19.  Coimbatore – Rameswaram Express (Weekly)

   20.  Delhi – Firozpur Intercity Express (Daily) Via Bathinda

   21.  Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sikar Express (Bi-weekly) after gauge conversion

   22.  Delhi – Hoshiarpur Express (Weekly)

   23.  Durg – Jaipur Express (Weekly)

   24.  Gandhidham – Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada

   25.  Hazrat Nizamuddin – Mumbai AC Express (Weekly) via Bhopal, Khandwa, Bhusawal

   26.  Howrah – Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur

   27.  Howrah – New Jalpaiguri AC Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town

   28.  Hubli – Mumbai Express (Weekly) Via Miraj, Pune

   29.  Indore – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) Via Dewas, Ujjain, Guna, Gwalior, Hazrat Nizamuddin

   30.  Jabalpur – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly)Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram

   31.  Jaipur – Lucknow Express (Tri-weekly) Via Bandikui, Mathura, Kanpur

   32.  Jaipur-Alwar Express (Daily)

   33.  Jodhpur –Jaipur Express (Daily) Via Phulera

   34.  Jodhpur – Kamakhya (Guwahati)  Express  (Weekly) Via Degana, Ratangarh

   35.  Kakinada – Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) 

   36.  Kalka – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Bi-weekly) Via Hazrat Nizamuddin , Bhopal, Itrasi 

   37.  Kamakhya (Guwahati)  – Anand VIhar Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Barauni, Sitapur Cantt, Moradabad

   38.  Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bangalore AC Express (Weekly)

   39.  Kanpur – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) Via Farrukhabad

   40.  Katihar – Howrah Express (Weekly) Via Malda Town

   41.  Katra – Kalka  Express (Bi-weekly) Via Morinda

   42.  Kolkata – Agra Express (Weekly) Via Amethi, Rae Bareli, Mathura

   43.  Kolkata – Sitamarhi Express (Weekly) Via Jhajha, Barauni, Darbhanga

   44.  Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) Via Mathura, Palwal

   45.  Kurnool Town – Secunderabad Express  (Daily)

   46.  Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Kochuveli Express (Weekly)

   47.  Lucknow – Varanasi Express  Via Rae-Bareli (6 Days a week)

   48.  Madgaon – Mangalore Intercity Express (Daily) Via Udupi, Karwar

   49.  Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore

   50.  Mau  – Anand Vihar Express (Bi-weekly) 

   51.  Mumbai – Solapur Express (6 Days a week) Via Pune

   52.  Nagercoil – Bangalore Express (Daily) Via Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli

   53.  New Delhi – Katra AC Express (6 Days a week)

   54.  Nizamabad – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly)  

   55.  Patna – Sasaram Intercity Express (Daily) Via Ara

   56.  Patliputra (Patna) – Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki

   57.  Puducherry – Kanniyakumari Express (Weekly) Via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchchirappalli

   58.  Puri – Sai Nagar Shirdi Express (Weekly) Via Sambalpur, Titlagarh, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal

   59.  Puri –Ajmer Express (Weekly) Via Abu-Road

   60.  Radhikapur – Anand Vihar Link Express (Daily)

   61.  Rajendra Nagar Terminus (Patna)– New Tinsukia Express (Weekly) Via Katihar, Guwahati

   62.  Tirupati – Puducherry Express (Weekly)

   63.  Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam

   64.  Una / Nangaldam– Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly) Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala

   65.  Visakhapatnam – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) Via Titlagarh, Raipur

   66.  Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly) 

   67.  Yesvantpur – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh

    

   Passenger Trains

   1.  Bathinda – Dhuri Passenger (Daily)

   2.  Bikaner-Ratangarh  Passenger (Daily)

   3.  Bhavnagar – Palitana Passenger (Daily)

   4.  Bhavnagar – Surendranagar Passenger (Daily)

   5.  Bareilly – Lalkuan Passenger (Daily)

   6.  Chhapra –Thawe Passenger (Daily) 

   7.  Loharu – Sikar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion

   8.  Madgaon – Ratnagiri Passenger (Daily)

   9.  Marikuppam – Bangalore Passenger (Daily)

   10.  Muzaffarpur – Sitamarhi Passenger (Daily) via Runnisaidpur

   11.  Nadiad – Modasa Passenger (6 days a week)

   12.  Nandyal – Kurnool Town passenger (Daily)

   13.  New Amravati – Narkher Passenger (Daily)

   14.  Punalur – Kollam Passenger (Daily)

   15.  Purna – Parli  Vaijnath Passenger (Daily)

   16.  Palani-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily)

   17.  Ratangarh - Sardarsahar Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion

   18.  Samastipur- Banmankhi Passenger via Saharsa, Madhepura (Daily) after gauge conversion

   19.  Shoranur – Kozhikode Passenger (Daily)

   20.  Surendranagar – Dharangdhara Passenger (Daily)

   21.  Suratgarh – Anupgarh Passenger (Daily)

   22.  Somnath – Rajkot Passenger (Daily)

   23.  Sitamarhi – Raxaul Passenger (Daily)

   24.  Sriganganagar – Hanumangarh-Sadulpur Passenger (Daily) after gauge conversion

   25.  Talguppa – Shimoga Town Passenger (Daily)

   26.  Thrisur-Guruvayur Passenger (Daily)

    

   MEMU Services

   1.  Barabanki – Kanpur

   2.  Chennai – Tirupati

   3.  Delhi- Rohtak (Replacement of conventional service by MEMU)

   4.  Lucknow – Hardoi

   5.  Sealdah – Berhampore Court

    

   DEMU Services

   1.  Bhatkal – Thokur

   2.  Delhi – Kurukshetra Via Kaithal

   3.  Katwa – Jangipur 

   4.  Lucknow – Sultanpur

   5.  Lucknow – Pratapgarh Via Gauriganj

   6.  Madgaon – Karwar

   7.  Rohtak – Rewari

   8.  Taran Taran – Goindwal Saheb

    

   Extension of Trains

   1.  19601/19602 Ajmer-New Jalpaiguri Express to Udaipur

   2.  15715/15716 Ajmer-Kishanganj Express to New Jalpaiguri

   3.  12403/12404 Allahabad – Mathura Express to Jaipur

   4.  17307/17308 Bagalkot-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore

   5.  18437/18438 Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna Express to Junagarh 

   6.  18191/18192 Chhapra – Kanpur Anwarganj Express to Farrukhabad

   7.  16127/16128 Chennai-Madurai portion of Chennai-Guruvayur Express to Tuticorin

   8.  12231/12232 Chandigarh-Lucknow Express to Patna (2 days)

   9.  12605/12606 Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express to Karaikudi

   10.  14007/14008 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion 

   11.  14017/14018 Delhi-Muzaffarpur Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion

   12.  12577/12578 Darbhanga-Bangalore Express to Mysore

   13.  14731/14732 Delhi – Bathinda Express to Fazilka

   14.  14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sadulpur Express to Sujangarh (Salasar Express)

   15.  15159/15160 Durg- Chhapra Express to Muzaffarpur and Gondia

   16.  12507/12508 Guwahati-Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram

   17.  17005/17006 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion 

   18.  17011/17012 Hyderabad- Belampalli Express to Sirpur Kaghaznagar

   19.  16591/16592 Hubli-Bangalore Express to Mysore 

   20.  12181/12182 Jabalpur-Jaipur Express  to Ajmer

   21.  15097/15098 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express to Bhagalpur

   22.  13117/13118 Kolkata – Berhampore Court Express to Lalgola

   23.  22981/22982 Kota-Hanumangarh Express to Shri Ganga Nagar

   24.  15609/15610 Lalgarh- Guwahati  Express to New Tinsukia 

   25.  12145/12146 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Bhubaneswar Express to Puri

   26.  12545/12546 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion 

   27.  12449/12450 Madgaon-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express to Chandigarh 

   28.  12653/12654 Mangalore – Tiruchchirappalli Express to Puducherry

   29.  29019/29020 Meerut-Nimach Link Express to Mandasor

   30.  22107/22108 Mumbai CST-Latur Express to Hazoor Saheb Nanded

   31.  14003/14004 New Delhi -New Farakka Express to Malda Town

   32.  15723/15724 New Jalpaiguri-Darbhanga Express to Sitamarhi

   33.  18419/18420 Puri-Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar

   34.  19327/19328 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh Express to Udaipur

   35.  13133/13134 Sealdah – Varanasi   Express (2 Days) to Delhi via Lucknow, Moradabad

   36.  14711/14712 Shri Ganga Nagar – Haridwar Express to Rishikesh

   37.  16535/16536 Solapur-Yesvantpur Express to Mysore

   38.  19251/19252 Somnath-Dwarka Express to Okha

   39.  12629/12630 Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 days to Chandigarh

   40.  59601/59602 Ajmer-Beawar Passenger to Marwar 

   41.  56513/56514 Bangalore-Nagore Passenger to Karaikal

   42.  51183/51184 Bhusaval-Amravati Passenger to Narkher

   43.  57502/57503 Bodhan-Kamareddi Passenger to Mirzapalli

   44.  54632/54633 Dhuri-Hisar/ Hisar- Ludhiana Passenger to Sirsa

   45.  56700/56701Madurai-Kollam Passenger to Punalur

   46.  56709/56710 Madurai-Dindigul Passenger to Palani

   47.  56275/56276 Mysore-Shimoga Town Passenger to Talguppa

   48.  59297/59298 Porbander-Veraval Passenger to Somnath

   49.  66611/66612 Ernakulam-Thrisur MEMU to Palakkad

   50.  67277/67278 Falaknuma-Bhongir MEMU to Jangaon

   51.  66304/66305 Kollam-Nagarcoil MEMU to Kanniyakumari

   52.  63131/63132 Krishnanagar City-Berhampore Court MEMU to Ranaghat and to Cossimbazar

   53.  74021/74024 Delhi-Shamli DEMU to Saharanpur

   54.  76837/76838 Karaikudi-Manamadurai DEMU to Virudunagar after gauge conversion

   55.   79454/79445  Morbi-Wankaner DEMU to Rajkot

   56.  77676/77677 Miryalguda-Nadikudi DEMU to Piduguralla

   57.  79301/79302 Ratlam-Chittaurgarh DEMU to Bhilwara 

    

   Increase in frequency 

   1.  12547/12548 Agra Fort –Ahmedabad Express 3 to 7 days

   2.  11453/11454 Ahmedabad-Nagpur Express 2 to 3 days

   3.  22615/22616 Coimbatore-Tirupati Express 3 to 4 days

   4.  14037/14038 Delhi-Pathankot Express 3 to 6 days

   5.  19409/19410 Gorakhpur – Ahmedabad Express 1 to 2 days

   6.  13465/13466 Howrah – Malda Town Express 6 to 7 days

   7.  12159/12160 Jabalpur – Amravati Express 3 to 7 days

   8.  11103/11104 Jhansi – Bandra (T) Express 1 to 2 days

   9.  19325/19326 Indore – Amritsar Express 1 to 2 days

   10.  12469/12470 Kanpur – Jammu Tawi Express 1 to 2 days

   11.  12217/12218 Kochuveli – Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days

   12.  12687/12688 Madurai – Dehradun/Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days

   13.  13409/13410 Malda Town – Jamalpur Express 6 to 7 days

   14.  17213/17214 Narsapur – Nagersol (Near Sainagar Shirdi) Express 2 to 7 days

   15.  12877/12878 Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express 2 to 3 days

   16.  18509/18510 Visakhapatnam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days

   17.  22819/22820 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 2 to 7 days

   18.  18309/18310 Sambalpur-Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days

   19.  12751/12752 Secunderabad – Manuguru Express 3 to 7 days

   20.  12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddun Sampark Kranti Express 2 to 4 days

   21.  56221/56222/56525/56526 Bangalore – Tumkur Passenger 6 to 7 days

   22.  56321 Kanniyakumari-Tirunelveli Passenger 6 to 7 days

   23.  56325 Nagercoil – Kanniyakumari Passenger 6 to 7 days

   24.  56312 Tirunelveli - Nagercoil Passenger 6 to 7 days