KERALA
TO GET EIGHT NEW TRAIN IN 2009
Rail way Minister Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned eight new trains for kerala, including one weekly Duronto( long-distance non-stop train) between Ernakulam and New Delhi. The other trains are Bangalore- Kochuveli super fast weekly express, shornur-Nilambur Road daily passenger, Coimbatore- shornur daily passenger, Ernakulan- Goa tri-weekly and Thiruvananthapuram- Mangalosre daily Via Alappuzha. Besides two new trains Hap ( Gujarat} Tirunelveli Junction bi weekly Super fast and Bilaspur- Tirunelveli Junction biweekly super fast, will run viaThiruvananthapuram.
Ms Banerjee also announced the extension of some trains in to the state. They are the 6517/6518, Bangalore- Mangalore daily to Kannur, the 2075/2076 Thiruvananthapuram Ernakulam daily to Kozhikode and the 6885/6886 Ernakulam- Tiruchirapally daily to Nagore.
Railways were targeting to complete the gauge conversion work between kollam and punalur in 2009-10. Thiruvnanthapuram central and Ernakulam junction have been included on the list of 50 stations that will be developed to international standards.
The Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the first Railway budget of the new UPA government. She proposes to initiate a record 57 new train services, extent the services of 27 and increase the frequency of 13 others. She also proposed to introduce air- conditioned double- Decker coaches for inter-city passengers. The Railway Minister declared a surplus of Rs 17,400 crore in 2008-09 and a payment of dividend of Rs 4717 crore to the government to the. Government leaving the Railways with an invest able surplus of Rs 12,681 crore.
Prof John Kurakar
TO GET EIGHT NEW TRAIN IN 2009
Rail way Minister Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned eight new trains for kerala, including one weekly Duronto( long-distance non-stop train) between Ernakulam and New Delhi. The other trains are Bangalore- Kochuveli super fast weekly express, shornur-Nilambur Road daily passenger, Coimbatore- shornur daily passenger, Ernakulan- Goa tri-weekly and Thiruvananthapuram- Mangalosre daily Via Alappuzha. Besides two new trains Hap ( Gujarat} Tirunelveli Junction bi weekly Super fast and Bilaspur- Tirunelveli Junction biweekly super fast, will run viaThiruvananthapuram.
Ms Banerjee also announced the extension of some trains in to the state. They are the 6517/6518, Bangalore- Mangalore daily to Kannur, the 2075/2076 Thiruvananthapuram Ernakulam daily to Kozhikode and the 6885/6886 Ernakulam- Tiruchirapally daily to Nagore.
Railways were targeting to complete the gauge conversion work between kollam and punalur in 2009-10. Thiruvnanthapuram central and Ernakulam junction have been included on the list of 50 stations that will be developed to international standards.
The Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the first Railway budget of the new UPA government. She proposes to initiate a record 57 new train services, extent the services of 27 and increase the frequency of 13 others. She also proposed to introduce air- conditioned double- Decker coaches for inter-city passengers. The Railway Minister declared a surplus of Rs 17,400 crore in 2008-09 and a payment of dividend of Rs 4717 crore to the government to the. Government leaving the Railways with an invest able surplus of Rs 12,681 crore.
Prof John Kurakar
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