56 new express trains to be introduced

56 new express trains are proposed to be introduced this year.

56 new express trains are proposed to be introduced this year.

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The announcement was made by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Railway budget 2011-12.

The trains are :

Raebareli-Jaunpur Express (daily) Tirupati-Amravati Express (bi-weekly) via Akola, Nizamabad, Gooty,

Dharmavaram Asansol-Gorakhpur Express (weekly) via Chhapra,

Siwan Nagpur-Kolhapur Express (bi-weekly) via Kurduwadi, Lathur road, Purna,

Akola Malda Town-Digha Express (weekly) via Rampurhat

Pune-Nanded Express (weekly) via Latur

Visakhapatnam-Koraput Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Vizianagram

Howrah-Secunderabad Express (weekly) via Kharagpur

Mumbai-Chandigarh Express (weekly) via Phulera-Ringus-Gurgaon-Kurukshetra

Bardhaman-Rampurhat Express (tri-weekly)

Bikaner-Delhi Superfast Intercity (daily) via Ratangarh

Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express (weekly) via Muri-Jharsuguda-Nagpur

Howrah-Tirupati Express (weekly)

Narsapur-Nagarsol Express (bi-weekly) via Secunderabad, Nizamabad

Puri-Shalimar Express (weekly)

Ranchi-Pune Express (bi-weekly) via Bilaspur

Shalimar-Udaipur Express (weekly) via Katni, Kota

Chennai-Shirdi Express (weekly) via Bangalore

Coimbatore-Tuticorin Link Express (daily)

Howrah-Mysore Express (weekly) via Gondia, Adilabad

Yesvantpur-Mysore Express (daily)

Digha-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)

Mysore-Chennai Express (weekly)

Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly) via Hubli, Bijapur.