Gujarat gets 7 new trains

The action for examining the feasibility study for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune ‘bullet train’ is already going on. This was announced on Friday by Union minister of railways Lalu Prasad while presenting the interim railway budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha. This bullet train, along with others, was announced last year in the 2007-08 railway budget.  In the interim budget presented by Lalu Prasad on Friday, Gujarat has been given 7 new trains while routes of four existing train services have been extended.

The new trains announced for Gujarat include Somnath (Veraval)-Mumbai Link Express (daily), Gandhidham-Kolkata Superfast (weekly), Nizamuddin-Banglore Rajdhani via Gujarat (thrice a week), Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast via Gujarat (daily), Mumbai-Bikaner Superfast (twice a week), Mumbai-Karawar Superfast (thrice a week) and Mumbai-Jodhpur Express (weekly).

Further, Vadodara-Mumbai Express has been extended up to Chhota Udaipur, Porbandar-Bapudham (Motihari Express) up to Muzaffarpur, Jabalpur-Mumbai Garib Rath Express to Allahabad and Mumbai Jaipur Garib Rath Express has been extended to Delhi.