Complete Details of Rail Budget - 2014

Railway Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge has announced 72 new trains which includes 17 Premium trains, 38 Express trains, 10 Passenger trains, 4 MEMU and 3 DEMU in this year’s Interim Railway Budget. Three trains will be extended and frequency of same number of trains will be increased.

Passenger fares and freight rates were left untouched on Wednesday in the interim rail budget, which talks about plans about involvement of private sector and FDI as part of efforts to modernise the largest transport network in the country.

Presenting the interim budget for four months in the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said an independent Rail Tariff Authority is being set up to rationalise fares and there was a proposal to expand dynamic pricing of tickets in line with the airline industry.

He announced the launch of 17 new premium trains, 39 express trains and ten passenger trains in the coming year and providing rail connectivity to Katra and Vaishnodevi in Jammu and Kashmir, and Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in the Northeast.

Waitlisted passengers to get automatic SMS alert ::

Giving importance to the role of information technology in rail operation, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today spelt out a series of steps including SMS alert and online booking of meals in trains in the interim Rail Budget 2014-15

Railway Budget 2014: Full coverage

: Premium Trains:

Howrah – Pune AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Manmad


Kamakhya – New Delhi AC Express (Weekly) via Chhapra, Varanasi


Kamakhya – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) via Malda, Howrah


Mumbai – Howrah AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Raipur


Mumbai – Patna AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Itarsi, Manikpur


Nizamuddin – Madgaon AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Kota, Vasai Road


Sealdah –Jodhpur AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Mughalsarai


Yesvantpur - Jaipur AC Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Pune, Vasai Road


Ahmedabad – Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Tri-weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer, Rewari


Bandra – Amritsar Express (Weekly) Via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala


Bandra (T) – Katra Express (Weekly) via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala


Gorakhpur – New Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Lucknow, Moradabad


Katra – Howrah Express (Weekly) Express via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Saharanpur


Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express ( Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Jhansi, Kanpur


Patna– Bangalore Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Chheoki, Manikpur, Nagpur


Yesvantpur – Katra Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Kacheguda, Nagpur, New Delhi


Thiruvananthpuram – Bangalore (Yesvantpur) Express (Bi- weekly) via Erode, Tirupattur

: Express Trains :

Ahmedabad – Katra Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Rewari, Hisar, Bathinda, Amritsar


Ahmedabad – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Bandikui, Mathura, Kasganj


Ahmedabad – Allahabad Express (Weekly) via Jalgaon, Khandwa, Itarsi, Satna, Manikpur


Amritsar – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sitapur Cantt.


Aurangabad – Renigunta Express (Weekly) via Parbhani, Bidar, Vikarabad


Bangalore – Chennai Express (Daily) via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai


Bandra (T) – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Kota, Mathura, Kasganj


Bareilly – Bhopal Express (Weekly) via Chandausi, Aligarh, Tundla, Agra


Bhavnagar – Bandra Express (Weekly) via Ahmedabad


Bhavnagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Link Express (Weekly)


Gandhidham – Puri Express (Weekly)


Gorakhpur – Pune Express (Weekly) via Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Manmad


Guntur-Kacheguda Double Decker Express (Bi-weekly);


Howrah – Yeswantpur AC Express (Weekly)via Bhubaneswar, Gudur, Katpadi


Hubli – Mumbai Express (weekly) via Bijapur, Sholapur


Hyderabad – Gulbarga Intercity (Daily)


Jaipur – Chandigarh Intercity (Daily) via Jhajjar;


Kacheguda – Tirupati Double Decker Express (Bi Weekly);


Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via New Delhi, Ambala


Kanpur – Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura, Kota


Lucknow – Kathgodam Express (Tri-weekly)


Manduadih – Jabalpur Express (Weekly) via Allahabad, Manikpur, Satna


Malda Town – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) via Amethi & Rae Bareli;


Mannargudi – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via, Jaipur


Mumbai – Chennai Express (Weekly) via Pune, Gulbarga, Wadi


Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Gonda, Balrampur, Barhani (after gauge conversion);


Mumbai – Karmali AC Express (Weekly) via Roha


Nanded – Aurangabad Express (Weekly) via Purna, Parbhani


Nagpur – Rewa Express (Weekly) via Satna


Nagercoil – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) via Karur, Namakkal, Salem


Pune – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Khandwa, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Kanpur


Ramnagar – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) via Moradabad, Saharanpur


Ranchi – New Jalpaiguri Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Katihar


Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express (Weekly) via Kazipeth, Vijaywada


Santragachi – Anandvihar Express (Weekly)


Srigangnagar – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Abohar, Bathinda, Dhuri


Thiruvananathapuram-Nizamuddin Express (Bi-weekly) one day via Kottayam and one day via Allepey


Varanasi – Mysore Express (Bi-weekly) via Wadi, Daund


Passenger trains  :  Bina – Katn