New trains, frequency increases and extensions for Orissa in the 2009-2010 Railway budgets; unimplemented past announcements
Railway Budget 2008, Railway Budget 2009 July 11th. 2009, 9:54amHere we consolidate the announcements in the 2009 interim budget, in the July 2009 budget and in Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha during the debates after the budget announcements. (See also this news report regarding some of the trains below.)
New trains:
- Koraput-Rourkela Express via Rayagada (daily) – announced in Interim budget as well as July budget
- Nabadwip Dham and Puri (weekly) – announced in Parliament after the interim budget
- Bhubaneswar – Delhi Non Stop (Weekly) – announced in July Budget
- Kamakhya Puri Express (Weekly) – announced in July Budget
- Puri-Mumbai LTT Expresss via Sambalpur (weekly) – announced in Parliament after July budget
- Puri -Surat Express via Sambalpur (weekly) – announced in Parliament after July budget
- Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Express (daily) – announced in Parliament after July budget
New trains passing through Orissa:
- Howrah Bangalore Superfast (Weekly) – announced in July Budget
- Kolkata-Gandhidham Superfast Express (weekly) [Will it be via Rourkela – Jharsuguda?] – announced in Interim budget and July Budget.
Extension of Trains:
- 8425/8426 Raipur Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily) – announced in July Budget
- 8413/8414 Paradeep Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily) – announced in July Budget
- 8415/8416 Puri Kendujhargarh to Barbil (Daily) – announced in July Budget
- 2821/2822 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express to Puri (Daily) – announced in July Budget
Increase in frequency:
- 2443/2444 New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (from 2 days to 4 days) – announced in interim as well as July budget
- 2887/2888 Howrah-Puri express from weekly to Bi-weekly – announced in interim budget
Some past announcements that have not yet been implemented:
- 2008-2009 Budget had announced Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur-Mumbai (twice a week). This train was introduced as 2879/2880, but so far it runs weekly, instead of the announced biweekly frequency. Even the 2008-09 time table lists it as a biweekly train.
- 2007-2008 Budget had announced a weekly Bhubaneswar-Rameshawaram Express. This train was assigned the number 8495/8496 in the subsequent time table. But it is yet to be introduced.
July 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
i think the bbsr rajdhani can take a new route via rourkela once the talcher bimlagarh line is functional.The train could go all the way from rourkela via ranchi and then its orginal route via kanpur.