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Rail Budget 2001-2002 Highlights 
PART - I
PASSENGER SERVICES
NEW TRAINS
New Delhi-Raipur-Bilaspur weekly Rajdhani Express
New Delhi-Ranchi-Hatia weekly Rajdhani Express
Bi-weekly express between Gorakhpur and New Delhi.
Bangalore-Vasco Bi-weekly express.
Pune-Ernakulam weekly express via Londa and Madgaon.
Asansol-New Jalpaiguri weekly Express.
Secunderabad-Dharmavaram Express.
Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Bi-weekly Express.
Jaipur-Ernakulam Weekly Superfast Express.
Dhanbad-Hatia Intercity Express.
Howrah-Yashwantpur (Bangalore) Bi-weekly Express.
Indore-Gandhinagar (Ahmedabad) Express.
Howrah-Trivandrum-Nagercoil Weekly express.
Kurla-Bhubaneshwar (Via Sambhalpur) Weekly Express.
Valsad-Patna Weekly Express serving Surat area.
Haldia-Asansol Express
Jodhpur-Chennai Weekly Express.
Solapur-Pune Intercity Express.
Jodhpur-Hardwar Link Express
Palghat-Trivandrum Express.
Bhubaneshwar-Palasa Intercity Service
Asansol-Jhajha-Amritsar weekly Express
Weekly Rajdhani Express to Secunderabad upon completion of New Terminal Works at Hazarat Nizamuddin.
Rampurhat-Howrah Intercity Express.
"Matribhumi" Express trains to be run during peak rush season with only second class and second class sleeper coaches on following routes :-
Delhi-Jammu
Howrah-Delhi
Howrah-Dehradun
Delhi-Barauni via Lucknow
Hyderabad-Bangaore
Mumbai-Gorakhpur
Mumbai-Varanasi
Increase in Frequency
Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express from 2 days to 4 days a week.
Gorakhpur-Dehradun Express from 2 days to 3 days a week.
Rajkot-Ernakulam Express from one to 2 days and extension upto Okha.
Jabalpur-Rajkot Express from 2 days to 4 days by extending Rajkot-Bhopal Express to Jabalpur on 2 days.
Sealdah-Darbhanga Ganga Sagar Express from 4 days to daily.
Vishakhapatnam-Bilaspur Express from 4 days to daily and extension upto Korba.
Secunderabad-Rajkot Express from weekly to 2 days.
Nizamuddin-Bilaspur Gondwana Express from 3 days to 5 days by extending Nizamuddin Nagpur Express to Bilaspur.
Indore-Jaipur Express from weekly to 2 days.
Extensions
Surat-Patna Bi-weekly Express from Patna upto Bhagalpur.
Pune-Varanasi Express to Darbhanga on 1 day.
New Delhi Guwahati Rajdhani Bi-weekly express to Dibrugarh Town from one day to two days.
Chennai-Guwahati Bi-Weekly Express to Dibrugarh Town on one day.
Jodhpur-Jaipur Intercity Express to Sawai Madhopur
Guwahati-Lumding Express to Dimapur.
Kacheguda-Palasa Express to Bhubaneshwar.
Jodhpur-Jammu Tawi Express to Ahmedabad
Howrah - Gorakhpur Weekly Express via Barauni, Ballia and Indara to provide a direct service between Ballia and Howrah.
Service introduced / to be introduced on completion of Gauge Conversion / New Lines / Restoration
Upon completion of Peddapally - Karimnagar New Line, two pair of passenger services have just been introduced from 14th February, 2001.
Following services will be introduced on the recently completed Gandhidham-Bhuj Gauge Conversion.
Extension of Mumbai-Gandhidham Kutch Express to Bhuj.
Extension of Bareilly - Gandhidham Bi-weekly Express to Bhuj.
Extension of Pune-Gandhidham Weekly express to Bhuj.
Two pairs of passenger services.
On recently restored metre-gauge line between New Mal Junction and Changrabana, one pair passenger service to be introduced between Siliguri and Changrabandha via New Mal junction.
One pair of passenger service to be introduced Eklakhi and Gazole and extended upto Balurghat upon completion of the new line.
An express train from Howrah to Digha to be introduced on completion of new line - in interim period a DMU service to be run on 16 km completed portion between Tamluk and Bajkul.
Two pairs of broad gauge service to be introduced upon completion of gauge conversion of Pandharpur-Kurduwadi section.
MEMU / EMU Service
Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada
Purulia-Adra
Bilaspur-Nagpur
Kanpur-Shikohabad.
Bilaspur-Raigarh.
Bally-Bandel (2 pairs)
DMU Service
Kharagpur-Jaleshwar-Bhubaneshwar
Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur
Kotkapura-Fazilka
Samastipur-Darbhanga
Highlights
- Introduction
- Review of Financial Performance During 1999-2000
- Review of Financial Performance During 2000-2001
- Non-Traditional Sources of Revenue
- Safety
- Security
- Passenger Amenities
- Catering
- Health
- Tourism
- Relief Measures
- Konkan Rail Corporation
- Metropolitan Transport Projects
- Production Units
- PSU's
- Annual Plan 2001-2002
- Passanger Services - New Trains
- Extensions
- MEMU / EMU Service
- New Lines
- Gauge Conversion
- Doubling
- Surveys
- Doubling Surveys
- Railway Electrification
- Sports
- Reforms and Restructuring
- International Co-operation
- Budget Estimates 2001-02
- Proposals Regarding Freight Rates
- Concessions
