More than 1,000 motormen of suburban trains on the Western and Central Railways today began their indefinite hunger strike agitation, while driving trains without having even a glass of water, to press for their long pending demands.

Devendrea Yadav, a union leader of WR, said more than 1,000 motormen went on hunger strike in Mumbai. Even water was not taken by them since 0600 hrs. He said 250 out of 400 motormen of WR were sitting on hunger strike at Churchgate while the remaining were running the trains.

Whereas on the CR, 400 out of 600 were sitting on hunger strike at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) while the others were running the trains.

Mr Yadav also said some motormen took ill at CST and Churchgate, and they were being treated by the doctors at railway station itself.

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of WR, Nitin David, said the trains were running on time and there was no delay till noon. But, by the evening, the train services could be disrupted. However, the railway authorities have asked the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) to run extra buses across the city.

The CR spokesperson said the trains were running on time, but there could be problem later in the day. The motormen's demands include higher salaries and better working conditions among others.

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Quoting from Mamata Banerjee's speech -

- National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up

- To achieve 1000km electrification by 2011

- Routes of 21 trains will be extended

- 13,000 unmanned crossings to be manned in the next 5 years

- Railways to acquire 20,000 new wagons

- Suburban rail services to be strengthened

- Freight cut on food-grains and kerosene

- Special train between India and Bangladesh

- Railways to have a master-plan for N-E region

- AC service charges cut to Rs 20 as against Rs 40 earlier

- Special efforts to clear outstanding debt of the railways

- Railways saved 2,000 cr during the austerity drive

- 10 more Duranto trains to be launched

- 54 new trains to be introduced in FY11

- Rs 1,302 crore allocated for passenger amenities

- Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to be modernised

- Dedicated freight & passenger corridors to be set up

- To provide employment to 1 member of land losers' family

- Houses to all railway employees in the next 10 years

- Railway eco parks to be set up to give importance to nature

- Tourists trains to be launched on 16 routes

- GPS-based driver guidance system on locomotives

- Will set up 10 automobile and ancillary hubs

- 2008-09 combined turnover of Rs 13,641 cr for railways

- 5 wagon industries to be set up in JV-PPP mode

- Design development & testing centre for wheels in Bangalore

- No increase in freight tariff

- To run 101 suburban trains in Mumbai

- Railways to complete 25,000km of rail lines by 2020

- 50 creches and 20 hostels for children of women employees

- Mobile e-ticketing centres at hospitals, courts & universities

- To make e-tickets available at panchayat level

- New scheme of house for all railway employees

- Double-decker trains to be used on pilot basis

- Special trains, opportunities to sportspersons for CWG

- Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games

- Security of women passengers will be improved

- Railways plans for 6 water bottling plants

- Plan to raise Rs 10,000 - 20,000 crore in FY11

- To complete 1000km lines in one year

- India Inc needs to join hands with Railways

- Railway exams can be taken in regional languages

- 117 trains will be flagged off by March 31st

- Budget proposals have been made on economic viability

- Railways will not be privatised

- Indian Railways needs to catch up faster with the West

- Policy guidelines will be made simple and easy

- Planning is important to meet long-term demands

- I want to improve Railway infrastructure

- My proposals are dictated by social responsibility

- Inclusive growth is important for the Govt

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- Mamata begins rail budget presentation in parliament

- 'Peace Express' between Kashmir and Kanyakumari likely

- Mamata to come out with ten year plan called 'Vision 2020'

- Mamata arrives at the Parliament

- It's a budget of the people, by the people and for the people: Mamata

- Lalu slams Mamata ahead of Rail Budget

- Opposition continue to press for adjournment of both houses

- Rail Minister Mamata Banerjee leaves for Parliament

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Mumbai Monorail Project takes off with a Test Drive of the Mumbai Monorail on 26th Jan 2010.

Mumbai’s first monorail test ride happened on 26th January 2010. The Test Drive of Mumbai’s Monorail was done in the presence of a number of technocrats, dignitaries and the chief minister. Malaysian born S Ponnadurai test ran the light blue rake of the monorail, which arrived in the city on January 13.

Engineers of Larsen & Toubro, along with experts from Scomi, and consultants from Louis Berger, were busy giving the 110-metre test run the final touches for the past few days. The ramp, near Aanik bus depot, stretches over 250 metres.

On 25th January, the barricaded Aanik road was full of motorists peeping out of their cars and taking pictures on their mobile phones of the first monorail, which began test runs late Monday evening. Once ready, the Mumbai Monorail 20-km track will have seven power substations. The Rs2,460-crore project will be completed by 2011.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan flagged it off at Wadala, the 108-metre test run on the 60th Republic Day.

“It is engineering marvel, only of its kind in India for the use of common man. It is going to help the people of Mumbai to commute. Around three lakh (3,00,000) people are expected to use it on a daily basis. I think it is one of the best thing that has happened to Mumbai,” Chavan said.

The 19.4-kilometers proposed route between Jacob Circle and Chembur is expected to be completed by 2011.

Monorail network is expected to give a much-needed boost to the public transport system of Mumbai, which is the most populous city of the country with and approximate population of 14 million people.

It will be an important supplement to the local trains and other road transportations.

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Rly to run special trains to Unjha

AHMEDABAD : Western Railway, Ahmedabad division has announced eight special trains daily from Saturday to December 2 on account of Silver Jubileecelebrations at Umiya mata temple at Unjha. These include DMU trains at 8.45 am and reach Unjha at 10.50 am. In return the train will start Unjha at 1.50 pm and reach Ahmedabad at 4.10 pm. Another train will leave Ahmedabad at 6.35 pm and reach Unjha at 8.10 pm. Its pairing train will start at 6.20 am from Unjha and reach Ahmedabad at 8.55 am. Apart from these, a special train will leave Unjha at 10.55 am and will reach Palanpur at 12 noon. Its pairing train will leave Palanpur at 12.45 pm and reach Unjha at 1.45 pm. The pairing train from Unjha will leave at 8.15 pm and reach Palanpur at 9.10 pm. In return it willleave Palanpur at 5.20 am and reach Unjha at 6.15 am.

The railways have also given special halt at Unjha for 11 trains till December 2. These include : 9065/9066 Bandra-Jodhpur-Bandra Exp, 9263/9264 Porbandar - Delhi - Porbandar Express, 4311/4312 Bareili-Bhuj-Bareli express, 9269/9270 Porbandar- Motihari-Porbandar Express, 6311/6312 Trivandrum-Bikaner-Trivandrum Exp, 5269/5270 Ahmedabad-Muzaffarpur-Ahmedabad Express, 6507/6508 Bangalore-Jodhpur-Bangalore Express, 6531/6532 Yashwantpur-Ajmer-Yashwantpur Express, 6209/6210 Mysore-Ajmer-Mysore Express, 6533/6534 Yashwantpur-Jodhpur-Yashwantpur Express, 1089/1090 Pune-Jodhpur-Pune Express. 

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The new time table of Indian Railway is effective from 1st November 2009.
Timings of new trains including the non-stop Duranto express, extension of train services and new stoppages will find place in the new time table of Indian Railways.

You can view and Download the new railway time table to be effective from 01.11.2009 at Indian Railways website.

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New train timings, stoppages to be included in new timetable
Timings of new trains including the non-stop Duranto express, extension of train services and new stoppages will find place in the new time table of Indian Railways which comes into effect from November one.

According to Northern Railway, departure timings of about 11 trains originating from the region, including the Nizamuddin-Secunderabad and New Delhi-Bilaspur Rajdhani expresses, will be revised from November one.

The new time table which was supposed to come into effect from July one was postponed to November in view of the late presentation of Railway budget this year.

A Northern Railway spokesperson said the new time table will be available in stalls from November onwards.

The timings of all 14 Duranto class of trains announced in the budget will figure in the time table along with the revisions carried out in passenger booking schemes.
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IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited), a sister concern of Indian railways, starts the new system : online ticket booking through internet.


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 Firstly one has to sign up here for receiving IRCTC login username and password. After that  login and see the status of your  query 


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The "non-stop point to point"' Duronto Expresses first service from  Chennai to Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi will be flagged off by Union home minister P Chidambaram at Chennai Central Station on Monday. On Friday itself advance reservation will start.


Peculiarities
1.Will leave Chennai Central at 6.40 am on Monday and arrive Nizamuddin at 10.35 am the next day.
2.It only takes 28 hours to reach the destination. Regular Rajadhani takes 31 hours
3.In return direction train no. 2270 Hazrat Nizamuddin Chennai Central Duronto Weekly Express will leave Hazrat Nizamuddin at 4 pm on Tuesday and arrive at Chennai Central at 8.10 pm the next day. 
4. AC 2 tier - Rs.2530/-        vs    Rajadhani : Rs. 2625
5.AC 3 tier - Rs.1925                         "          : Rs.2005
6.Sleeper : Rs.760


7. 48 berths in AC 2-tier, 224 in AC 3-tier and 624 berths in the sleeper class. 
8.Reservation rules will be slightly different for Duronto trains. Tatkal booking will not be available and only senior citizens concession is applicable for the train.


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Remember rail coaches with three-tiered side berths? First tried in AC-3 and Sleeper coaches during Lalu Prasad’s term as Railway Minister and withdrawn after a public outcry, these coaches are set to return as the Railways launch a new class of AC travel — the Economy AC-3 — on its Duronto non-stop superfast trains.

The first of the Durontos, to be flagged off between Sealdah and Delhi on September 18, will have five Economy AC-3 coaches in addition to one AC-1, three AC-2 and four AC-3 coaches. This fully air-conditioned biweekly train is to cover the 1,454 km distance between Sealdah and Delhi in 16-and-half hours, one-and-half hours less than a Rajdhani on the same route.

The Railways are positioning the Economy AC-3 as a new AC Class, offering travel at fares lesser than the normal AC-3. The extra berths are being squeezed in to increase coach capacity from 64 to 72 berths — it will, however, reduce the comfort level. A ticket in Economy AC-3 may cost up to Rs 50 less than an AC-3 ticket.

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In her budget speech, railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced the introduction of 12 new non-stop trains connecting metros in major state capitals.

These trains will not halt at any intermediary stations and thus would take even lesser time that the Rajdhani trains, she said. These trains will have both AC and non AC coaches.

Currently 12 new "Duronto" trains will be introduced. They are as follows:

1. New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Non stop (Tri-weekly)

2. Howrah-Mumbai (AC) Non stop (Bi-weekly)

3. Mumbai-Ahmedabad (AC) Non stop (Tri-weekly)

4. Chennai-Delhi Non Stop (Bi-weekly)

5. New Delhi-Lucknow Non Stop (Tri-weekly)

6. Delhi-Pune (AC) Non Stop (Bi-weekly)

7. Howarh-Delhi Non Stop (Bi-weekly)

8. New Delhi-Allahabad Non Stop (Tri-weekly)

9. Sealdah-New Delhi Non Stop (Bi-weekly)

10. Kolkata-Amritsar Non Stop (Bi-weekly)

11. Bhubaneswar-Delhi Non Stop (weekly)

12. Ernakulam-Delhi Non Stop (weekly)

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In the railway budget 2009-10 announced today, 57 new trains have been introduced. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced the list of new trains to be introduced in the parliament today. The following are the new trains released:

1. Vishakhapatnam – Secunderabad – Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly).

2. Sriganga Nagar – Delhi – Nanded Superfast (Weekly)

3. New Jalpaiguri – Sealdah Superfast (Tri-weekly)

4. Bangalore – Hubli – Solapur Superfast (Tri-weekly)

5. Howrah – Bangalore Superfast (weekly)

6. Pune – Daund-Solapur Superfast (Daily)

7. Ranchi-Howrah (3 days via Ghatshila-Kharagpur and 3 days via Asansol) Intercity (6 days a week)

8. Kamakhya-Puri Express (Weekly)

9. Jabalpur-Ambikapur Express (Tri-weekly)

10. Gandhidham-Howrah Superfast (Weekly)

11. Delhi-Sadulpur Express (Tri-weekly)

12. Ajmer-Bhopal Express (by intergration of 9655/56 Ajmer-Ratlam and 9303/04 Ratlam- Bhopal express trains) (Daily)

13. Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Jn. (Thiruvananthapuram) Superfast (Weekly)

14. Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)

15. Durg-Jaipur Express (Weekly)

16. Dibrugarh Town-Chandigarh Express (Weekly)

17. Delhi-Farakka Express (Bi-weekly)

18. Hazrat Nizmmudin-Bangalore Rajdhani Express (Tri-weekly) via Kacheguda

19. New Jalpaiguri-Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Barauni

20. Mumbai-Varanasi Superfast (Daily)

21. Mysore-Yesvantpur Express (Daily)

22. Koraput-Rourkela Express (Daily) via Rayagada

23. Agra-Ajmer Intercity Superfast (Daily)

24. Mumbai-Jodhpur-Bikaner Superfast (Bi-weekly)

25. Agra-Lucknow Junction Intercity (Daily)

26. Hapa-Tirunelveli Jn. Superfast (Bi-weekly) via Thiruananthapuram

27. Gwalior-Bhopal Intercity Express (5 days a week) via Guna

28. Kanyakumari-Rameshwaram Express (Tri-weekly) via Madurai

29. Howrah-Haridwar Superfast (5 days a week)

30. Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Superfast (Daily)

31. Gorakhpur-Mumbai Superfast (Daily)

32. New Delh-Guwahati Rajdhani Express (Weekly) via Muzaffarpur

33. Veraval-Mumbai Link Service (Daily)

34. Ranchi-Patna Jan Shatabadi Express (Daily)

35. Jhansi-Chhindwara Express (Bi-weekly) via Bina-Bhopal

36. Mumbai-Jodhpur Express (Weekly)

37. Jamalpur-Gaya Passenger (Daily)

38. Jhajha-Patna MEMU (Daily)

39. Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (6 days a week)

40. Bhopal-Lucknow-Pratapgarh Superfast (Weekly)

41. Lucknow-Rae Bareli-Bangalore Superfast (Weekly)

42. Shimoga-Bangalore Intercity Express (Daily)

43. Mdurai-Chennai Express (Bi-weekly)

44. Guwahati-New Cooch Behar Express Intercity (Daily)

45. Balurghat-New Jalpaiguri Express (Daily) via Kishanganj

46. Alipurduar-New Delhi Jalpaiguri Express Intercity (Daily) via Siliguri

47. Dharmanagar-Agartala Fast Passenger (Daily)

48. Rewari-Phulera Passenger (Daily) via Ringus

49. Shoranur-Nilambur Road Passenger (Daily)

50. Coimbator-Shoranur Passenger (Daily)

51. Mathura-Kasganj Passenger (Daily)

52. Farakka-Katwa-Azimganj-Nawadwip Dham Express (Daily)

53. Bangalore-Kochuveli Superfast (Weekly)

54. Kolkata-Rampurhat Express (Daily)

55. New Jalpaiguri-Digha Express (Weekly)

56. Purulia-Howrah Express (Bi-weekly)

57. Kolkata-Bikaner Express (Weekly) via Nagore

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Railway minister Mamata Banerjeec presenting the railway budget 2009-10 announced extension of 27 trains to new destinations. Here are the train numbers the old routes and the new destinations:

1. 6517/6518 Bangalore-Mangalore to Kannur (Daily)

2. 329/330 Andal-Sainthia to Rampur haat (Daily)

3. 1105/06 Jhansi-Barrackpore to Kolkata (Weekly)

4. 6787/6788 Madurai-Jammu Tawi to Tirunelveli (Weekly)

5. 7013/7014 Hyderabad-Usmanabad to Pune (Tri-weekly)

6. 2075/2076 Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam to Kozhikode (Daily)

7. 213/214 Mysore-Tirupati ti Chamraj Nagar (Daily)

8. 2329/2330 Sealdah-New Delhi to Amritsar (Weekly)

9. 5761/5762 Ranchi-Alipurduar to Guwahati (Bi-weekly)

10. 9269/9270 Porbandar-Bapudham Motihari to Muzaffarpur (Bi-weekly)

11. 1471/1472 Jabalpur-Bhopal Express to Indore (Daily)

12. 6885/6886 Ernakulam-Tiruchchirappalli to Nagore (Daily)

13. 2177/2178 Howrah-Agra Cantt Chambal Express Mathura (Weekly)

14. 3113/3114 Kolkata-Murshidabad Hazarduari Express to Lalgola (Daily)

15. 2993/2994 Mumbai-Jaipur Express to Delhi (Tri-weekly)

16. 2555/2556 Gorakhpur-Bhiwani to Hissar (Daily)

17. 2685/2686 Mangalore-Chennai to Puducherry (Weekly)

18. 2143/2144 Nagpur-Gaya Deekshabhoomi Express to Chhatarpati Sahuji Maharaj terminal Kolhapur on one side and to Dhanbad on the other side (Weekly)

19. 2725/2726 Banglore-Hubli Intercity to Dharwar (Daily)

20. 8425/8426 Raipur-Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily)

21. 8413/8414 Paradeep – Bhubaneswar to Puri (Daily)

22. 8415/8416 Puri-Kendujhargarh to Barbil (Daily)

23. 2173/2174 Mumbai-Kanpur Udyog Nagari Express to Pratapgarh (Bi-weekly)

24. 1PR/2PR Pratapgarh-Rae Bareli Passenger to Lucknow (Daily)

25. 2821/2822 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express to Puri (Daily)

26. 4227/4228 Varanasi-Lucknow to Kanpur (Daily)

27. 2985/2986 Sealdah-Jaipur to Ajmer (Daily)

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So here are the highlights of the Indian Railway Budget 2009:

• No increase in Passenger fares
• Proposed Budget for 2009-10 Rs 40,745 cr.
  
• Expansion of railway network to every nook and corner of India
• Passengers high on priority list.
• Upgrade for 50 stations to world class standards.
• "Only ladies" special trains for Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai suburban
• Now railway tickets to through post offices and 'mushkil aasaan' mobile vans
• and slew of other measures and introduction of new services
  

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Following the system of ladies only special coaches for women, railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced special suburban trains to be introduced in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.

She said that it would help ease the commuting of working women.

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Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee today anounced the railway budget for they year 2009-10. She proposed a budget of Rs 40,745 cr for the year 2009-10. Anouncing Rs 1,102 cr. budget on passenger amenities for railways.

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