In a passenger-friendly move, Indian Railways has decided to extend 22 pairs of train services. This step will boost connectivity between various places and also reduce additional ‘lie-over’ time of many trains across the Railway zones.
Here is the full list of 22 pairs of trains which have been extended:
1. Train number 18107/18108 Rourkela-Koraput Express will be extended up to Jagdalpur.
2. Train number 14369/24369 Bareilly-Singrauli and 14370/24370 Shaktinagar Express will be extended up to Tanakpur.
3. Train number 14630/14629 Firozpur-Ludhiana Cantt Sutlej Express will be extended up to Chandigarh.
4. Train number 24887/24888 Barmer-Haridwar Link Express will be extended up to Rishikesh.
5. Train number 18213/18214 Durg-Jaipur Express will be extended up to Ajmer.
6. Train number 19710/19709 Kamakhya-Jaipur Kavi Guru Express will be extended up to Udaipur.
7. Train number 20889/20890 Howrah-Vijayawada Humsafar Express will be extended up to Tirupati.
8. Train number 22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur Express will be extended up to Purulia (for 01 day).
9. Train number 18416/18415 Puri-Barbil Express will be extended up to Rourkela.
10. Train number 22632/22631 Bikaner-Chennai Anuvrat Express will be extended up to Madurai.
11. Train number 22913/22914 Bandra (T)-Patna Humsafar Express will be extended up to Saharsa.
12. Train number 12473/12474 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Ahmedabad Sarvodaya Express will be extended up to Gandhidham.
13. Train number 19301/19302 Yesvantpur-Indore Express will be extended up to Dr Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow).
14. Train number 66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU will be extended up to Arakkonam.
15. Train number 68433/68434 Cuttack-Brahmapur MEMU will be extended up to Ichchapuram.
16. Train number 64511/64512 Saharanpur-Nangal Dam MEMU will be extended up to Una Himachal.
17. Train number 67249/67250 Secunderabad-Tandur MEMU will be extended up to Chittapur.
18. Train number 79457/79458/79459/79460 Surendranagar-Dhrangdhara DEMU will be extended up to Botad.
19. Train number 74906/74907 Udhampur-Jammu Tawi DEMU will be extended up to Pathankot.
20. Train number 77673/77674 Miryalaguda-Kacheguda DEMU will be extended up to Nadikude.
21. Train number 59121/59120 Pratap Nagar-Chhota Udaipur Passenger will be extended up to Moti Sadli.
22. Train number 58526/58525 Visakhapatnam-Palasa Passenger will be extended up to Brahmapur.