Move aims to enhance coverage of more geographies
Twenty two trains have been extended by Indian Railways in an effort to provide better connectivity to the people living in locations covered under the extended portion.
These trains have been extended keeping in mind stations which are not adequately served by trains and is a result of gauge conversions, doubling and new lines constructed over the years.
They are
· Train number 18107/18108 Rourkela-Koraput Express will be extended up to Jagdalpur. On its extended portion, it will halt at Jeypore and Kotapar Road stations.
· Train number 14369/24369 Bareilly-Singrauli and 14370/24370 Shaktinagar Express will be extended up to Tanakpur. On its extended portion, it will halt at Bareilly city, Izzatnagar, Pilibhit and Majhola Pakariya stations.
· Train number 14630/14629 Firozpur Cantt-Ludhiana Sutluj Express will be extended up to Chandigarh. On its extended portion, it will halt at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) and New Morinda stations
· Train number 24887/24888 Barmer-Haridwar Link Express will be extended up to Rishikesh. On its extended portion, it will halt at Raiwala station
· Train number 18213/18214 Durg-Jaipur Express will be extended up to Ajmer. On its extended portion, it will halt at Durgapura station.
· Train number 19710/19709 Kamakhya-Jaipur Kaviguru Express will be extended up to Udaipur. On its extended portion, it will halt at Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chanderiya, Mavli and Ranapratapnagar stations.
· Train number 20889/20890 Howrah-Vijayawada Humsafar Express will be extended up to Tirupati. On its extended portion, it will halt at Ongole, Nellore, and Renigunta stations
· Train number 22604/22603 Villupuram-Kharagpur Express will be extended up to Purulia (for 01 day). On its extended portion, it will halt at Hijli, Midnapore, Bishnupur, Bankura and Adra stations.
· Train number 18416/18415 Puri-Barbil Express will be extended up to Rourkela. On its extended portion, it will halt at Kendposi, Chaibasa, Chakradharpur and Manoharpur stations
· Train number 22632/22631 Bikaner-Chennai Anuvrat Express will be extended up to Madurai. On its extended portion, it will halt at Chennai Egmore, Tambram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, Ariyalur, Srirangam, Tiruchchirappalli, Dindigul and Kodaikanal Road stations.
· Train number 22913/22914 Bandra (T)-Patna Humsafar Express will be extended up to Saharsa. On its extended portion, it will halt at Begusarai and Khagaria stations.
· Train number 12473/12474 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Ahmedabad Sarvodaya Express will be extended up to Gandhidham. On its extended portion, it will halt at Viramgam, Dharangdhara and Samakhayali stations
· Train number 19301/19302 Yesvantpur-Indore Express will be extended up to Dr Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow). On its extended portion, it will not halt at any station
· Train number 66019/66020 Salem-Katpadi MEMU will be extended up to Arakkonam. . On its extended portion, it will halt at Mukundarayapuramm, Walajah Road and Sholinghur stations.
· Train number 68433/68434 Cuttack-Brahampur MEMU will be extended up to Ichchapuram. On its extended portion it will halt at all stations en-route.
· Train number 64511/64512 Saharanpur-Nangal Dam MEMU will be extended up to Una himachal. On its extended portion, it will halt at all stations en-route.
· Train number 67249/67250 Secunderabad-Tandur MEMU will be extended up to Chittapur. On its extended portion, it will halt at Mantatti, Nawandgi, Kurgunta, Seram and Malkhaid Road stations.
· Train number 79457/79458/79459/79460 Surendranagar-Dhrangdhara DEMU will be extended up to Botad. On its extended portion, it will halt at Kundli, Ranpur, Chuda, Limbdi, Wadhwan City, Jorawarnagar, Surendranagar Gate, and Surendranagar stations
· Train number 74906/74907 Udhampur-Jammu Tawi DEMU will be extended up to Pathankot. On its extended portion, it will halt at all stations en-route.
· Train number 77673/77674 Mirylaguda-Kacheguda DEMU will be extended up to Nadikude. On its extended portion, it will halt at Kondrapole Halt, Vishnupuram, and Pondugula stations.
· Train number 59121/59120 Pratap Nagar-Chhota Udaipur Passenger will be extended up to Moti Sadli. On its extended portion, it will halt at Padaliya Road station.
· Train number 58526/58525 Visakhapatnam-Palasa Passenger will be extended up to Brahmapur. On its extended portion, the train will halt at all stations en-route.