Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways, in a passenger-friendly move, has decided to extend 22 pairs of train services. He cited the example of Gatimaan Express extending to first Gwalior and then Jhansi. Goyal added that this helps the Indian Railways in ‘sweating its assets’ better. The list of 22 pairs of train services which have been extended includes trains on important routes. Humsafar Express and several MEMUs trains across the network have been extended. The complete list of 22 pairs of trains which have been extended, given below:
1) Train number 18107/18108 Rourkela to Koraput Express will be extended up to Jagdalpur.
2) Train number 14369/24369 Bareilly to Singrauli and 14370/24370 Shaktinagar Express will be extended up to Tanakpur.
3) Train number 14630/14629 Firozpur to Ludhiana Cantt Sutluj Express will be extended up to Chandigarh.
4) Train number 24887/24888 Barmer to Haridwar Link Express will be extended up to Rishikesh.
5) Train number 18213/18214 Durg to Jaipur Express will be extended up to Ajmer.
6) Train number 19710/19709 Kamakhya to Jaipur Kaviguru Express will be extended up to Udaipur.
7) Train number 20889/20890 Howrah to Vijayawada Humsafar Express will be extended up to Tirupati.
8) Train number 22604/22603 Villupuram to Kharagpur Express will be extended up to Purulia (for 01 day).
9) Train number 18416/18415 Puri to Barbil Express will be extended up to Rourkela.
10) Train number 22632/22631 Bikaner to Chennai Anuvrat Express will be extended up to Madurai.
11) Train number 22913/22914 Bandra (T) to Patna Humsafar Express will be extended up to Saharsa.
12) Train number 12473/12474 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Ahmedabad Sarvodaya Express will be extended up to Gandhidham.
13) Train number 19301/19302 Yesvantpur to Indore Express will be extended up to Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow).
14) Train number 66019/66020 Salem to Katpadi MEMU will be extended up to Arakkonam.
15) Train number 68433/68434 Cuttack to Brahampur MEMU will be extended up to Ichchapuram.
16) Train number 64511/64512 Saharanpur to Nangal Dam MEMU will be extended up to Una Himachal.
17) Train number 67249/67250 Secunderabad to Tandur MEMU will be extended up to Chittapur.
18) Train number 79457/79458/79459/79460 Surendranagar to Dhrangdhara DEMU will be extended up to Botad.
19) Train number 74906/74907 Udhampur to Jammu Tawi DEMU will be extended up to Pathankot.
20) Train number 77673/77674 Mirylaguda to Kacheguda DEMU will be extended up to Nadikude.
21) Train number 59121/59120 Pratap Nagar to Chhota Udaipur Passenger will be extended up to Moti Sadli.
22) Train number 58526/58525 Visakhapatnam to Palasa Passenger will be extended up to Berhampur.