Indian Railways launched several new train services on different routes last week. These include the twice-a-week train Bhopal-Singrauli Express and the weekly Singrauli-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated some of these train services during the weekend while Minister of State Manoj Sinha inaugurated one new train service and an increase in frequency of two trains from Ghazipur. Thousands of passengers from the states of UP, Odisha, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir will benefit from these services, the Railways Ministry said in a press release dated August 11.
Here are 10 things to know about the new Railways trains:
Bhopal-Singrauli Express
| 22166 Singrauli - Bhopal (weekly) Express | Station | 22165 Bhopal-Singrauli (weekly) Express |
| Arrival 08.20 (Wednesday and Friday) | Bhopal (BPL) | Departure 21.00 (Saturday and Wednesday) |
| 06.05/06.10 | Bina | 22.55/23.00 |
| Departure 20.25 (Tuesday and Thursday) | Singrauli (SGRL) | Arrival 08.45 (Sunday and Thursday) |
Singrauli-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
| 22167 Singrauli-Nizamuddin (weekly) Express | Station | 22168 Nizamuddin- Singrauli (weekly) Express |
| Departure 10.00 (Sunday) | Singrauli (SGRL) | Arrival 18.50 (Tuesday) |
| 15.25/15.35 | Katni Murwara | 12.55/13.15 |
| Arrival 04.20 (Monday) | Nizamuddin (NZM) | Departure 00.05 (Tuesday) |
Extension of Jammu Tawi-Rourkela Express
Bandra(T)-Gorakhpur Antyodaya Express
Anand Vihar (T) To Ghazipur
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