Soon one would have more options to choose from while travelling to Mumbai and Pune from the city. The much awaited Duronto train to Mumbai will now be a daily train. Besides, a new Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto will be flagged off on Sunday.Railway officials said that the Ahmedabad-Pune AC Duronto is likely to be flagged off from Pune on Sunday. The new train will be tri-weekly non-stop train. The train will have its first run on Tuesday.The Duronto will leave Ahmedabad on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday at 10.30 pm and reach Pune at 7 am the next day, while the same trains will leave Pune on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. The train will leave Pune at 9.45 pm and reach Ahmedabad at 6.20 am.The officials said that the weekly Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur (Bangalore) train is also likely to be flagged off by the end of this month.Apart from the two, the Bhuj-Palanpur daily passenger train and Varanasi-Ahmedabad weekly train will also be flagged off by the end of this week.The officials said the Union minister for railways Dinesh Trivedi on Friday announced the introduction of 26 new trains announced in the budget for the year 2011-12. But the minister missed out on two important trains for the state. He failed to announce the increase in frequency for Ahmedabad-Mumbai Duronto from three times a week to daily.Besides, the minister was also silent on the AC double decker which was announced between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Based on the experience of Howrah-Dhanbad route AC double decker, it has been decided to make changes in the design of the coach. Officials said that the width of the double-decker coach, which was around 310 cm, will now be 305 cm.Ahmedabd-Duronto, Ahmedabad-Yesvantpura, Bhuj-palanpur, will be flagged off on Sunday.
Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto will leave Ahmedabad 10.30 pm and reach at 7 am
Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto will leave Pune at 9.40 pm and reach Ahmedabad at 6.20 am.
Ahmedabad-Yesvantpura (Bangalore) will leave Ahmedabad on Saturday at 9.40 pm and reach Yesvantpura on Monday at 6.40 am.
Ahmedabad-Yesvantpura (Bangalore) will Yesvantpura on Monday at 10.45 am and reach Ahmedabad on Tuesday at 7.30 pm.
Bhuj-Palanpur will leave Bhuj at 2 pm and reach Palanpur at 11.30
Bhuj-Palanpur will leave Palanpur at 4.30 am and reach Bhuj at 1.30 pm.
