During the period April – December 2012, 18 pairs of new trains were introduced, 11 pairs of trains have been extended and frequency of 2 pairs of Express trains have been increased as under.
Introduction of New Trains
Express Trains
1) 22605/22606 Villupuram – Purulia – Villupuram Weekly Express
2) 22825/22826 Shalimar – Chennai Central – Shalimar Weekly Express
3) 17407/17408 Tirupati – Mannargudi – Tirupati (Tri-weekly) Pamani Express
4) 22627/22628 Tiruchchirappalli – Tirunelveli – Tiruchchirappalli Inter City Express
5) 22859/22860 Puri – Chennai Central – Puri Weekly Express
6) 12376/12375 Asansol – Chennai Central – Asansol Weekly Express
7) 22475/22476 Bikaner – Coimbatore – Bikaner Weekly Express
8) 22205/22206 Chennai Central – Madurai – Chennai Central Bi-weekly
AC Duronto Express
9) 22207/22208 Chennai Central – Thiruvananthapuram – Chennai Central
Bi-weekly AC Duronto Express
10) 22869/22870 Visakhapatnam – Chennai Central Weekly Express
Passenger Trains
1) 76805/76806 Mannargudi – Tiruchchirappalli – Mannargudi DEMU
2) 76807/76808 Manamadurai – Tiruchchirappalli – Manamadurai DEMU
3) 56796/56797 Tirunelveli – Sengottai – Tirunelveli Passenger (Non-budget train)
4) 56798/56799 Tirunelveli – Sengottai – Tirunelveli Passenger (Non-budget train)
5) 56772/56771 Dindigul – Palani – Dindigul Passenger (Non-budget train)
6) 56774/56773 Dindigul – Palani – Dindigul Passenger (Non-budget train)
7) 56776/56775 Dindigul – Palani – Dindigul Passenger (Non-budget train)
8) 66304/66305 Kollam – Nagercoil – Kollam MEMU (Except Fridays)
Extension of Trains
Express Trains
1) 22609/22610 Mangalore – Palakkad – Mangalore Daily Inter City Expresses have been extended to Coimbatore
2) 16649/16650 Mangalore – Thiruvananthapuram Expresses have been extended to Nagercoil
3) 11017/11018 Dadar – Yesvantpur – Dadar Chalukya Expresses have been extended to Puducherry thrice a week (11005/11006)
4) 11017/11018 Dadar – Yesvantpur – Dadar Chalukya Expresses have been extended to Tirunelveli thrice a week (11021/11022)
5) 16779/16780 Tirupati – Madurai – Tirupati Bi-weekly Expresses have been extended to Rameswaram
Passenger Trains
1) 56514/56513 Bangalore – Salem – Bangalore Passengers have been extended to Nagore
2) 56714/56711 Tiruchchirappalli – Nagore – Tiruchchirappalli Passengers have been extended to Karaikal
3) 76818/76813 Velankanni – Nagore – Velankanni Passengers have been extended to Karaikal
4) 76812/76815 Thanjavur – Nagore – Thanjavur Passengers have been extended to Karaikal
5) 66602/66603 Coimbatore – Erode – Coimbatore MEMUs have been extended to Salem
6) 56011/56012 Arakkonam – Nandalur – Arakkonam Passengers have been extended to Cuddapah
Increase in frequency
Train No. & Name Increase in Frequency
1) 16779/16780 Tirupati – Rameswaram – Tirupati Exp. Bi-weekly to Tri-weekly
2) 12686/12685 Mangalore–Chennai Central–Mangalore Exp. 6 days a week to Daily
Special Trains
1183 Special trains were run on various sectors in April – December 2012 to clear the extra rush of passengers.
Augmentation of Trains
During April – December 2012, 90 coaches were permanently augmented and 5535 coaches were temporarily augmented by various trains to clear waitlisted passengers on a daily basis.
