Railway Budget 2010-11 proposes to start special tourist trains

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2010-11 today in New Delhi, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed to start various special trains in India along with enhancing connectivity through improving the rail network on inter and intra state level. Banerjee said that tourist trains will be launched on 21 routes and ten more Duronto (non-stop) trains will be launched. The new budget proposes to run a special tourist trains called ‘Bharat Tirth’ connecting popular tourist sites in India- from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, Dwarka to Vindhya Paarbat, Ajmer to Gangasagar and Madurai to Patna. “The running of ‘Bharat Tirth’ will emphasise on our ‘Unity in Diversity’. The ‘Bharat Tirth’ trains are proposed to run on a total of 16 different routes in India,” added Banerjee.

Banerjee also proposed to run special trains like ‘Sanskriti Express’ (to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore),  Janmabhoomi trains (for army soldiers and people working for country’s security), Kramabhoomi trains (unreserved trains for common people), Matribhoomi trains (21 ladies special trains in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi).