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23 trains to be extended

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New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today announced extension of 23 trains and increase in the frequency of 14 other trains.

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha, he said 4517/4518 Allahabad-Ambala Cantt Unchahar Express would be extended up to Chandigarh and 207/208 Tirupati-Guntakal Passenger up to Hubli.

Extension of other trains: Train no 2315/2316 Sealdah-Ajmer Ananya Express upto Udaipur, 2105/2106 Mumbai-Nagpur Vidarbha express upto Gondia, 1103/1104 Agra Cantt-Nizamuddin Intercity express upto New Delhi, 9165/9166 Ahmedabad-Faizabad Sabarmati Express up to Varanasi, 4649/4650Amritsar-Darbhanga Saryu Yamuna express upto Jai Nagar (after gauge conversion), 2705/2706 Secunderabad-Vijayawada Express up to Guntur, Shikohabad-Farrukhabad passenger up to Kasganj (after gauge conversion), 3185/3186 Sealdah-Darbhanga Gangasagar express upto Jai Nagar (after gauge conversion) and 364 Kottayam-Thiruvananthapuram passenger upto Nagercoil.

Train no 571/572 Manduadih-Mau passenger upto Azamgarh, 209/210 Howrah-Darbhanga passenger upto Jai Nagar (after gauge conversion), 5037/5038 Kanpur-Farrukhabad express upto Kasganj (after gauge conversion)6509/6510 Ajmer-Bangalore Express upto Mysore, 4673/4674 Amritsar-Darbhanga Shaheed Express upto Jai Nagar (after gauge conversion)531A/532A Parli Latur Passenger upto Osmanabad (after gauge conversion), 2413/2414 Jammu Tawi-Jaipur Express upto Ajmer, 5107/5108 Lucknow-Kanpur Utsarg express upto Kanpur Anwarganj), 469/470 Lucknow-Farrukhabad passenger up to Kasganj (after gauge conversion), 5309/5310 Aishbag-Bareilly Rohilkhand express upto Kasganj, 2465/2466 Jodhpur-Sawai Madhopur Express upto Indore and Gaya Kiul Passenger upto Jhajha (1 pair).

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