Trains introduced by Railway Ministers

Trains introduced by Railway Ministers

This is an attempt to list out the trains introduced by successive Railway Ministers in India. Much of the information is from the railway budgets of each year. There are a vast number of trains that run in India, and many are cancelled, re-introduced, renamed, rescheduled or re-routed all the time, so this is only the barest attempt at listing some of the better-known trains and their origins.

Year	Railwa Minister	Trains Introduced
1973	T A Pai	H. Nizamuddin –Mangalore / Ernakulam Jayanti Janata.
1974	L N Mishra	Samastipur Jayanti Janata and other JJ trains.
1975-?	Kamalapati Tripathi	Sabarmati Express.  Ganga-Kaveri Exp. Neelambari Exp.  Varanasi Exp. (Delhi-Lucknow Exp. extended) Tamilnadu Exp.  Kashi Vishwanath Exp.
1979-?	Prof. Madhu Dandavate	Jhelum Exp.  Swaraj Exp.  Sarvodaya Exp.  Kerala Exp.  Karnataka Exp.  Andhra Pradesh Exp. EMUs on Pune-Lonavala section
1980-1984	A B A Ghani Khan Chaudhuri	Sealdah – Malda Gaur Exp. Sealdah – Malda Gaur Exp.
1988	Madhav Rao Scindia	Jhansi Shatabdi (later to Bhopal)  Howrah-Gwalior Chambal Exp.  Bombay-Gwalior Lashkar Exp.
1989	Madhav Rao Scindia	Kanpur Shatabdi (later to Lucknow)  Indrayani Exp.  Pragati Exp.
1990	George Fernandes	Jammu Tawi –Mangalore/Trichy Navyug Exp.  Dadar – Muzaffarpur Shramshakti Exp (now cancelled)  Hatia – Varanasi Exp (still running?)  Surat – Varanasi Tapti Ganga Exp. New Delhi and Patna (via Varanasi)  Shramjeevi Exp.
1991	Jaffer Sharief	Bombay – New Delhi AC Exp (later August Kranti Rajdhani)  Bombay – Ahmedabad Karnavati Exp. Bombay – Varanasi Pawan Exp. H. Nizamuddin –Vishakapatnam Samata Exp. Puri – Tirupati Exp.  Mysore – Tirupati Exp (now Mysore – Tirupati Passenger)  Allahabad – Chahpra Bhagirathi Exp. (MG) Allahabad – Agra Exp (proposed, never introduced)
1992	Jaffer Sharief	New Delhi – Bangalore Rajdhani  Kurla- Bangalore Exp. Bidar – Bangalore Link Exp. Madras – Banglaore Lalbagh Exp. Madras – Vijayawada Pinakani Exp. Secunderabad –Vijayawada Satvahana Exp. Secunderabad –Bhadrachalam (Passenger?) Varanasi – Gorakhpur Krishak Exp. Sealdah – New Jalpaiguri Teesta Torsha Exp. Gandhidham –Nagercoil Exp. H. Nizamuddin –Indore Inter-City Exp. Valsad- Vadodara Exp. The following trains proposed by him were introduced later:  Bombay Pune Pragati Exp. Amritsar Barauni Amrapali Exp. H. Nizamuddin –Sambalpur Hirakud Exp. Delhi – Sikar Sainik Exp. (MG) Vadodara –Gandhidham Exp. Secunderabad –Vishakapatnam Vishaka Exp.
1993	Jaffer Sharief	H. Nizamuddin –Madras Rajdhani  H. Nizamuddin – Agra Inter-City Exp. H. Nizamuddin –Mangalore Mangala Exp. H. Nizamuddin –Jabalpur/Nagpur Gondwana Exp. New Delhi – Puri Purushottam Exp. Delhi – Jammu Tawi Super Fast Exp. Delhi – Newjalpaiguri Mahananda Link Exp. Dhanbad – Tatanagar Subarnarekha Exp. Agra Fort – Jaipur Superfast Exp (MG)
1994	Jaffer Sharief	New Delhi –Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Exp  New Delhi – Guwahati Rajdhani Exp  Bombay – Ahmedabad Shatabdi Exp  Bombay – Trivandrum Exp (weekly)  New Delhi –Sriganganagar Exp  Delhi – Kathgodam Exp  Delhi – Sultanpur  Sadbhavana Exp  Saharanpur – Lucknow Exp  Jodhpur – Lucknow Exp  Jaipur – Sealdah Exp  Katihar – Sealdah Exp  Secunderbad – Guntur Nagarjuna ExpThe following trains proposed by him were introduced later:  Madras – Mysore Shatabdi  Bombay – Jaipur Super Fast  New Delhi – Amritsar Shatabdi  New Delhi –Chandigarh Shatabdi  New Delhi – Jaipur Shatabdi  Madras – Kanyakumari Exp  Nagercoil – Guruvayur Exp
1995	Jaffer Sharief	Howrah – Bokaro Shatabdi  Howrah – Raurkela Shatabdi  Madras – Coimbatore Shatabdi (cancelled)  Bangalore – Hubli Shatabdi (cancelled)  Bombay – Madgaon Shatabdi (never introduced)  Kurla – Madgaon Exp  Miraj – Bangalore Rani Chennamma Exp  Bangalore – Quilon Exp (weekly)   Ernakulam –Trivandrum Exp (Via Alleppey)  Nagercoil – Bombay Exp (weekly)   Tirupati – Cuddapah Exp (Passenger?)(cancelled)  Delhi – Jaipur Inter-City Exp  Jodhpur – Jaipur Exp  Bikaner – Jaipur Exp  Jodhpur – Howrah Superfast (instead of Jaipur-Sealdah Exp)  New Delhi-Muzaffarpur Lichhavi Exp  Raxaul – Muzaffarpur Exp  Howrah – Gorakhpur Exp (weekly)  Howrah – Gauhati Saraighat Exp (weekly)  Ahmedabad –Bhavnagar Exp (MG)  Kanpur – Farukhabad Exp (MG)  Bhagalpur –Muzaffarpur Jansewa Exp  Amritsar – Barauni Jansewa Exp  Ahmedabad – Puri Exp  Surat – Varanasi Jansewa Exp (never introduced)For sometime, Suresh Kalmadi was the railway minister, from Pune.  Bombay Pune Shatabdi  Ahmedabad – Pune Ahimsa Exp  Howrah – Pune Azad Hind Exp  Varanasi – Pune Gyan Ganga Exp
1996	Ram Vilas Paswan	New Delhi – Patna Rajdhani  Kurla – Patna Exp  Delhi – Ramnagar Link Exp  Kalka – Simla Shivalik Exp  Gorakhpur- Darbhanga Exp (MG)  Howrah – Rampurhat Gandevta Exp  Howrah – Bikaner Link Exp  Jaipur – Chennai Exp (weekly)  Bhopal – Rewa Exp  Hubli – Bangalore Intercity (instead of the Shatabdi)He also announced the following trains in BG after gauge conversion  Ahmedabad – Delhi Mail  Ahmedabad – Delhi Ashram Exp  Ahmedabad – Bikaner Ranakpur Exp  Secunderabad/Guntur – Vasco Exp  Guwahati – Dibrugarh Exp.
1997	Ram Vilas Paswan	Newdelhi –Ahmedabad Swarnajayanti Rajdhani  H. Nizamuddin –Vishakapatnam Swarnajayanti Exp  H. Nizamuddin –Bangalore Swarnajayanti Exp  H. Nizamuddin –Secunderabad Rajdhani (later cancelled, then reintroduced)  Delhi – Ranchi Jarkand Swarnajayanti Exp  Surat – Patna Exp  Gorakhpur – Dehradun Exp (bi-weekly)  Koraput- Bhubaneswar Link Exp  Madras – Tirupati Inter City  Tata- Katihar link Exp  Vasco – Bangalore Exp  Coimbatore –Bangalore Intercity Exp  H. Nizamuddin –Ernakulam Swarnajayanti Exp (introduced for political reasons, to placate Kerala MPs)
1998	Nitish Kumar	Kurla – Howrah Super Deluxe  Kurla – Nagpur Super Deluxe  Kurla – Varanasi Kamyani Exp  Kurla – Mangalore Matsyagandha Exp  H. Nizamuddin –Bhopal Superfast  Patna – Bhagalpur Intercity  Secunderbad – Guntur Palnad Exp  Madurai – Coimbatore Exp (MG) (cancelled)  New Delhi –Muzaffarpur Swatantra senani Exp  Sealdah –NewBongaigaon Uttar Bangla Exp   Howrah – Trichy Exp (triweekly)  Vishakaptanam –Bangalore Prashanti Exp  Later on all the express trains on the Chennai –Trichy – Madurai route were restored after BG conversion. All the trains on the Ahmedabad – Delhi route announced earlier were also introduced, except that Ranakpur Exp was started from Bandra to Bikaner, Suryanagari Exp was restored from Ahmedabad to Jodhpur and Aravalli Exp was started from Bombay to Jaipur (via Ajmer). In SCR, Venkatadari Exp was introduced between Secunderabad –Tirupati (via Kurnool), Haripriya Exp was introduced between Kolhapur and Tirupati. However a Secunderabd – Hubli Exp announced earlier was never introduced.
1999	Nitish kumar	Amritsar – Darbhanga Jansewa Exp (weekly)  Delhi – Gandhidham Exp. (the train was not introduced, but Ala Hazrat Exp running between Ajmer and Bareilly was extended to Gandhidham)  Kurla-Patna superfast  Mumbai – Madgaon Mandovi Exp  Jaipur- Bangalore Exp (via Secunderabad)  Raichur – Gulbarga Passenger  Secunderabd –Machilipatnam Exp  Chennai – Tirupati Shatabdi (never introduced)  Chennai – Guwahati Exp (biweekly)  Pune – Ernakulam Exp (via Hubli) (introduced later, now runs via Madgoan)  Shalimar- Haldia Azad Exp  Kamakhya –NewBongaigaon Pass  Patna – Mughalsarai Pass (via Gaya)  H. Nizamuddin –Coimbatore Kongu Exp (weekly)
2000	Mamta Banerji	Sealdah – New Delhi Rajdhani  Sealdah – Amritsar Akaltakht Exp  Sealdah – New Jalpaiguri Kanchkanya Exp  Shalimar – Bankura Exp  Howrah – Purulia Rupashi Bangla Exp  Ajmer – Bangalore Exp (weekly)  Jodhpur – Bangalore Exp (weekly)  Shimoga – Bangalore Exp  Puttaparthi –Bangalore Satya Sai Exp  Tirupati – Nagercoil Exp  Manmad – Kakinada Exp  Ahmedabad – Nagpur Exp (weekly)  Okha – Dehradun  Uttaranchal Exp (weekly)  Bandra – Gandhidham Exp (combining 9055 Sayajinagari Exp and 9101 Vadodara Gandhidham Exp) Hatia – Bhagalpur Vananchal Exp  Manduadih –Baidynathdham Exp  Lucknow – Chhapra Exp  Lucknow – Bhopal Exp((weekly)  Bikaner – Suratgarh Exp  Kurla – Madurai Exp (weekly) Some Calcutta area specials introduced by her:  Howrah – Dehradun Upasana Exp (weekly)  Sealdah – Ajmer Exp (weekly)  Howrah – Okha Exp (weekly)
2001	Mamta Banerji	New Delhi – Bilaspur Rajdhani  Newdelhi – Hatia Rajdhani  H. Nizamuddin –Secunderabad Rajdhani  New Delhi – Gorakhpur Gorakhdham Exp  Hatia – Dhanbad Inter-City  Asansol – Amritsar Superfast  Asansol – Haldia Exp  Asansol – New Jalpaiguri Exp  Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Exp  Howrah – Yeshwantpur Exp (weekly)  Howrah – Nagercoil Gurudev Exp  Howrah – Rampurhat Exp  Kurla – Bhubaneswar Exp (weekly)  Berhampur –Bhubaneswar Exp (now extended to Srikakulam)  Chennai – Jodhpur Exp (weekly)  Jodhpur – Haridwar link Exp  Valsad – Patna Exp (weekly)  Gandhinagar – Indore Exp  Pune – Solapur Exp  Pune – Ernakulam Exp (via Madgaon)  Vasco – Yeshwantpur Exp (biweekly)  Jaipur – Ernakulam Marusagar Exp  Palghat – Trivandrum amritha Exp
2002	Nitish Kumar	Jammu Tawi –Haridwar Exp  New Delhi – Howrah Exp (biweekly)  H. Nizamuddin –Kanyakumari Exp (weekly via Villipuram)  Delhi – Pathankot Exp (triweekly)  Guwahati – Jodhpur/Bikaner Exp (weekly)  Jaipur – Durg Exp (weekly)  Jaipur – Bandra Exp (triweekly)  Indore – Patna Exp (weekly via Lucknow and Varanasi)  Bhopal – Howrah Exp (weekly)  Kurla – Habibganj Exp (weekly)  Durg – Banglaore Exp (weekly via Chanda Fort, Secunderbad)  Mhow – Chittaurgarh Exp (MG)  Ahmedabad – Varanasi Exp (via Allahabad)  Ahmedbad – Rajkot Exp  Gandhidham –Bangalore Exp (weekly)  Pune – Nanded Exp (triweekly)  Cannanore –Banglaore Exp (weekly)  Calicut – Erankulam Exp (after Janshatabdi is introduced between Ernakulam and Trivandrum)  Chennai – Trivandrum Exp (via Nagercoil)  Chennai –Vishakapatnam Exp (weekly)  Kurla – Hatia Exp (weekly via Gaya)  Hatia – Gervaroad Exp  Rajgir – Sarnath Buddhaparikrama Exp (triweekly)   Howrah – Gorakhpur Exp (weekly via Narkatiaganj)  Bhubneswar – Palasa IntercityThere are also the Jan Shatabdis proposed  Madgaon – Kurla  Bangalore – Hubli  Ernakulam –Trivandrum  Chennai – Vijayawada  Habibganj – Jabalpur  Ahmedabad – Bhuj  Lucknow – Varanasi  Patna – Katihar Tata –  Ranchi Raigarh – Durg  Guwahati – Dimapur  Howrah – Malda town  Howrah –Bhubaneshwar  New Delhi –Chandigarh  New Delhi – Dehradun H. Nizamuddin - Kota