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Important Events 2004 01st April Newly converted BG line between Villupuram and Pondicherry inaugurated. 12th July The first ever international container-carrying train of IR flagged off from Netaji Subhash Dock for Birganj, Nepal. 27th Aug. Bandikui-Bharatpur gauge conversion work inaugurated at Bandikui Railway Station. 16th Sept. Foundation stone laid for new Station building at Tirupati (South). 17th Sept. Doubling and electrification of Gudur-Renigunta section dedicated to the Nation. Foundation stone laid for a concrete sleeper depot at Bitragunta. 18th Sept. Quadrupling of Pattabiram-Tiruaallur section inaugurated. 19th Sept. Madurai-Hazrat Nizamuddin Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Superfast Express flagged off at Madurai junction. 20th Sept. Newly converted Rajapalayam-Tenkasi Broad Gauge line inaugurated. 02nd Oct. Muzaffarpur-Lokmanya Tilak Express introduced. 20th Oct. Delhi-Kathgodam Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express train introduced. 04th Nov. Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Bandra Terminus introduced. 08th Nov. The newly converted BG Rail Section from Veraval to Junagadh inaugurated. 13th Nov. First train service on Kotipalli-Kakinada Town new Broad Gauge line from Kotipalli was flagged off. 20th Nov. Foundation stone laid for a new Railway line from Jiribam to Imphal. 29th Nov. Tourist train ‘Village on Wheels’ flagged off from Rajendra Nagar Terminal. 10th Dec. Rail Sleeper factory at Sitamarhi and Madhopur inaugurated. Foundation stones laid for construction of Hathua-Deoria new rail line and doubling of Chhapra-Ekma Rail section. 30th Dec. The foundation stone laid at Nashipur, Jiaganj for new line including bridge between Jiaganj and Azimganj and train service between Eklakhi and Balurghat inaugurated. 2005 08th Jan. Kharagpur Railway Workshop became an ISO-9001-2000 certified organisation. 31st Jan. Tourist train ‘Village on Wheels’ flagged off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai. 11th March 5 Sampark Kranti trains viz. West Bengal, Orissa, Purvottar, M.P. and U.P. flagged off. 21st March Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express introduced. 22nd March Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express and Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express flagged off. 31st March Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express introduced. 76 INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2004-05.

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ANSWERED ON:23.10.2008 DEMAND for MORE GARIB RATH and SAMPARK KRANTI EXPRESS for UTTAR PRADESH Muqueem Shri Mohammed
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:909 ANSWERED ON:23.10.2008 DEMAND FOR MORE GARIB RATH AND SAMPARK KRANTI EXPRESS FOR UTTAR PRADESH Muqueem Shri Mohammed Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the details of the measures being taken by the Railways to start either 'Garib Rath' or 'Sampark Kranti' express between New Delhi and Gorakhpur, New Delhi and Varanasi and New Delhi and Azamgarh; and (b) the details of the new trains proposed to be started for Uttar Pradesh from Delhi/New Delhi in the rail budget and the details of the trains that have been started so far and the time by which the rest of the trains are likely to be started? Answer MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (DR. R. VELU) (a): As of now introduction of 2213/2214 Varanasi − Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express (Tri-weekly) and 2211/2212 Bapudham Motihari − Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express (weekly) via Gorakhpur have been announced in the Rail Budget 2008-2009. (b): Out of 11 pair of trains linking Delhi - Uttar Pradesh, announced in the Rail Budget 2008-2009, three pairs have been introduced on dates as indicated below: 1. 2205/2206 Nizamuddin-Dehradun AC Exp. introduced from 01.07.2008 2. 5035A/5036A Ramnagar-Delhi Link Exp. introduced from 01.07.2008 3. 2211/2212 Bapudham Motihari-Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express 4. 2213/2214 Varanasi -Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express 5. 2233/2334 Lucknow- New Delhi AC Express 6. 2287/2288 Kochuveli- Dehradun Express 7. 2447A/2448A Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Express 8.
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