Important Events
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Important Events 2011 10th April Harangul Road Over Bridge near Latur inaugurated. rd Flagging off of ‘Kobiguru’ Express from 3 May Rail Museum at Gorakhpur inaugurated. Howrah Station, Eastern Railway. 9th May Cultural & Heritage Committee, Ministry of Railways paid tributes to Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th Anniversary. 3rd June Foundation stone laid for Dungarpur-Ratlam new BG line. 1st July Nagpur-Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus (Kolhapur) bi-weekly Express flagged off. A new MEMU daily passenger train between Panvel and Vasai Road Station and a new DMU daily passenger train between Diva and Vasai Road Station flagged off. 3rd July New Delhi – Puducherry Express flagged off. 8th July Sainagar Shirdi-Chennai weekly Superfast Express train Rail Neer Plant at Palur, Kancheepuram. flagged off. Automatic Fare Collection & Passenger Control System (AFCPC) introduced at all Metro Stations of Metro Railway, Kolkata. 11th July Rail Neer Plant inaugurated at Palur (Tamil Nadu). 30th July New Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based Smart Cards introduced by Metro Railway, Kolkata. 31st July DMU train between Andand and Khambhat flagged off. 24th August Amritsar-Chandigarh Duronto Express flagged off. 27th Newly laid Broad Gauge line between Nidamangalam and Flagging off of Double Decker Express September Mannargudi inaugurated. between Howrah and Dhanbad. 1st October The first double decker AC Chair Car train between Howrah and Dhanbad inaugurated. 17th October First Air-conditioned 4500 HP WDP-4B locomotive launched by DLW. 3rd November Indore-Jabalpur tri-weekly Intercity Express flagged off. 9th November New rail line between Ludhiana and Karanprayag laid. 12th November Ranchi-Lohardaga Passenger train flagged off. 13th November Gondia-Ballarasa DEMU flagged off. Secunderabad-Pune Shatabdi Express flagged off. Inauguration of Secunderabad-Pune Shatabdi Express. INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2011-12 103 14th November Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast Express train flagged off. 15th November Hatia-Pune-Hatia bi-weekly Superfast Express train flagged off. Kavi Guru Express train from Satragachi to Porbander flagged off. 7th December Bhubaneswar-Kendujhargarh Passenger train flagged off. 10th December Amravati Model Railway Station inaugurated. Amravati- Interior view of Double Decker Express. Tirupati Superfast bi-weekly Express flagged off. 16th December Newly converted Kaptanganj-Thawe Broad Gauge rail line dedicated to the nation at Pandrauna Railway Station. 17th December New Broad Gauge line between Karaikal-Nagore section inaugurated. 2012 23rd January Ajmer-Pushkar new BG line inaugurated. 26th January Heritage run of a special train hauled by the World’s oldest locomotive steam engine ‘EIR-21’ was organized between Flagging off of Manmad-Lokmanya Tilak Egmore, Chennai and Guindy. Terminus Rajya Rani Express. 12th February Inaugural run of Sealdah-Puri Duronto Express. Sealdah- Barrackpore new local train flagged off. 17th February Digha-Puri Express, Digha-Malda Town Express, Digha- Vishakapatnam and Kharagpur-Villupuram Express flagged off. 19th February Shalimar-Patna tri-weekly Duronto Express train flagged off. 21st February Foundation stone laid for Rail Coach Factory at Palakkad (Kerala). 22nd February Santragachi-Hazur Sahib Nanded weekly Superfast Express The inaugural goods train run on train flagged off. Mellacheruvu-Jaggaiahpet new railway th line open for traffic, South Central 24 February Shalimar-Secunderabad weekly Superfast Express train Railway. flagged off. 11th March Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Allahabad AC Duronto Express train flagged off. 18th March Ahmedabad-Yeshvantpur AC weekly Superfast Express and Ahmedabad-Varanasi weekly Express trains inaugurated. 31st March 190th High Horse Power locomotive flagged off by DLW. Inaugural run of Hyderabad Ajmer weekly Express, South Central Railway. 104 INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2011-12.