How You Can Access Indian Railways' New Train Timetable

Indian Railways has announced six new trains across its Tejas Express, Humsafar Express and Antyodaya Express services. The six new trains will comprise two new trains each in the Tejas, Humsafar and Antyodaya services, Indian Railways said in a press release. The new trains will run under Indian Railways' new timetable effective November 1, 2017. The Railways said the date of introduction of the trains will be notified later. Humsafar, Tejas and Antyodaya were among the four new train projects announced by the government in the Rail Budget of financial year 2016-17, along with Uday Express. 
 

How To Get New Train Timetable

Indian Railways has released its new timetable - effective November 1, 2017 - for passenger trains. The timetable contains information on new train timings as well as the new trains introduced.
 (The new train timetable can be accessed via the 'Trains At A Glance 2017-18' link on the Indian Railways website - indianrailways.gov.in)

The railways ministry comes out with a guide, called 'Trains At A Glance', every year. The Trains At A Glance publication contains information on the timings of all the Mail/Express trains operated by Indian Railways. However, the tables do not indicate all the stoppages of a train - only stoppages at important stations are shown, according to the Indian Railways website. The latest information can be accessed via a link provided by Indian Railways.

Here are the new trains to be introduced by the Railways:

New Tejas Express trains

1. New Delhi-Chandigarh Tejas Express Train

The train between New Delhi and Chandigarh will operate six days a week except Wednesdays and comprise 12 coaches - nine AC Chair Cars, one Executive AC Chair Car and two Regenerative Cars, according to the Indian Railways.

22425 New Delhi-Chandigarh Except Wed		Station	22426 Chandigarh-New Delhi Except Wed
-	930	New Delhi	1730	-
1225	-	Chandigarh	-	1435

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

The carrier said the date of introduction "will be notified later".

2. Lucknow Junction-Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Express Train

The train between Lucknow Junction And Anand Vihar Terminal will also operate six days a week except Thursday and comprise 11 coaches including eight AC Chair Cars and one Executive AC Chair Car.

12585 Lucknow Jn -Anand Vihar T Except Thu		Station	12586 Anand Vihar T-Lucknow Jn  Except Thu
-	650	Lucknow Jn	2205	-
805	810	Kanpur Central	2030	2040

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

New Humsafar Express Trains

3. Sealdah-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express Train

The third among the six new trains announced by the Railways is a weekly Humsafar Express train service between Sealdah (Kolkata) and Jammu Tawi. This 18-coach Humsafar Express train will hail out of Sealdah on Monday, and from Jammu Tawi on Wednesdays, according to the Railways. The train will comprise 16 AC III Tier Cars.

22317 Sealdah-Jammu Tawi		Station	22318 Jammu Tawi-Sealdah
-	1520 (MON)	Sealdah	1745 (THU)	-
2340 (TUE)	-	Jammu Tawi	-	0720 (WED)

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

4. Anand Vihar Terminal-Allahabad Humsafar Express Train

The new Humsafar Express train between Anand Vihar Terminal and Allahabad will operate on a tri-weekly basis. The train service will start from Anand Vihar on Mondays and from Allahabad on Wednesdays.

Anand Vihar T – Allahabad		Station	Allahabad – Anand Vihar T
-	2220	Anand Vihar T	615	-
610	-	Allahabad	-	2220

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

New Antodaya Express Trains

5. Darbhanga-Jalandhar City Antodaya Express Train

The Railways will operate a weekly service between Darbhanga (Bihar) and Jalandhar City (Punjab). This Antodaya Express service will run with an 18-coach train comprising 16 General Class Cars.

(Old No 15567) 22451 DBG-JALANDHAR CITY		Station	(Old No 15568) 22452 JALANDHAR CITY-DBG
-	0345 (SAT)	Darbhanga	1130 (MON)	-
0510 (SUN)	-	Jalandhar City	-	1000 (SUN)

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

The new Antodaya Express train will start from Darbhanga on Tuesdays, and from Jalandhar City on Thursdays.

6. Bilaspur-Ferozepur Antodaya Express Train

The sixth new train announced by the Railways is the weekly Antodaya Express service between Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) and Ferozepur (Punjab). This train will have 18 coaches including 16 General Class Cars, according to the Railways.

22895 BILASPUR-FEROZEPUR		Station	22896 FEROZEPUR-BILASPUR
-	1000 (SUN)	Bilaspur	0320 (WED)	-
1300 (MON)	-	Ferozepur	-	2340 (MON)

(Train schedule as shared by the Northern Railway on its website)

The Antodaya Express will hail out of Bilaspur on Sundays and from Ferozepur on Mondays.

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