NEW TRAIN TIME TABLE 2016 UPDATES

Updates : 01.10.2016

SALIENT FEATURES OF TRAIN TIME TABLE 2016

The highlights of the improvements planned in the new Time table that will come into effect from the 1st October, 2016, are following. 

New Brands : 4 Products

4 new brands of train products

• Humsafar - AC service with optional catering
• Antyodaya - Long distance unreserved super fast train for common man
• Tejas - All modern on board features like entertainment , wifi and local cuisines, etc 
• UDAY - AC  Double decker train on the busiest routes.

Reduced Journey Times

In the timetable, Railway reduced the journey times in 350  existing trains, 75 of which have made it to the super fast category.

New Stoppages

Railway converted 240 operational halts in 192 trains at 52 stations converted to commercial stoppages.

Connectivity to North East

For the first time Railway provided in the time table, train connectivities to the North Eastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

• Tripura Sundari New Train - Tripura added to Railway Map
• Manipur (Jiribam) and Mizoram(Bhairabi) also added to Railway Map.

New Services(Pairs)

Also incorporated in this  Time Table - are  36 pairs of new services, some of which have been introduced in this financial year and some that will be coming soon- like the  

• 10 Humsafar Trains 
• 7 Antyodaya
• 3 Tejas 
• 3 UDAY Trains 
• 13 Mail/Express Trains
• 13 Extensions of Trains
• 2 Increase in Frequency, 
• 4 Diversions of Trains

Route KM - 66030
Electrified Route KM - 22224
Number of Stations - 7137
Number of Locomotives - 10773

Number of coaches - 61558

In the current Year, the efforts to improve service levels in passenger operations have gained further momentum.What has already been done in the current year includes premium trains like Mahamana and Gatimaan express,an even more accelerated transition to superior coaches including the new DeenDayalu coaches started from August,  More Permanent augmentations, and further efforts to meet additional demands.

The current year has seen several large religious and other congregations of people which have been managed effectively,  to the comfort of passengers , with record running of special trains and extra coaches. This includes the SimhasthaMela in Ujjain, the krishnapushkaram on the Krishna Basin and so on. The arrangements for the ensuing Durga Puja rush are also completely in place, Railway announced through the press release.


Indian Railway announced New Train Time Table 2016. For getting each zones Time table Highlights , please go through the following link : -

Northern Railway : Salient Features of Train Time Table 2016
South Central Railway : Features of New Train Time Table 2016 
South Eastern Railway ( SER ) : New Time Table 2016 - 2017
Western Railway ( WR ) : New Time Table 2016 - 2017
West Zone : New Train Time Table 2016 -2017
Eastern Railway : New Time Table 2016 - 2017

For further details , please go through the following link :- New Train Time Table 2016-2017

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