Indian Railways announced on Tuesday that it will introduce 40 (20 pairs) of new trains under the ‘clone train’ scheme.
The Railways Ministry had issued a statement on Tuesday and said that as of September 21 these clone trains will be operated that will benefit passengers on the waiting list and who do not obtain confirmed reservations on regular trains.
Here are 10-point updates you need to know about the latest Indian Railways initiative:
- A clone train will be a train that will run with the same number as the real train. For example, clone special train 02563 will run from Saharsa in Bihar to New Delhi, but will have few stops en route. You will stop at a total of 5 locations on your way to New Delhi.
- The reservation of these trains will begin on September 19.
- The advance booking period for these trains will be 10 days.
- The 19 pairs of clone special trains will operate using Humsafar rakes. A special clone 04251/04252 Lucknow-Delhi pair will run as Jan Shatabdi Express.
- Indian Railways said that the clone train will have a higher speed than the existing special train.
- The clone trains will be mainly 3 AC trains and will pre-empt the special trains already operating.
- These trains will be added to the 310 special trains already in service and their stops will be limited to the operational stop or to the Division Headquarters en route (if applicable).
- According to the list of trains operated by the railways, 10 trains (5 pairs) will operate between Bihar and Delhi under the East Central Railways.
- The two trains operating under the Northeast Frontier Railway are also from Bihar: Katihar to Delhi and vice versa. The Northern Railway will also operate 10 trains (5 pairs) that will operate between Delhi and Bihar and vice versa, West Bengal to Delhi, Punjab to the West. Bengal, Uttar Pradesh to Delhi, among others. The South Central Railway will operate two trains between Danapur (Bihar) and Secunderabad and vice versa.
The South Western Railway will operate 6 trains (3 pairs) between Goa and Delhi, Karnataka-Bihar and Karnataka-Delhi. The Western Railway will run with 10 trains (5 pairs) between Bihar (Darbhanga) -Gujarat (Ahmedabad), Delhi-Gujarat, Bihar (Chhapra) to Gujarat (Surat), Mumbai-Punjab, Gujarat (Ahmedabad) -Bihar (Patna).
- Complete list of special clone trains, schedules and stops:
- Cloning train between Bengaluru and Danapur (Train No. 06509/06510)
- Clone train between Yesvantpur and Nizamuddin (Train No. 06523/06524)
- Cloning train between Ahmedabad and Darbhanga (Train No. 09465/09466)
- Cloning train between Ahmedabad and Delhi (Train No. 09415/09416)
- Clone train between Surat and Chhapra (Train No. 09065/09066)
- Clone train between Bandra (T) and Amritsar (Train No. 09025/09026)
- Cloning train between Ahmedabad and Patna (train # 09447/09448)
- Clone train between New Delhi and Rajgir (Train # 03391/03392)
- Clone train between New Delhi and Saharsa (Train # 02563/02564)
- Clone train between New Delhi and Darbhanga (Train # 02569/02570)
- Cloning train between Muzaffarpur and Delhi (train # 02573/02574)
- Clone train between Rajendra Nagar and New Delhi (Train No. 03293/03294)
- Clone train between Katihar and Delhi (Train No. 05485/05486)
- Clone train between New Jalpaiguri and Amritsar (Train No. 04653/04654)
- Clone train between Jaynagar and Amritsar (Train No. 04651/04652)
- Clone train between Varanasi and New Delhi (Train No. 04059/04060)
- Clone train between Ballia and Delhi (Train No. 04055/04056)
- Clone train between Lucknow and New Delhi (Train No. 04251/04252
- Cloning train between Secunderabad and Danapur (Train No. 02787/02788)
- Clone train between Vasco and Nizamuddin (Train No. 07379/07380)
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