SALIENT FEATURES OF RAILWAY BUDJET 2012-2013 PERTAINING TO EAST COAST RAILWAY – WALTAIR DIVISION & SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY


A. PROJECTS

  • New Lines to be completed in 2011-12
    1. Jagayyapet- Mellacheruvu
    2. Metpally-Mortad
    3. Raichur-Pandurangaswamy (Part)
    4. Nossam-Banaganapalle
    5. Devarakadra-Krishna (Part)
    6. Homnabad-Hallikhed
  • New Line Projects Sanctioned in 2012-13
    1. Bhadrachalam - Kovuur
    2. Akkanpet – Medak
    3. Kakinada – Pithapuram
  • New Lines targeted to be completed in 2012-13
    1. Banaganapalli-Nandyal
    2. Marikel-Makhtal
    3. Raichur-Gadwal
    4. Morthad-Armoor
    5. Kadapa-Ganganapalli
    6. Rayadurgam-Avuladatla
  • New Line Projects sent to Planning Commission for appraisal
    1. Armoor-Adilabad via Nirmal
    2. Donakonda-Bitragunta
    3. Kinwat-Mahur
    4. Kondapalli-Kothagudem
    5. Manuguru-Ramagundam stn.
    6. Markapur-Srisailam
    7. Pandurangpuram-Bhadrachalam
    8. Piduguralla to Narasaraopet
    9. Kadiri- Puttaparthy
    10. Srinivasapura-Madanapalli
    11. Zaheerabad-Secunderabad
  • New Lines Surveys to be taken up during 2012-13
    1. Gunupur -Narsipatnam Road via Kurupam, Parvatipuram, Makkava, Salur, Narsipatnam
    2. Machilipatnam - Repalle.via Nizampatnam
    3. Rail link from Singareni Colleries to Gandhipuram
    4. Nanded-Latur Road
  • Doubling Works to be completed in 2011-12
    1. Tadipatri - Rayalcheruvu
    2. Aspari-Isivi
    3. Nagarur - Adoni
    4. Adoni-Isivi
  • New Doubling Projects Sanctioned in 2012-13
    1. Kazipet - Vijaywada Third Line
  • Doubling Works targeted to be completed during 2012-13
    1. Raghavapuram -Peddampet
    2. Isivi-Kupgal
    3. Kosigi-Mantralayam
    4. Korukonda-Alamanda-Kantakapalli
    5. Simhachalam North-Gopalapatnam Bypass line
  • New Doubling Projects sent to Planning Commission for appraisal
    1. Bibinagar-Nallapadu
    2. Dornakal Jn.-Manuguru - Doubling with electrification
    3. Renigunta-Arakkonam (3rd Line)
  • Railway Electrification Surveys sanctioned in 2012-13
    1. Bibinagar (Pagidipalli)-Nallapadu
    2. Manmad-Mudkhed-Lingampalli – Dhone
  • New Railway Electrification Projects Sanctioned in 2012-13
    1. Nallapadu- Guntakal
    2. Hospet - Guntakal and Torangallu – Ranjitpuraa

  • MMTS Phase–II in Twin Cities Sanctioned
Strengthening the suburban system of Hyderabad–Secunderabad under MMTS Phase–II at an estimated cost of Rs.632 Cr out of which State Government has agreed to bear 2/3rdof the cost.
    1. Moula-Ali 'C' Cabin - Sanathnagar (21.85 Km) Doubling & Electrification
    2. Moula-Ali - Malkajgiri - Sitaphalmandi (10 Km) Doubling & Electrification
    3. Secunderabad - Bolarum - Medchal (28 Km) Doubling & Electrification
    4. Falaknuma - Umdanagar - Shamshabad (20 Km) New Line, Doubling & Electrification
    5. Moula-Ali 'C' Cabin - Ghatkesar (12.2 Km) Quadrupling & Electrification
    6. Telapur - Patancheru (8.75 Km) Restoration of Old Line

Doubling : 60 Km; Third Line 12.2 Km
New Line : 15.6 Km
No. of Stations : 27 (Existing : 18, New : 9)

  • List ofProjects being executed with State Governments' Cooperation

Andhra Pradesh
    1. Kotipalli-Narsapur (via AMALAPURAM)
    2. Kadapa-Bangalore (Bangarapet)
    3. Nadikudi-Srikalahasti
    4. Vijaywada-Gudivada-Bhimavaram-Narsapur, Gudivada-Machlipatnam & Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu  Doubling with Electrification
    5. Munirabad-Mahabubnagar
    6. Rayadurgam-Tumakur (via Kalyanadurgam)
Karnataka
7.    Gulbarga-Bidar (Suppl.)

B. PASSENGER AMENITIES
Towards Passenger Amenities 124.7 Crs Budget has been allotted as against 81 Cr. last year.Six new Adarsh Stations have been announced in this budget as against 3 announced last year.
  • Adarsh Stations

1.Vinukonda
2.Macherla
3.Piduguralla
4.Pokarni Narsimha
5.Sattenapalli
6. Jalna



C. NEW TRAIN SERVICES

1. Trains Originating from East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway
    1. Visakhapatnam – Chennai Weekly Express (via Vijayawada)
    2. Visakhapatnam – Sai Nagar Shiridi Express (Weekly Via Vijayawada)
    3. Secunderabad – Shalimar AC Express (Weekly via Vijayawada)
    4. Kakinada – Secunderabad AC Express (Tri Weekly)
    5. Secunderabad – Bidar Inter City Express (Six days a Week)
    6. Secunderabad – Belampalli Inter City express (Daily via Kazipet)
    7. Kacheguda – Madurai Express (Weekly via Dharmavaram, Pakala, Jolarpettai)
    8. Secunderabad – Darbhanga Express (Bi-weekly via Ballarshah, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Jhajha)
    9. Tirupati –Bhubneshwar Express (Weekly via Visakhapatnam, Gudur)
    10. Secunderabad - Jaipur Express (Weekly via Nagda, Bhopal, Narkhar, Amravati, Akola)
    11. Adilabad – Huzur Saheb Nanded Express (Daily via Mudkhed)
    12. Secunderabad – Porbandar Express (Weekly via Viramjam, Vasai Road)
    13. Tirupati – Mannargudi Express (Tri-weekly via Thiruvarur, Villupuram, Katpadi)
    14. Secunderabad – Nagpur Express (Tri-weekly via Kazipet)
    15. Karimnagar – Tirupati Express (Weekly via Peddapalli)
    16. Hyderabad – Ajmer Express (Weekly via Manmad, Itarsi, Ratlam)
    17. Huzur Saheb Nanded - Amritsar Express (Weekly)

2.  Passenger Trains Originating from East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway
1.Yerraguntla – Nosam/Nanganapalli (Daily)

3. New Trains Passing Via Jurisdiction of East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway
    1. Indore – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly via Itarsi, Narkher, Amravati, Akola, Kacheguda)
    2. Amravati – Pune Express (Bi-weekly via Akola, Purna, Latur)
    3. Puri – Yesvantapur Garib Rath Express (Weekly via Visakhapatnam, Guntur)
    4. Shalimar – Chennai Express (Weekly)
    5. Mysore – Sainagar Shirdi Express (Weekly via Bangalore, Dharmavaram, Bellary)
    6. Solapur – Yesvantapur Express (Tri-weekly via Gulbarga)
    7. Chennai – Puri Express (Weekly)
    8. Asansol – Chennai Express (Weekly via Purulia, Sambalpur, Vizianagaram)

4. Extension of Trains Originating from East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway

1. 16779/16780 Madurai – Tirupati Express to Rameswaram
2. 57502/57503 Bodhan – Nizamabad Passenger to Kamareddi
3. 56011/56012 Arakonam – Nandalur Passenger to Kadapa

5. Extension of Trains Passing Via Jurisdiction of East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway
1. 12687/12688 Dehradun - Chennai Express to Madurai (via Erode)

6. Increase in Frequency of Trains Originating from East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway

1. 12731/12732 Secunderabad – Tirupati Express Via Dharmavaram (2to 4 days)
2. 17003/17004 Hyderabad – Kolhapur Express (2to 7 days)
3. 16779/16780 Madurai – Tirupathi Express (2to 3 days)
4. 12485/12486 SriGanganagar – Huzur Saheb Nanded Exp (1to 3 days)

7.  Increase in Frequency of Trains Passing Via Jurisdiction of East Coast Railway – Waltair Division & South Central Railway

1. 22603/22604 Villupuram– Kharagpur Express1 to 2 days
2. 12641/12642  Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kanniyakumari Thirukkural Express (1 to 2 days)

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