Title - Central Railway to introduce 12 new long distance services from July 1 onwards

MUMBAI: Central Railway will introduce 12 new long distance train services, including 8 linking Mumbai from July 1 onwards. The railways have also decided extend the destinations of some mail/express trains due to popular demand. Of eight services from Mumbai, 7 are from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT). It also includes a the much awaited LTT-Hazrat Nizamuddin Air Conditioned Weekly special service. This train with 16-coach will depart from LTT and Hazrat Nizamuddin on every Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the new services from Mumbai are LTT- Karaikal Weekly Express via Wadi-Chennai Egmore-Nagapattinam-Nagore, LTT -Ajni(Nagpur) Weekly Express via Akola-Hingoli Aurangabad-Manmad, LTT- Nizamabad Weekly Express via Mudkhed-Nanded-Purna-Aurangabad-Manmad, CST-Solapur Daily Express via Thane-Panvel-Karjat-Pune, LTT-Kochuveli Bi-weekly Weekly via Madgaon-Mangalore Jn - Kottayam, LTT-Kakinada Bi- Weekly Express via Guntur-Nadikude-Nalgunda-Secunderabad-Wadi. The pilgrimage town of Shirdi has also become a popular destination and railways have to cash in on this trend by introducing a few more services to cater to Sai Baba devotees. CR official said, "We have decided to run Sainagar Shirdi - Kalka Bi-Weekly Express via Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bhopal-Itarsi-Khandwa. Another services linking Sainagar Shirdi to Puri via Sambalpur-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur-Bhusawal has also been scheduled on weekly basis." Railways have also decided to extend Mumbai-Latur Express to Hazur Sahib Nanded. Morever, LTT-Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) will now run upto Puri and LTT-Darbhanga Karma Bhoomi Express has been extended utp Raxaul.