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Four more trains will pass through the city soon and the frequency of three trains will be increased, railway officials said. The Lokmanya Tilak-Karaikal weekly express, CST-Solapur, Lokmanya Tilak-Kakinada and Lokmanya Tilak-Hubli Express will pass through the city, the operational dates for which will be announced soon.The frequency of some of the important trains will be increased from July 1.Pune-Indore Express, a tri-weekly will ply four times a week. Yashwantpur-Nizamuddin Express, a biweekly, will ply four times a week. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak bi-weekly will now be a daily service.Routes of some trains, as announced in the railway budget will also be changed. CSTM-Latur-CSTM superfast will now go via Nanded. The train will have a new number: 11031 (UP) and 11032 (Down). Also, Yashwantpur-Ahmedabad weekly express has been extended to Badmer.The train used to arrive at Pune Station at 7.20 am and depart at 7.40 am. Now, it will arrive at 1.25 am and depart at 2.15 am. From Pune, the Pune-Indore train will run on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From Indore, the train will start on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.The departure timing of the Pune-Ahmedabad Duronto Express has been advanced by 10 minutes. The train that used to depart from Pune station at 9.45 pm will now depart at 9.35 pm. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways have revised refund rates of cancellation tickets.A flat rate would be deducted as minimum cancellation charge for unused reserved tickets presented for cancellation more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure instead of 24 hours.The minimum flat rates for cancellation are: AC-I Rs 120, AC-II & Class-I: Rs 100, AC-III & AC chair car, Rs 90, SL Rs 60, Second class Rs 30.Cancellation charges would be 25% of the fare if presented between 48 hours and up to six hours, instead of 24 hours and up to four hours before scheduled train's departure.Cancellation fee would be 50% of the ticket fare if presented for cancellation within six hours instead of four hours before train departure and up to two hours irrespective of distance instead of the existing three, six and 12 hours for distance 200/200-250 and 500 km and above after actual train departure.