Railway Minister Mamatha Banerji announced several new trains and new lines for Andhra Pradesh during her Railway Budget presentation for the year 2011-12 in Lok Sabha today.
Announcing that Hyderabad will have an integrated suburban railway system soon, Mamatha also promised to take up the second phase of MMTS for Hyderabad in the new financial year. Hyderabad will also have five new suburban trains in the new financial year.
The new trains to be introduced in AP are:
- Satabdi express between Secunderabad and Pune
- Duronto express between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam
- Intercity express between Secunderabad and Korat
- Express train between Tirupathi and Visakhapatnam (Will go up to Howrah)
- Tirupathi-Guntakal passenger
- Kachiguda-Nadikudi passenger
- Kachiguda-Miryalaguda passenger
- Phalaknuma-Medchal passenger
- Secunderabad-Nizamabad passenger
- Naraspur-Nagarsol passenger via Hyderabad
- Hyderabad-Wadi passenger
The new railway lines to be constructed in AP are:
- Tirupathi-Amaravathi
- Howrah-Secunderabad
- Karimnagar –Hasanparthi
- Bhadrachalam-Visakhapatnam
- Donakonda-Dronachalam
- Patancheru-Adilabad
- Bhadrachalam-Karagpur
- Tirupathi-Kanchipuram-Nagur
- Kurnook-Nandyala-Atmakur via Mahanandi
- Piduguralla-Renugunta
- Hyderabad -Siddipet- -Karimnagar
- Mellacheruvu-Janapadu
- Nadikudi-Srikalahasti
- Â Hyderabad-Srisailam.
