Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, right, and MoS Railways Manoj Sinha flag-off eight trains in New Delhi. (Press Trust of India)
All trains announced in the last Rail Budget will be launched before this year's budget as it was our commitment, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said while flagging off eight new trains.
All eight trains announced in the last Rail Budget was launched by Mr Prabhu through remote control at the Railway Board.
"It's a great occasion that we are launching eight trains from here using the technology," he said.
Mr Prabhu said railways is national asset and its functioning can be improved through cooperation from all.
"We are committed to make railways functioning better and improve passenger amenities and this will be possible through cooperation from all," he said.
He also said railways have received suggestions for betterment of the national transporter from thousands of people on line.
The new trains are Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly), Gunupur-Visakhapatnam Passenger (Daily), Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli passenger (Daily), Hatia-Rourkela Passenger (Daily), Mannargudi-Bhagat ki Kothi (Jodhpur) Express (Weekly), Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadhran Express (Daily), Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (Daily) and Byndoor-Kasargod Passenger (Daily).
The trains are part of the budget announcements made in the Railway Budget 2014-15 (February and July). A total number of 22 new train services and one extension of existing train service will be implemented over a period of next 10 days.
Out of these 22 train services, eight trains were flagged off by the Railway Minister today and remaining train services will be implemented in the course of next nine days.