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New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday announced it will introduce six new trains under the Tejas, Humsafar and Antyodaya schemes while enhancing the frequency of two trains. The new timetable will be effective from November 1, 2017 (Wednesday).

Salient Features Of Time Table of North Central Railway Effective From 01.11.2017https://t.co/AMqslDFM3e — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) October 31, 2017

The new trains to be introduced include:

Six days a week Tejas between New Delhi and Chandigarh Six days a week Tejas between Lucknow and Anand Vihar A weekly Humsafar express between Sealdah and Jammu Tawi A tri-weekly Humsafar express between Allahabad and Anand Vihar A weekly Antyodaya express between Darbhanga and Jalandhar and A weekly Antyodaya express between Bilaspur and Ferozepur

Besides, the frequency of the 12595/12596 and 12571/12572 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Humsafar expresses is being enhanced to thrice and four times a week respectively.

Sixty-five trains on Northern Railway will run faster as the railways focusses on speeding up trains in the new timetable applicable from November 1.

The national transporter plans to reduce the running time of close to 500 trains across zones from anywhere between 15 minutes to three hours, officials said.

In the new timetable, virtually every rail zone has trains which have been speeded up -- for example, 51 express and 36 passenger trains running under the Southern Railway have been speeded up while in East Coast Railway (ECoR) 37 express and 19 local passenger trains will run faster.

The railways has also reworked the timings of trains to ensure that passengers get maximum time in the city they are visiting and also able to avoid peak hour traffic at their destinations.

The timetable with the new features will be published in the railway publication, 'Trains at a Glance'.

(With inputs from IANS & PTI)