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New train in Rail Budget 2016: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today announced a new train between Delhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi that will have modern refurbished coaches. The Mahamana Express is the only new train he announced in his Railway Budget 2016-17 apart from three superfast train services. "Introduced a new train between Varanasi and Delhi, 'Mahamana Express' with modern refurbished coaches," he said in his budget speech in the Lok Sabha. (PTI)
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New train in Rail Budget 2016: Varanasi is also among the pilgrim centres where stations will be beautified and passenger amenities improved. "The great places of pilgrimage in India have a natural attraction for the Indian traveller. (AP)
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New train in Rail Budget 2016: "We intend taking up on priority the provision of passenger amenities and beautification of stations at pilgrimage centres including Ajmer, Amritsar, Bihar Sharif, Chengannur, Dwarka, Gaya, Haridwar, Mathura, Nagapattinam, Nanded, Nasik, Pali, Parasnath, Puri, Tirupati, Vailankanni, Varanasi and Vasco," he said. (AP)
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New train in Rail Budget 2016: Indian Railways also intends to run Aastha circuit trains to connect important pilgrim centres. In the his first Railway Budget last year, Prabhu had announced setting up of a Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Chair for Railway Technology at IIT (BHU), Varanasi. (PTI)
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New train in Rail Budget 2016: This chair was to help in development of new materials to be used in all assets of Indian Railways. Ralway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said this announcement has been "implemented". (PTI)
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