Salient Features of New All India Time Table ‘Trains at a Glance’

The Ministry of Railways has released its new All India Railway Time Table known as “TRAINS AT A GLANCE (TAG)” which has come into effect from November 1, 2009. In addition to this All India Time table, all the 16 zonal Railways have also released their zonal railway time tables which too have come into effect from November 1, 2009.

The salient features of the All India Railway Time Table i.e. TAG are as under :

1. It contains user-friendly features viz. how to read a table, route map, station index, trains between important stations, station code index, Train number index, train name index etc.
2. Special colour coding schemes for different class of trains has been used (a) Pink for Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Jan Sahtabdi Express, Garib Rath Express and Duronto Express (b) Yellow for other superfast trains (c) blue/white for other mail/Express trains.
3. Commercial information of passenger use and interest viz. advance reservation period, reservation through internet, refund rules, rail travel concessions and fare chart have been incorporated.
4. Information regarding Vigilance organizational public grievance machinery and catering services have been incorporated.
5. Time Table of a number of trains announced by the Railway Minister, Kumar Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee, while presenting the Railway Budget 2009-2010 in the Parliament, have been included. It has been clearly indicated whether a particular new train has already been started or yet to be started.
6. The Railway time table has also given the time table of 14 ‘Duronto’ Express trains which are non-stop trains conceptualized for the first time in the history of Indian Railways. While four Duronto services have already started, the remaining Duronto services will be introduced subsequently later in the financial year.(EOM)