The railway ministry has released its new All India Railway Time Table known as “TRAINS AT A GLANCE (TAG)” which has come into effect from 1st July, 2010. 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 1st July, 2010. The salient features of the All India Railway Time Table i.e. TAG are as under :

• Encouraged by the public response over the past few years all the user-friendly features of Trains at a Glance viz. how to read a table, route map, station index, trains between important stations, station code index, Train number index, Train name index, has been retained.
• Colour coding scheme for trains: (a) Pink for Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Jan Shatabdi Express, Garib Rath Express and Duronto Express(b) Yellow for other superfast trains (d) blue/white for other mail/Express trains.
• 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.
• Information regarding Vigilance organization, Public grievance machinery and catering services have been incorporated.

The details of the train services announced in the Railway Budget 2010-2011 and those decided in IRTTC meeting are as under:

Sl	Year	Number of services announced in Budget and Parliament
1	Introductions	124 pair
2	Extensions	22 pair
3	Increase in frequency	13 pair
4	TOTAL	159 pair

Category-wise train services -

Name of service	No. of services
Matribhoomi Services (Ladies only special)	6
Karambhoomi Services (Unreserved train services)	3
Janambhoomi service (Contonment service)	1
Duronto Services	10
Express services	58
Extension of trains	22
Increase in frequency of trains	13
Passenger train Services	28
MEMU Services	9
DEMU Services	9

Duronto Train services were conceptualized in the year 2009-2010. At present 14 pairs of Duronto services are operational. These new train services have been planned with AC and non-AC sleeper for non-stop point to point services between select cities throughout the country. 
In this year’s railway Budget 10 pairs of Duronto services have been proposed of which 4 would run as day time services. The details of Duronto trains are as under:

Sl.	Name of Duronto service
1	Yeswantpur (Bangalore) –New Delhi (AC) Duronto (Weekly)
2	Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Secunderabad AC (Bi-weekly)
3	Pune –Howrah AC (Bi- weekly)
4	Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Ernakulam AC (Bi-weekly)
5	Indore- Mumbai Central AC (Bi-weekly)
6	Jaipur-Mumbai Central AC (Bi-weekly)
7	Chandigarh -Amritsar Duronto Express (day time)
8	Chennai – Coimbatore Duronto Express (day time)
9	Puri – Howrah Duronto Express (day time)
10	Howrah- Digha Duronto Express (day time)

“Ladies only” EMUs have been introduced in the metro cities of Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. The following Matribhoomi specials will be run in the suburban sections of the major metropolises:

Sl.	Name of service
1	Delhi-Panipat Matribhoomi special
2	Barasat – Sealdah Matribhoomi special
3	Krishnanagar - Sealdah Matribhoomi special
4	Falaknuma – Lingampalli Matribhoomi special
5	Thane-Vashi Matribhoomi special
6	Panvel – Nerul – Thane Matribhoomi special

Suburban trains will be augmented in the following cities by introducing additional services:

Sl. No.	City	Number of additional suburban services to be run
1.	Mumbai	101 services
2.	Chennai	4 services
3.	Kolkatta	7 services