Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced two special trains to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda this year.
A Railway Ministry release said, the introduction of Kavi Guru Express Trains was to pay homage to the great poet. The Railway Minister said that Kavi Guru Express Trains will run on the following routes:
i. Howrah-Azimganj Express (daily) via Sagardighi
ii. Guwahati-Jaipur Express (weekly) via Kasganj-Faizabad-Gorakhpur-Kokrajhar
iii. Howrah-Bolpur Express (daily)
iv. Howrah-Porbander Express (weekly)
“Vivek Express” will also be introduced to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, which will be celebrated in 2013. The first four such trains will be introduced on the following routes:
i. Dibrugarh-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari Express (weekly) via Kokrajhar
ii. Dwarka-Tuticorin Express (weekly) via Wadi
iii. Howrah-Mangalore Express (weekly) via Palghat
iv. Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Express (weekly) via Marwar-Degana-Ratangarh-Jakhal-Ludhiana
