Antyodaya Express: The best a common man can get. - Vikas Kumar

Speech of Shri Madhu Dandavate Introducing the Railway Budget for 1977-78, on 28th March 1977
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part from the welcome improvement in the punctuality of passenger train services, the current year also
witnessed introduction of a number of super-fast long-distance Mail and Express trains to connect important State Capitals
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cities. Some of these super-fast trains, such as the Tamil nadu Express, the Karnataka Kerala Express,
the Jammu Tawi-Bombay Express and the #GomtiExpress have considerably reduced. the journey time and
have made travel comfortable. It has been possible to introduce these trains without any substantial
additions to the facilities existing at the various terminal points and also without affecting thegrowth of the
freight traffic, which is essential to the growth of the economy of the country and for the viable working of the Railway
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