Indian Railways: Delhi-Allahabad route to get Duronto Express

IRCTC has decided to replace the Delhi-Allahabad Duronto Express with Humsafar Express. As per the latest news reports, the Humsafar Express will be running on the tracks four days a week instead of the tri-weekly schedule of Duronto Express. Sources from the ministry stated that this latest move by the Indian Railways will be put into effect from September 13.
Train number 12275, i.e., Allahabad-New Delhi Humsafar Express will run on the tracks every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. And the return train will run every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
The Duronto Express on Delhi-Allahabad route was, in fact, among the first set of 12 non-stop trains that were introduced during the 2009-2010 railway budget.
However, the Duronto trains have been replaced over the years due to low occupancy. Trains that have been replaced include the conversion of Coimbatore-Thiruvananthapuram into a regular train, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Ajmer Sharif Duronto into a Jan Shatabdi. Other trains that have been converted are the Howrah-Puri Duronto Express, which has been converted into Shatabdi Express; Chandigarh-Amritsar Duronto Express, which has been converted into superfast express; Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Duronto Express, which has been converted into Super AC Express; Ajmer-Nizamuddin Duronto Express, which has been converted into Jan Shatabdi Express.
Also, this new development is expected to not add any hassle to those travellers using the said routes. They just need to make sure that you keep yourself updated with the train schedule and be on time.