Lok Sabha Question No. 180 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Long Haul Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.180 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## LONG HAUL TRAINS

*180. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  introduced  long  haul  trains  to  boost  freight operations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number and details of long haul goods trains that are running at present;
- (c) whether the Railways proposes to introduce more such trains during this financial year and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  loop  lines  are  required  to  run  long  haul  trains  and  if  so,  the number  of  loop  lines  that  have  been  commissioned  till  date  and  the number of loop lines that are likely to be commissioned; and
- (e) whether the Railways is planning to run long haul trains for passengers also and if so, the details thereof along with the benefits likely to accrue to Railways as a result thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.180  BY  DR.  KIRIT  SOMAIYA  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.03.2018 REGARDING LONG HAUL TRAINS

(a): Yes, Madam. (b): At present long haul trains are being run on identified sections where it is operationally feasible to do so. During the period April2017  to  January-2018,  7562  long  haul  trains  have  been  run  on various Zonal Railways. Zone  wise  details are  appended  as Appendix-I. (c) & (d): Running of long haul trains depends on traffic conditions, congestion  and  sectional  capacity.  Both  coaching  and  freight trains  are  run  on  most  of  the  sections  of  Indian  Railway.  Since these  trains  are  having  differential  speeds,  there  are  a  limited number of coaching free paths available for running of long hauls. In  order  to  facilitate  running  of  more  long  haul  trains,  long  loops (having capacity to accommodate two full length trains) have been planned on various sections. The  details  of  the  long  loops  already  commissioned  and planned for commissioning are appended as Appendix-II. for

(e): At present  there  is no  proposal  for long haul trains passenger.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.180 BY DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.03.2018 REGARDING LONG HAUL TRAINS

( b) Total 7562 long haul trains have been run on Indian Railways during the year 2017-18 (April 2017 to January 2018). Details are as under:-

Central Railway:     79 East Central Railway: 987 East Coast Railway: 1102 Eastern Railway: 50 North Eastern Railway: 600 North Central Railway: 57 North east Frontier Railway: 94 Northern Railway: 1342 North Western Railway: 117 South Central Railway: 143 South Eastern Railway: 40 Southern Railway: 79 South East Central Railway: 1200 South Western Railway: 3 Western Railway: 488 West Central Railway: 1181 *****

APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  AND  (d)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO.180 BY DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.03.2018  REGARDING  LONG  HAUL TRAINS

## (c)  &  (d)  Loop  lines  that  have  been  commissioned  till  date  and  that likely to be commissioned are as under:-

## Commissioned:

|   S.N. | Rly.               | Name of the Work                                                                            |   Cost (₹ in crore) | Status    |
|--------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
|      1 | East Coast Railway | Provision of Long Haul Loop on R/1 adjacent to DN main line at Gangadharpur (GNGD) station. |                4.8  | Completed |
|      2 | East Coast Railway | Ganjam - Long haul loop on down side                                                        |                6.26 | Completed |
|      3 | East Coast Railway | Paradeep - Long haul loop towards Cuttack end near coaching yard at new passenger terminal  |                8.94 | Completed |
|      4 | East Coast Railway | Dumuriput - Longer loop line                                                                |                4.03 | Completed |
|      5 | East Coast Railway | Gumada - Conversion of L4 as longer loop line with common loop status for python trains     |                5.66 | Completed |
|      6 | East Coast Railway | Kotpar Road - Longer loop lines                                                             |                5.41 | Completed |

Yet to be commissioned:

| S.N.   | Railway   | Name of the work   | Cost (₹ in crore)   | Target date of completion   |
|--------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|

|   1. | Central Railway       | Gaigaon - Yard remdelling for handling long haul trains                                                                   |   10.18 | 31.03.2019         |
|------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------------|
|    2 | Central Railway       | Itarsi - Amla - Nagpur - Wardha - Bhusawal - Jalgaon (713.86 km) - Longer loop                                            |   58    | 31.12.2019         |
|    3 | East Coast Railway    | Provision of Long Haul loop on R/1 (DN Loop) for long Haul train operation at Hindol Road station of Khurda Road division |    8.55 | Under Finalization |
|    4 | East Coast Railway    | Chipurupalli - Conversion of L4 into longer loop with common loop status for python trains                                |    8.13 | 31.03.2019         |
|    5 | East Coast Railway    | Sigdam - Conversion of line No.1 to longer loop                                                                           |    9.79 | 31.03.2019         |
|    6 | East Coast Railway    | Naorla Road-Lanjigarh Road & Lanjigarh Road- Bhawanipatna - Intermediate block hut to avail longer loop                   |   11.8  | 31.03.2019         |
|    7 | East Coast Railway    | Handapa - Longer loop for long haul train operation                                                                       |    7.02 | 31.03.2019         |
|    8 | East Coast Railway    | Bagbahra - Provision of longer loop for long haul train operation                                                         |    7.13 | Under Finalization |
|    9 | East Coast Railway    | Maneswar - Provision of longer loop for long haul train operation                                                         |    5.81 | Under Finalization |
|   10 | East Coast Railway    | Muribahal - Provision of longer loop for long haul train operation                                                        |    9.91 | Under Finalization |
|   11 | Northern Railway      | Mughalsarai - Lucknow - Moradabad - Ambala - Jalandhar - Amritsar (1150 km) - Longer loops                                |  165    | Under Finalization |
|   12 | North Central Railway | Allahabad Division - Longer loops (10 stations)                                                                           |   59.25 | 31.03.2019         |

|   13. | North Central Railway      | Kitham & Ghosrana - Longer loop lines for running of python trains   |   9.38 | Under Finalization   |
|-------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|
|    14 | South Central Railway      | Vijayawada - Gudur (295 km) - Longer loop                            |  29.37 | 31.03.2019           |
|    15 | South Central Railway      | Visakhapatnam - Vijayawada (350 km) - Longer loop                    |  30.46 | 31.03.2019           |
|    16 | South Eastern Railway      | Kokpara - Longer loops to run long haul trains (Up loop)             |   3.58 | Under Finalization   |
|    17 | South East Central Railway | Shahdol - Long loop line                                             |   9.95 | 31.12.2018           |
|    18 | South East Central Railway | Koka - Long loop line                                                |  10.39 | 31.03.2019           |
|    19 | South East Central Railway | Salwa - Long loop line                                               |  14.18 | 30.06.2018           |
|    20 | South East Central Railway | Hathbandh - Long loop line                                           |  11.91 | Under Finalization   |
|    21 | West Central Railway       | Nagda-Mathura - Long haul loops (8 stations)                         |  56.41 | Under Finalization   |
|    22 | West Central Railway       | Majholi - Extension of line No.3 & 4 for long haul trains            |   8.51 | 30.06.2019           |
|    23 | West Central Railway       | Bansa Pahar - Additional loop to accommodate long haul trains        |   9.21 | 30.12.2019           |
|    24 | West Central Railway       | Kota - Bina (303 km) - Longer loop                                   |  30    | Under Finalization   |

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