Lok Sabha Question No. 1603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: De-Reserved Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## DE-RESERVED COACHES

1603. SHRI N. K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  for  providing journey  facilities  to  the  daily  short  distance  commuters  using  season tickets in sleeper coaches of long distance trains from the starting point and to the terminal stations;

(b)  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  implement  the  assurance given by the Hon'ble Minister to provide de-reserved compartments in 13 trains in Kerala;

(c) the action taken by various regional Railways on the recommendation given by Southern Railway for providing de-reserved compartments in 13 trains;

(d)  whether  it  comes  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  Divisional Railway Thiruvananthapuram is not providing the de-reserved facility in train no. 16346 by reducing the number of coaches; and

(e) if so, the action taken for providing sufficient number of coaches so as to use the sanctioned de-reserved facility?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

( 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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1603 BY SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING DE-RESERVED COACHES

- (a):  The  powers  have  been  delegated  to  General  Managers  of  Zonal Railways to declare requisite number of sleeper class coaches as second class  unreserved  coaches  on  a  particular  section  where  sleeper  class coaches  are  running  empty  or  in  locked  condition  due  to  insufficient demand.
- (b) & (c): Proposal was sent from Southern Railway to other Railways for de-reservation  facility  of  Sleeper  class  in  13  trains,  out  of  which  this facility has so far been provided in the following 8 trains.

The details of the list  of  incoming trains  originating  from  other  Railways along with the status of implementation of de-reservation are mentioned below:

|   S.No. | Train no.                                        | Section                       | Coach nos.   | Date of implementation   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | 16526 Bengaluru- Kanyakumari Exp.                | Ernakulam- Kanyakumari        | S10, S11     | 16.12.2018               |
|       2 | 16381 Mumbai- Kanyakumari Exp.                   | Ernakulam- Kanyakumari        | S9, S10      | 21.01.2019               |
|       3 | 17230 Hyderabad- Thiruvananthapuram Exp.         | Kottayam- Thiruvananthapuram  | S12, S13     | 15.12.2018               |
|       4 | 12218 Chandigarh- Kochuveli Exp                  | Shoranur-Kochuveli            | S8, S9       | 22.03.2019               |
|       5 | 12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Ernakulam Exp.          | Shoranur-Ernakulam            | S10, S11     | 22.03.2019               |
|       6 | 22656 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Thiruvananthapuram Exp. | Ernakulam- Thiruvananthapuram | S7, S8       | 22.03.2019               |
|       7 | 22654 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Thiruvananthapuram Exp. | Ernakulam- Thiruvananthapuram | S7, S8       | 25.03.2019               |
|       8 | 22647 Korba- Thrivananthapuram Exp.              | Ernakulam- Thiruvananthapuram | S8, S9       | 09.11.2019               |

(d)&(e): Due to introduction of LHB rakes, Train no. 16346 Thiruvananthapuram-Lokmanya  Tilak  Terminus  Express  is  running  with revised  composition  with  effect  from  01.10.2019,  due  to  which  there  is reduction  of  Sleeper  class  coaches  from  12  to  10.  Consequent  to  this reduction  of  sleeper  class  coaches,  S12  coach  has  been  withdrawn  and the  de-reservation  facility  which  was  available  in  this  coach  between Thiruvananthapuram  and  Ernakulam  had  to  be  temporarily  withdrawn. However, from the advance reservation period w.e.f. 15.02.2020, this dereservation facility has been restored in S10 coach.

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