Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Facilities in Mail/Express Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 625 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

## FACILITIES IN MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS

## †625.   SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI: SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  RAILWAYS  be  pleased  to  state  the  number  of mail/  express trains in which better facilities have been provided / proposed to be provided for passengers during the current financial year and the train-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (i) In order to improve the condition of coaches running in Mail / Express  trains,  upgradation  of  140  rakes  of  Mail  /  Express trains has been taken up under Project Utkrisht for improvement in patronized train services. On Board cleanliness,  coach  interiors,  toilets,  exterior  etc.  in  train coaches are expected to improve under Project Utkrisht. The coaches  will  also  be  painted  with  a  new  vibrant  colour scheme.

The work is underway on Zonal Railways and has so far been completed  on  14  rakes.  The  tentative  list  of  the  identified trains is at Appendix-I (This list may undergo a change).

In addition to this, sanction of 500 more rakes has also been taken under Supplementary Demands for Grants 2018-19 and execution shall be taken up during 2019-20.

- (ii) Under  Project  Swarn,  14  Rajdhani  and  15  Shatabdi  train services  (41  rakes)  have  been  upgraded  across  multiple dimensions,  which  include  coach  interiors,  toilets,  onboard cleanliness, staff behaviour, linen, etc.  The list of trains that have been upgraded under Project Swarn is at Appendix-II.
- (iii) Various new premium services like Humsafar, Tejas, Antyodaya, Utkrisht Double Decker Air-conditioned Yatri (UDAY),  Mahamana,  Gatimaan  Express  which  have  improved coach interiors / exteriors and better facilities for passengers, have also been introduced in service. The list of these trains that have been introduced in 2018-19 is at Appendix-III.
- (iv) In  addition  to  regular  cleaning  of  coaches  of  trains  at  both ends, including mechanized cleaning, On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS) has been provided in more than 1,050 pairs of trains  including  Rajdhani,  Shatabdi  and  other  important  long distance  Mail/Express  trains  for  cleaning  of  coach  toilets, doorways, aisles and passenger compartments during the run of the trains.

In  'Clean My Coach' scheme, for any cleaning requirement in the coach in trains having OBHS service, passenger can send a  message  through  mobile  (SMS)  on  a  specified  mobile number.

Increasing  the  scope  of  'Clean  My  Coach'  scheme,  'Coach Mitra' facility has been introduced in about 1000 pairs of OBHS trains.  'Coach  Mitra'  is  a  single  window  interface  to  register coach  related  requirements  of  passengers  such  as  cleaning, disinfection, linen, train lighting, air conditioning and watering of coaches. *****

APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 625 BY SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI AND SHRI BHARAT SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2019 REGARDING FACILITIES IN MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS

Project Utkrisht:

| Zonal Railway              | Train No.      | Train Name                                  |   No. Of Rakes |
|----------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
|                            | 12125/26       | Pragati Express                             |              1 |
|                            | 11007/08       | Deccan Queen Express                        |              1 |
| Central Railway            | 12139/40       | SevaGram Express                            |              2 |
|                            | 22105/06       | Inderyani Express                           |              1 |
|                            | 12115/16       | Siddeshwar Express                          |              4 |
|                            | 12111/12       | Amravati Express                            |              2 |
| East Central Railway       | 13351//52      | Dhanbad - Alappuzha (Bokaro) Express        |              6 |
|                            | 13237/38/39/40 | Patna - Kota Express                        |              3 |
|                            | 15203/04/05/06 | Barauni - Lucknow Jn Express                |              4 |
| East                       | 18425/26       | Puri - Durg Express                         |              2 |
| Coast Railway              | 18501/02       | Visakhapatnam - Gandhidham Weekly Express   |              1 |
| Eastern Railway            | 12311/12       | Howrah-Kalka Mail                           |              4 |
|                            | 12403/04       | Allahabad - Jaipur Express                  |              2 |
| North Central Railway      | 11103/05       | Jhansi - Bandra Terminus Express            |              1 |
|                            | 14115/16       | Allahabad - Haridwar Express                |              1 |
|                            | 11107/11108    | Bundelkhand Exp.                            |              2 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 15905/06       | Dibrugarh-Kanniyakumari Vivek Express       |              2 |
|                            | 15417/18       | Alipur Duar-Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express |              1 |

|                       | 12509/10   | Guwahati-Bangalore Cant Express               |   3 |
|-----------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----|
|                       | 15933/34   | Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express                    |   1 |
|                       | 15611/12   | Guwahati -Silchar Express                     |   1 |
|                       | 12067/68   | Guwahati -Jorhat Town Janshatabdi Express     |   1 |
|                       | 55801/02   | Manas Rhino Passenger                         |   1 |
| North Eastern Railway | 12533/34   | Pushpak Express                               |   3 |
| North Eastern Railway | 12537/38   | Muzaffarpur- Manduadih Express                |   1 |
| North Eastern Railway | 15119/20   | Manduadih-Rameshwaram Express                 |   1 |
| North Eastern Railway | 15013/14   | Kathgodam-Jaisalmer Ranikhet Express          |   3 |
| North Western Railway | 12980/79   | Jaipur- Bandra Terminus Superfast Express     |   1 |
| North Western Railway | 12963/64   | Mewar Express                                 |   2 |
| North Western Railway | 14707/08   | Ranakpur Express                              |   3 |
| North Western Railway | 12462/61   | Mandore Express                               |   4 |
| Northern Railway      | 12455/56   | Delhi S Rohilla - Bikaner Express             |   2 |
| Northern Railway      | 12055/56   | New Delhi -Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express.     |   2 |
| Northern Railway      | 14645/46   | SHALIMAR Express                              |   2 |
| Northern Railway      | 14519/20   | Kissan Express                                |   1 |
| Northern Railway      | 14525/26   | Ambala Cant-Shri Ganganagar Intercity Express |   1 |
| Northern Railway      | 14205/06   | Faizabad-Delhi Express                        |   4 |
| Northern Railway      | 12231/32   | Lucknow to Chandigarh Express                 |   4 |
| Northern Railway      | 18237/38   | Chhattisgarh Express                          |   5 |
| South East Central    | 12853/54   | Durg - Bhopal Amarkantak Express              |   2 |
| Railway               | 12069/70   | Raigarh to Gondia Jan Shatabdi Express        |   2 |

| South Central Railway   | 12728/27          | Hyderabad Decan - Visakhapatnam Godavari Express   | 2   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----|
| South Eastern Railway   | 22213/22214       | Shalimar-Patna Duronto Express                     | 1   |
| South Eastern Railway   | 12245/12246       | Howrah - Yasvantpur Duronto Express                | 3   |
| South Eastern Railway   | 22891/22892       | Howrah - Ranchi Intercity Express                  | 2   |
| South Western Railway   | 16591/92          | Hubballi-Mysore Hampi Express                      | 4   |
| South Western Railway   | 16535/36          | Mysore-Solapur Gol Gumbaz Express                  |     |
| South Western Railway   | 16231/32          | Mayiladuthurai - Mysuru (Thanjavur) Express        | 4   |
| South Western Railway   | 16235/36 16589/90 | Tuticorin - Mysuru Express Rani Chennamma Express  | 2   |
| Southern Railway        | 22633/34          | Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin SF  | 1   |
| Southern Railway        | 12647/48          | Kongu SF Express                                   | 1   |
| Southern Railway        | 12693/64          | Pearl City (Muthu Nagar) Super Fast Express        | 4   |
| Southern Railway        | 12633/34          | Chennai Egmore - Kanniyakumari SF Express          | 4   |
| Southern Railway        | 16603/04          | Maveli Express                                     | 1   |
| Southern Railway        | 16181/82          | Silambu Express                                    | 1   |
| Southern Railway        | 12663/64          | Howrah - Tiruchchirappalli SF Express              | 2   |
| West Central Railway    | 12183/84          | Bhopal - Pratapgarh SuperFast Express              | 1   |
| West Central Railway    | 22983/84          | Kota - Indore InterCity Express                    | 1   |
| Western Railway         | 12945/46          | Surat - Mahuva SF Express                          | 1   |
| Western Railway         | 19053/54          | Surat - Muzaffarpur Express                        | 1   |

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|             | 22909/10    | Valsad - Puri SF Express                         |     |
|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
|             | 19055/56    | Valsad - Jodhpur Weekly Express                  |   1 |
|             | 12921/22    | Flying Ranee                                     |   1 |
|             | 12961/62    | Avantika SF Express                              |   2 |
|             | 22903/04    | Mumbai Bandra (T.) - Bhuj AC SuperFast Express   |   1 |
|             | 12927/28    | Mumbai Central - Vadodara Express                |   2 |
|             | 19415/16    | Ahmedabad - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express |   1 |
|             | 12959/60    | Dadar - Bhuj SF Express                          |   1 |
|             | 19325/26    | Indore - Amritsar Express                        |   1 |
|             | 12919/20    | Malwa SF Express                                 |   4 |
|             | 22969/70    | Okha - Varanasi SF Express                       |   1 |
|             | 12971/72    | Mumbai Bandra Terminus - Bhavnagar SF Express    |   4 |
| Total rakes | Total rakes | Total rakes                                      | 140 |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 625 BY SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI AND SHRI BHARAT SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2019 REGARDING FACILITIES IN MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS

Project Swarn:

| S. No.                         | Zonal Railway                       | Train No.                                            | Name                                                                         | No. of rakes   |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| 1. Central Railway             | 12025/26                            | Pune - Secunderabad Shatabdi Express                 | 1                                                                            |                |
| 2. East Central Railway        | 12309/10                            | Rajendra Nagar Terminal - New Delhi Rajdhani Express | 2                                                                            |                |
| 3. East Coast Railway          | 22811/12                            |                                                      | Bhubaneswar - New Delhi                                                      | 1              |
| 4. East Coast Railway          | 22823/24                            |                                                      | Rajdhani Express                                                             |                |
| East Coast Railway             | 12277/78                            |                                                      | Howrah - Puri Shatabdi Express 1                                             | 5.             |
| 6. Eastern Railway             | 12301/02                            | Howrah                                               | - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 3 Sealdah - New Delhi                           |                |
| Eastern Railway                |                                     | 12305/06                                             | Rajdhani Express                                                             | 7.             |
| 8. Eastern Railway             | 12313/14                            |                                                      | Sealdah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express                                         | 3              |
| Eastern Railway                | 12019/20                            |                                                      | Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express 1                                           | 9.             |
| 10. North Central Railway      | 12033/34                            |                                                      | Delhi Shatabdi Express 1                                                     |                |
| 11. Northeast Frontier Railway |                                     | 12041/42                                             | Howrah - New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express                                     | 1              |
| 12.                            | Northeast Frontier Railway 12087/88 | 12085/86                                             | Guwahati - Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express Naharlagun - Guwahati Shatabdi Express | 1              |
| 13.                            | North Western Railway               | 12035/36                                             | Jaipur - Agra Fort Shatabdi Express                                          | 1              |

| 14.                       | Northern Railway   | 12439/40             | Ranchi - New Delhi Rajdhani Express                       | 1   |
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 15. Railway               | 12441/42           | Bilaspur - New Delhi | 1                                                         |     |
| 16. Northern              | 12453/54           |                      | Rajdhani Express                                          |     |
| 17.                       | Northern Railway   | 12039/40             | Kathgodam - New Delhi Shatabdi Express                    | 1   |
| 18.                       | Northern Railway   | 12045/46             | New Delhi - Chandigarh Shatabdi Express                   | 1   |
| 19. Northern              | 12047/48           |                      | New Delhi - Firozpur Cantt Shatabdi Express               | 1   |
| 20. Northern              |                    | 12049/50             | Gatimaan Express                                          | 1   |
| 21. Western               |                    | 22691/92             | Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express                               | 4   |
| 22. South Western         |                    | 22693/94             | Bengaluru City - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express | 4   |
| 23. South Western Railway |                    | 12027/28             | Bengaluru Shatabdi Express                                | 1   |
| 24.                       | Southern Railway   | 12007/08             | Chennai Central - Mysuru Shatabdi Express                 | 1   |
| 25.                       | Southern Railway   | 12243/44             | Chennai Central - Coimbatore Shatabdi Express             | 1   |
| 26.                       | Western Railway    | 12951/52             | Mumbai Central - New Delhi Rajdhani Express               | 5   |
| 27.                       | Western Railway    | 12953/54             | August Kranti Rajdhani Express                            |     |

| 28.         | Western Railway   | 12957/58    | Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express             |   2 |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|-----|
| 29.         | Western Railway   | 12009/10    | Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express |   1 |
| Total rakes | Total rakes       | Total rakes | Total rakes                                 |  41 |

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APPENDIX-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 625 BY SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI AND SHRI BHARAT SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2019 REGARDING FACILITIES IN MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS

List of Mahamana, Uday, Humsafar, Antyodaya trains introduced in 2018-19

|   S. No. | Zonal Railway              | Train No.   | Name                                               |
|----------|----------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Western Railway            | 19319/20    | Veraval - Indore Mahamana Express                  |
|        2 | Southern Railway           | 22665/66    | Bengaluru - Coimbatore UDAY Express                |
|        3 | Eastern Railway            | 22317/18    | Sealdah - Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express              |
|        4 | North Central Railway      | 22437/38    | Allahabad - Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express  |
|        5 | Northeast Frontier Railway | 15705/06    | Champaran Humsafar Express                         |
|        6 | North Western Railway      | 14815/16    | Bhagat Ki Kothi - Tambaram Humsafar Express        |
|        7 | South Eastern Railway      | 20821/22    | Pune - Santragachi Humsafar Express                |
|        8 | South Eastern Railway      | 20827/28    | Jabalpur - Santragachi Humsafar Express            |
|        9 | Western Railway            | 19317/18    | Indore - Puri Humsafar Express                     |
|       10 | Western Railway            | 19315/16    | Lingampalli - Indore Humsafar Express              |
|       11 | Western Railway            | 19043/44    | Bandra Terminus - Bhagat Ki Kothi Humsafar Express |

|   12. | Western Railway            | 19424/23             | Tirunelveli - Gandhidham Humsafar Express         |
|-------|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|    13 | North Western Railway      | 19603/04             | Ajmer - Rameswaram Humsafar Express               |
|    14 | South Central Railway      | 12751/52             | Gorakhpur - Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express |
|    15 | North Western Railway      | 19669/70             | Udaipur City - Patliputra Humsafar Express        |
|    16 | West Central Railway       | 22169/70             | Habibganj - Santragachi Weekly Humsafar Express   |
|    17 | West Central Railway       | 22171/72             | Pune - Habibganj Humsafar Express                 |
|    18 | Southern Railway           | 16319/20             | Kochuveli - Banaswadi                             |
|    19 | South East Central Railway | 22895/96             | Durg - Firozpur Cantt. Antyodaya Express          |
|    20 | East Central Railway       | 22551/52             | Darbhanga - Jalandhar City Antyodaya Express      |
|    21 | South Eastern Railway      | 22841/42             | Santragachi - Chennai Central Antyodaya Express   |
|    22 | Southern Railway           | 16191/92             | Tambaram -Tirunelveli Antyodaya Express           |
|    23 | Southern Railway           | 16355/56             | Kochuveli - Mangaluru Jn. Antyodaya Express       |
|    24 | North Western Railway      | 14719/20             | Bikaner - Bilaspur Weekly Antyodaya Express       |
|    25 | East Central Railway       | 15547/48 (converted) | Jaynagar - Mumbai Weekly Antyodaya Express        |

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