Lok Sabha Question No. 604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Revenues of Trains in Salem Railway Division
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 604 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2020

## REVENUES OF TRAINS IN SALEM RAILWAY DIVISION

## 604. SHRI NATARAJAN PR.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  number  of  passengers  who  travelled  in  the  (1) Coimbatore-Mettupalayam  passenger  train  (2)  Coimbatore-Pollachi passenger  train  (3)  Coimbatore-Madurai  train  in  Salem  railway division  (Tamil  Nadu  State)  and  the  revenue  earned  during  each year during the past three years, year/train-route-wise, separately;
- (b)  whether the Government is reviewing the traffic and revenue in the above said trains;
- (c)   if so, the details thereof and the decision taken for extension of trains  and  introduction  of  Coimbatore-Madurai  passenger  train  via Pollachi Dindigul; and
- (d)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 604 BY SHRI NATARAJAN PR. TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.02.2020 REGARDING REVENUES OF TRAINS IN SALEM RAILWAY DIVISION

(a) and (b): The demand pattern over Indian Railways is not uniform and it varies across different sectors and seasons. Indian Railways undertake periodic reviews of occupancy, revenue, quota utilisation of  trains  running  across  different  sectors  including  the  trains running in Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Coimbatore sector, Coimbatore-Pollachi-Coimbatore sector and Coimbatore-MaduraiCoimbatore  sector.  The  year-wise  details  of  to  and  fro  passenger traffic and passenger earnings for the past three years in the above mentioned sectors are as under:-

## Approximate Passenger traffic (in Lakhs)

| Sector                              |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Coimbatore-Mettupalayam- Coimbatore |     32.52 |     34.15 |     34.76 |
| Coimbatore-Pollachi- Coimbatore     |      0.35 |      1.38 |      5.24 |
| Coimbatore-Madurai- Coimbatore      |     37.29 |     38.25 |     52.13 |

## Approximate Passenger Earnings ( ` in Crores)

| Sector                              |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Coimbatore-Mettupalayam- Coimbatore |     51.69 |     52    |     57.77 |
| Coimbatore-Pollachi- Coimbatore     |      0.02 |      0.29 |      0.62 |
| Coimbatore-Madurai- Coimbatore      |     50.25 |     55.68 |     63.28 |

(c) and (d): To cater to the needs of the passengers of CoimbatoreMettupalayam section, an additional MEMU service viz. 66622/66623 Coimbatore-Mettupalayam MEMU has been introduced w.e.f  01.02.2020.  Besides,  56183/56184  Coimbatore-Pollachi  Sewa Service  has  also  been  introduced  w.e.f  15.10.2019.  At  present, there  is  no  proposal  for  introduction  of  train  between  Coimbatore and Madurai via  Pollachi, Dindigul. However, connection between Coimbatore and Madurai is available, at Palani, by 56609 Coimbatore-Palani Sewa Service, 56623 Palani-Madurai Passenger, 56624 Madurai-Palani Passenger and 56608 Palani-Coimbatore Sewa services in both directions.

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