Lok Sabha Question No. 677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Restoration of Train Services in Kerala
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2022

## RESTORATION OF TRAIN SERVICES IN KERALA

677. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government has restarted all the train services as in pre-Covid situation;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; (c)  the  details  of  train  services  that  have  been  restarted  as  regular

- trains after Covid restrictions;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  restore  the  dereservation facility in trains and if so, the details thereof and the proposed date of restoration  of  the  dereservation  facility  in  each  train  passing  through Kollam railway station;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to convert all trains into regular trains  after  its  restoration  post  Covid  and  if  so,  the  details  of  trains proposed to be converted into regular trains from Kollam; and
- (f)  the  details  of  stoppages  proposed  to  be  reinstated  in  Kollam constituency?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) of UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 677 BY SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2022 REGARDING RESTORATION OF TRAIN SERVICES IN KERALA

(a) to (f) To contain the spread of COVID - 19 pandemic, Indian Railways had discontinued  all  regular  passenger  carrying  trains  w.e.f.  23rd  March,  2020. Since  November  2021,  Mail/Express  trains  are  being  operated  with  regular number  and  as  per  rationalized  time  table.    As  on  14.07.2022,  on  a  daily average basis, 9754 trains which includes 1867 Mail/Express, 5651 suburban trains  and  2236  passenger  trains  were  operated  over  Indian  Railways. Besides,  passenger  train  services  are  being  restored  in  a  phased  manner, subject to operational feasibility and  commercial  justification. Further, provision  /  rationalization  of  stoppages  is  an  ongoing  process  on  Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, commercial viability etc.

Further, with effect from 30.06.2022, unreserved coaches have been restored in all Mail/Express trains passing through Kollam station as per applicability during Pre Pandemic Period.

Apart  from  above,  it  has  also  been  decided  to  de-reserve  sleeper  class coaches in the following trains:-

|   Sl. | Train No.                                                   | Details of Coaches de-reserved   | Sections de-reserved          | w.e.f      |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------|
|     1 | 16382 Kanniyakumari- Pune Express                           | S5                               | Kanniyakumari- Ernakulam      | 15.10.2022 |
|     2 | 12624 Thiruvananthapuram- MGR Chennai Central Express       | S7                               | Thiruvananthapu ram-Ernakulam | 15.10.2022 |
|     3 | 16629Thiruvananthapu ram-Mangaluru Central Malabar Express  | S8                               | Thiruvananthapu ram-Kottayam  | 19.10.2022 |
|     4 | 16630 Mangaluru Central- Thiruvananthapuram Malabar Express | S5, S6                           | Kottayam- Thiruvananthapu ram | 19.10.2022 |

|   5 | 16723 Chennai Egmore-Kollam Ananthapuri Exprss       | S10, S11   | Tirunelveli- Kollam            | 19.10.2022   |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------|--------------|
|   6 | 16724 Kollam-Chennai Egmore Ananthapuri Express      | S11        | Kollam- Tirunelveli            | 20.10.2022   |
|   7 | 16525 Kanniyakumari- KSR Bengaluru                   | S6         | Kanniyakumari- Ernakulam       | 07.08.2022   |
|   7 | Express                                              | S7         | Kanniyakumari- Palakkad        | 07.08.2022   |
|   8 | 17229 Thiruvananthapuram- Secunderabad Sabari        | S11, S12   | Thiruvananthapu ram-Coimbatore | 14.10.2022   |
|   9 | 16346 Thiruvananthapuram- Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express | S8         | Thiruvananthapu ram-Ernakulam  | 14.10.2022   |

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