Lok Sabha Question No. 1705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: New Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar, Gautham Sigamani Pon

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1705

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## NEW TRAINS

1705.   SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI SELVAM G:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  passengers  travelling  daily  in  all  the  trains including general, sleeper and AC coaches in the country;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  norms/criteria  for  determining  the  frequency  of trains and introduction of new trains;
- (c) the details of new trains introduced and frequency increased during the last three years and the current year in Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the arrangements are made by Railways for the convenience of passengers in the event of cancellation/postponement, if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  the  number  of  trains  cancelled  due  to  unforeseen  reasons  during the last three years and the current year; and
- (f) whether the trains are getting late because of snags in the engine, if so, the details of the long term policy formulated/or proposed to be formulated  by  the  Railways  to  remove  the  snags  in  the  railway engines?

## 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. 1705  BY SHRI  C.N. ANNADURAI, SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR, SHRI SELVAM G, SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR AND SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2021 REGARDING NEW TRAINS.

- (a) The  number  of  passengers  travelling  daily  in  all  the  trains including  general,  sleeper  and  AC  coaches  during  last  2  years  and including current year (upto November 2021) is as under:-
- (b) Introduction  of  trains  and  frequency  of  train  services  is  an  ongoing process  on Indian Railways  which  inter alia  depends  on operational feasibility (like availability of terminals, paths on sections enroute etc), resources availability, traffic justification etc.
- (c) Indian Railways do not operate train services on State-wise basis as Railway network straddles across the State boundaries.  However, during  last three years including current year i.e 2018-2019 to 20212022 (till  30 th  November,  2021),  15  pairs  of  train  services  have  been introduced and frequencies of 02 pairs of trains have been increased which  serve  various  stations  located  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  on originating/terminating basis.
- (d) &  (e) In case  of cancellation, late running of train etc., cancellation  of  tickets  and  refund  of  fare  is  made  as  per  Railway Passengers  (Cancellation  of  tickets  and  refund  of  fare)  Rules  2015. However, Indian Railways cancel train service(s) only as a last resort, when  it  is  neither  operationally  feasible  nor  is  in  the  interest  of passengers' safety to operate train service(s). To serve the passenger

| Year                      |   Per day (in million) |
|---------------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20                   |                  22.15 |
| 2020-21                   |                   3.43 |
| 2021-22 (upto Nov., 2021) |                   7.78 |

and enable them reach stations nearest to their destination, trains are diverted  or  short  terminated. Details  of    train    services    cancelled during    the    last      three  years  including  current  year  i.e  2018-19  to 2021-22 (till 30th November, 2021) due to unforeseen reasons like bad weather, agitation, law & order etc, are as under:

|   S. No. | Year        | Reason      |   No of trains cancelled |
|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------|
|        1 |             | Bad Weather |                     3423 |
|        2 | 2018-2019   | Agitation   |                      189 |
|        3 |             | Law & Order |                        3 |
|        1 |             | Bad Weather |                     5312 |
|        2 | 2019-2020   | Agitation   |                       67 |
|        3 |             | Law & Order |                      478 |
|        1 |             | Bad Weather |                     1665 |
|        2 | 2020-2021   | Agitation   |                     1098 |
|        3 |             | Law & Order |                    16202 |
|        1 | 2021-2022   | Bad Weather |                     4182 |
|        2 | (upto       | Agitation   |                      262 |
|        3 | 30.11.2021) | Law & Order |                     9046 |

(f)   Number of trains lost on Diesel & Electric loco during last four years is as under :-

| Financial year   |   Diesel Loco |   Electric Loco |
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
| 2018-2019        |          4519 |            3174 |
| 2019-2020        |          3588 |            2892 |
| 2020-2021        |           223 |             402 |
| 2021-2022        |           771 |            1250 |

Locomotive  are  periodically  inspected  during  maintenance  and overhauling  schedules  as  per  stipulated  instructions  and  guidelines issued  by  RDSO  through  Modification  Sheets,  Special  Maintenance Instructions,  Technical  Circulars  etc.  for  making  locos  fit  for  traffic services.

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