Lok Sabha Question No. 2846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Shortage of Night Trains between New Delhi–Amritsar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2846 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## SHORTAGE OF NIGHT TRAINS BETWEEN NEW DELHI-AMRITSAR

2846. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a severe shortage of night trains operating from New Delhi to  the  Amritsar border belt, causing great hardship to thousands of passengers  every  single  day  as  it  is  a  major  National/International  route and  religious/historic-cultural  centre  of  Country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (b)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  introduce  night  train  service between New Delhi-Amritsar and if so, the details and the timeline by when the said trains will be introduced?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) and (b) Presently, 23 pairs of trains are catering to the needs of DelhiAmritsar sector, which are as under:

|   SN | Train no. & Name                                          |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 15707/08 Katihar-Amritsar Express                         |
|    2 | 11057/58 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Amritsar Express |
|    3 | 12483/84 Thiruvananthapuram North-Amritsar Express        |
|    4 | 12497/98 New Delhi-Amritsar Express                       |
|    5 | 12029/30 New Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi Express        |
|    6 | 12031/32 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express              |
|    7 | 04651/52 Jaynagar-Amritsar Special Express                |
|    8 | 22429/30 Delhi-Pathankot Express                          |

|   9 | 12379/80 Sealdah-Amritsar Jalianwala Bagh Express      |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------|
|  10 | 12421/22 Hazur Sahib Nanded-Amritsar Express           |
|  11 | 12925/26 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Paschim Express           |
|  12 | 19325/26 Indore-Amritsar Express                       |
|  13 | 22125/26 Nagpur-Amritsar Express                       |
|  14 | 12715/16 Hazur Sahib Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express |
|  15 | 14679/80 Delhi-Amritsar Express                        |
|  16 | 12903/04 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Golden Temple Express     |
|  17 | 12203/04 Saharsa-Amritsar Express                      |
|  18 | 20807/08 Vishakhapatnam-Amritsar Hirakud Express       |
|  19 | 22487/88 Delhi-Amritsar Vande Bharat Express           |
|  20 | 12013/14 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express           |
|  21 | 18237/38 Korba-Amritsar Chattisgarh Express            |
|  22 | 18101/02 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express                  |
|  23 | 18309/10 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express                  |

These  includes  the  following  3  train  services  which  depart  Delhi  during night hours:

1. 18237 Korba-Amritsar Chattisgarh Express (H. Nizamuddin Deptarture: 20:05 hrs)
2. 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express (Delhi Deptarture: 21:25 hrs)
3. 18309 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Delhi Deptarture: 21:25 hrs)

Besides, introduction of new train services on any route/section, which is an on-going process, depends on various factors which include:

- Capacity of that section
- Availability of path
- Availability of required rolling stock
- Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock
- Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets

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