Lok Sabha Question No. 1601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Vande Bharat Express on Ahmedabad-Dungarpur-Udaipur-Jaipur
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1601 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2024

## VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS ON

## AHMEDABAD-DUNGARPUR-UDAIPUR-JAIPUR

†1601.  SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state

- (a)  the  status  of  expansion  and  operation  of  Vande  Bharat  Express including  the  details  of  the  routes  on  which  it  is  operational  at  present including the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to introduce Vande Bharat Express on Ahmedabad-Dungarpur-Udaipur-Jaipur route as per demand;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor including the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to add additional general coaches in presently operating 12982 Asarva-Jaipur Superfast train in view of overcrowding passenger burden;
- (e) if so, the details of time period and if not, the reasons therefor including the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to introduce new trains on Ahmedabad-Delhi  via  Udaipur  and  Udaipur-Mumbai  via  Dungarpur  routes;
- and
- (g) if so, the reasons therefor including the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1601 BY SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2024 REGARDING VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS ON AHMEDABAD-DUNGARPUR-UDAIPUR-JAIPUR (a) to (g) As on 25 th  July, 2024, 102 Vande Bharat train services are running across  the  Indian  Railways,  connecting  states  having  Broad  Gauge  (B.G.) electrified network.  These are operational on the following sectors: Varanasi - New Delhi , New Delhi - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra , Mumbai Central  -  Gandhinagar  Capital  ,  New  Delhi  -  Amb  Andaura,  MGR  Chennai Central -Mysuru , Bilaspur -Nagpur , Howrah  New  Jalpaiguri , Visakhapatnam  -  Secunderabad  ,  Chhatrapati  Shivaji  Maharaj  Terminus  Sainagar  Shirdi,  Chhatrapati  Shivaji  Maharaj  Terminus  -  Solapur  ,  Rani Kamalapati  -  Hazrat  Nizamuddin  ,  MGR  Chennai  Central  -  Coimbatore  , Secunderabad -Tirupati , Ajmer -Chandigarh , Manglore Central -Thiruvananthapuram Central , Howrah -  Puri, Anand  Vihar (T)  - Dehradun  , New  Jalpaiguri  -  Guwahati,  Rani  Kamalapati  -  Rewa,  KSR  Bengaluru  Dharwad , Indore - Nagpur, Patna - Ranchi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Madgaon, Jodhpur -Sabarmati , Gorakhpur -Prayagraj, Kasargod -Thiruvananthapuram Central, Ahmedabad -Okha, Chennai Egmore -Tirunelveli  ,  MGR  Chennai  Central  -  Vijayawada,  Kacheguda  -  Yesvantpur, Udaipur City  - Jaipur  ,  Howrah  -  Patna  ,  Rourkela  -  Puri,  Howrah  -  Ranchi, Banglore Cantt - Coimbatore , Mangalore - Madgaon, Jalna - CSMT Mumbai ,

Banaras - New Delhi , Anand Vihar (T) - Ayodhya Cantt. , Shri Mata Vaishno Devi  Katra  -  New  Delhi,  Amritsar  -  Delhi,  Mysore  -  Chennai  Central  , Secunderabad  -  Visakhapatnam,  Bhubaneswar  -  Visakhapatnam  ,  Ranchi  Banaras  ,  Kalaburagi  -  SMV  Bengaluru,   New  Jalpaiguri  -  Patna,  Patna  Gomtinagar,  Khajuraho  -  Hazrat  Nizamuddin  ,  Lucknow  Jn  -  Dehradun  , Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad. At present 12981/12982 Asarva - Jaipur Express is operating with maximum permissible  load  of  22  LHB  (Linke  Hofmann  Busch)  coaches  including  04 general class coaches. At present, Ahmedabad -Delhi sector is being served by  8  pairs  of  trains  while  Udaipur-Mumbai  sector  is  served  by  2  pairs  of trains. Besides introduction of new train services and augmentation of existing/new train  services  is  an  ongoing  process  on  Indian  Railways  subject  to  traffic justification, operational feasibility, resource availability, etc. *****