Lok Sabha Question No. 3382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Operation of New Train in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3382 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## OPERATION OF NEW TRAIN IN MAHARASHTRA

†3382. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Vande  Bharat  trains  currently  in  operation  in different States of the country along with the date of commencement of operations of the said trains, route-wise;
- (b)   the  number  of  more  such  trains  likely  to  be  operated  in  the coming years along with the  names  of  routes  and  the  names  of  the States particularly in Maharashtra where the said trains are proposed to be operationalised;
- (c) the present production capacity for manufacture of Vande Bharat coaches in the coach factories; and
- (d)  the  number  of  trains  that  can  be  operated  in  a  year  using  the present capacity and the manner in which the Railways proposes to improve the same?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (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. 3382 BY SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE AND SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.08.2023 REGARDING OPERATION OF NEW TRAIN IN MAHARASHTRA

(a) to (d)  As on 3rd  August, 2023, 50 Vande Bharat train services are running  across  the  Indian  Railways,  connecting  States  having  Broad Gauge  (B.G.) electrified network. These  are operational on the Varanasi-New Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express  (15/02/2019), New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-New Delhi Vande Bharat   Express (03/10/2019), Mumbai  Central-Gandhinagar Capital-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express (30/09/2022), New Delhi-Amb Andaura-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express (13/10/2022), MGR Chennai-Mysuru-MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express (12/11/2022), Bilaspur-Nagpur-Bilaspur Vande  Bharat  Express  (11/12/2022),  Howrah-New  Jalpaiguri-Howrah Vande  Bharat  Express  (30/12/2022),  Visakhapatnam-SecunderabadVisakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express (15/01/2023), Mumbai-Sri Saingar  Shirdi-Mumbai  Vande  Bharat  Express  (10/02/2023),  MumbaiSolapur-Mumbai  Vande  Bharat  Express  (10/02/2023),  Rani  KamlapatiHazrat Nizamuddin-Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express (01/04/2023), Secunderabad-Tirupati-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express (08/04/2023),  MGR  Chennai-Coimbatore-MGR   Chennai   Vande  Bharat Express (08/04/2023), Ajmer-Delhi Cantt.-Ajmer Vande Bharat Express (12/04/2023), Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express (25/04/2023), Howrah-Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express (18/05/2023), Anand  Vihar (T)-Dehradun-Anand Vihar (T)

Vande  Bharat  Express  (25/05/2023),  New  Jalpaiguri-Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express (29/05/2023), KSR BengaluruDharwad-KSR  Bengaluru  Vande  Bharat  Express  (27/06/2023),  Rani Kamlapati-Jabalpur-Rani Kamlapati Vande Bharat Express (27/06/2023), Indore-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express (27/06/2023), Patna-Ranchi-Patna  Vande  Bharat  Express  (27/06/2023),  Chhatrapati Shivaji  Maharaj  (T)-Madgaon-Chhatrapati  Shivaji  Maharaj  (T)  Vande Bharat  Express  (27/06/2023),  Gorakhpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur  Vande Bharat Express (07/07/2023), Jodhpur-Sabarmati-Jodhpur Vande Bharat Express  (07/07/2023) routes. The  above  Vande  Bharat  services  include  10  Vande  Bharat  services which  are  catering  to  the  needs  of  stations  located  in  the  State  of Maharashtra. Moreover, introduction of trains, including Vande Bharat services, is an ongoing  process  on  Indian Railways  subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification etc. Indian Railways Production Units have the capability to manufacture about 7500 coaches per annum including Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB), Vande Bharat, Electric Multiple Unit (EMU), Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) etc. The yearly product-mix for production at these PUs is decided as per requirement for running additional number of trains.

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