Lok Sabha Question No. 242 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Railway Stoppages for Improving Accessibility
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 242 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

RAILWAY STOPPAGES FOR IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY

*242. DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  providing  additional  stoppages  on  public demand and operational feasibility with a view to improve accessibility and make journeys easier for travellers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals to provide train halts at Boisar and other stations of Palghar Lok Sabha Constituency for express and superfast trains;
- (d) if so, the current status of these proposals; and
- (e) the timeline for approval and implementation of said proposals?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 242 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

(a) to  (e)  On  Indian  Railways,  provision  of  stoppage  of  train  services depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility including availability of extra time on the section & availability of matching infrastructure  such  as  Platform  length  etc..    Accordingly,  provision  of stoppages of train services is an on-going process.

However,  as  the railway network  straddles across boundaries  of Parliamentary Constituency, trains are operated, as per network requirement, across such boundaries.

Presently, Palghar and Boisar stations are served by 104 (including 46 Mail/Express, 16 Passenger and 42 Suburban services) and 99 (including 41 Mail/Express, 16  Passenger  and  42  Suburban  services) train services respectively. These are listed below:

## Trains serving Palghar:

|   SN | Train No.   | Name of Train                              |
|------|-------------|--------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 12471/12472 | Bandra (T) - SMVD Katra Swaraj Express     |
|    2 | 12489/12490 | Sri Ganganagar - Dadar Express             |
|    3 | 12901       | Dadar - Ahmedabad Gujarat Mail Express     |
|    4 | 12921/12922 | Mumbai Central - Surat Flying Rani Express |
|    5 | 12979/12980 | Bandra (T) - Jaipur Express                |
|    6 | 12995/12996 | Bandra (T) - Ajmer Express                 |
|    7 | 14707/14708 | Hanumangarh - Dadar Ranakpur Express       |
|    8 | 16209/16210 | Ajmer - Mysuru Express                     |
|    9 | 19001/19002 | Virar - Surat Express                      |
|   10 | 19003/19004 | Dadar - Bhusaval Khandesh Express          |
|   11 | 19015/19016 | Dadar - Porbandar Saurashtra Express       |

|   12 | 19019/19020   | Bandra(T) - Haridwar Dehradun Express                                         |
|------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | 19101/19102   | Virar - Bharuch/Surat Express                                                 |
|   14 | 19217/19218   | Bandra (T) - Veraval Saurashtra Janta Express                                 |
|   15 | 19417/19418   | Borivali - Vatva/Ahmedabad Express                                            |
|   16 | 19425/19426   | Borivali - Nandurbar Express                                                  |
|   17 | 20483/20484   | Bhagat Ki Kothi - Dadar Express                                               |
|   18 | 20909/20910   | Thiruvananthapuram North (Kochuveli) - Porbandar Express                      |
|   19 | 22659/22660   | Thiruvananthapuram North (Kochuveli) - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express |
|   20 | 22919/22920   | Chennai Central - Ahmedabad Humsafar Express                                  |
|   21 | 22927/22928   | Bandra (T) - Ahmedabad Lok Shakti Express                                     |
|   22 | 22945/22946   | Mumbai Central - Okha Saurashtra Mail                                         |
|   23 | 22954         | Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Gujarat Express                                    |
|   24 | 22955/22956   | Bandra (T) - Bhuj Kutch Express                                               |
|   25 | 59023/59024   | Mumbai Central - Valsad Passenger                                             |
|   26 | 59039/59040   | Virar - Valsad Passenger/Vapi - Mumbai Central Passenger                      |
|   27 | 59045/59046   | Mumbai Central - Vapi/Valsad - Virar Passenger                                |
|   28 | 61001/61002   | Boisar - Vasai Road -Dombivali MEMU                                           |
|   29 | 69139/69140   | Borivali - Valsad/Surat - Virar MEMU                                          |
|   30 | 69143/69144   | Virar - Sanjan MEMU                                                           |
|   31 | 69161/69164   | Panvel - Dahanu Road MEMU                                                     |
|   32 | 69173/69174   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Borivali MEMU                                           |
|   33 | 93001/93002   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban                                     |
|   34 | 93003/93004   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban                                     |

|   35 | 93005/93006   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|   36 | 93007/93008   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road Suburban            |
|   37 | 93009/93010   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Borivali Suburban |
|   38 | 93011/93012   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   39 | 93013/93014   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   40 | 93015/93016   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   41 | 93017/93018   | Borivali - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban      |
|   42 | 93019/93020   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   43 | 93021/93022   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   44 | 93023/93024   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   45 | 93025/93026   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   46 | 93027/93028   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Dadar Suburban         |
|   47 | 93029/93030   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   48 | 93031/93032   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   49 | 93033/93034   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   50 | 93035/93036   | Dadar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   51 | 93037/93038   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   52 | 93039/93040   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   53 | 93041/93042   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |

## Trains serving Boisar:

|   SN | Train No    | Train Name                                                     |
|------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 12935/12936 | Bandra (T) - Surat Express                                     |
|    2 | 16311/16312 | Shri Ganganagar - Thiruvananthapuram North (Kochuveli) Express |
|    3 | 16333/16334 | Veraval - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express                   |

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| 4              | 16335/16336 Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express                 |
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5 16337/16338  | Okha - Ernakulam Express                                   |
| 6 16587/16588  | Yesvantpur - Bikaner Express                               |
| 7 19001/19002  | Virar - Surat Express                                      |
| 8 19015/19016  | Dadar-Porbandar Saurashtra Express                         |
| 9 19037/19038  | Bandra (T)-Barauni Avadh Express                           |
| 10 19101/19102 | Virar - Bharuch/Surat Express                              |
| 11 19417/19418 | Borivali - Vatva/Ahmedabad Express                         |
| 12 19425/19426 | Borivali - Nandurbar Express                               |
| 13 19577/19578 | Tirunelveli-Jamnagar Express                               |
| 14 20921/20922 | Bandra (T) - Lucknow Express                               |
| 15             | 20931/20932 Thiruvananthapuram North(Kochuveli)- Indore    |
| 16 20953/20954 | Chennai Central - Ahmedabad Express                        |
| 17 20967/20968 | Secunderabad - Porbandar Express                           |
| 18 22193/22194 | Daund - Gwalior Express                                    |
| 19 22917/22918 | Bandra (T)-Haridwar Express                                |
| 20 22927       | Ahmedabad - Bandra (T) Lok Shakti Express                  |
| 21 22953/22954 | Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Gujarat Express                 |
| 22 59023/59024 | Mumbai Central - Valsad Passenger                          |
| 23 59039/59040 | Virar - Valsad/Vapi - Mumbai Central Passenger             |
| 24             | 59045/59046 Mumbai Central - Vapi/Valsad - Virar Passenger |
| 25 61001/61002 | Boisar - Vasai Road/Domvivali MEMU                         |
| 26 69139/69140 | Borivali - Valsad/Surat - Virar MEMU                       |
| 27             | 69143/69144 Virar - Sanjan MEMU                            |
| 28             | 69161/69164 Panvel - Dahanu Road MEMU                      |

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|   29 | 69173/69174   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Borivali MEMU          |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|   30 | 93001/93002   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   31 | 93003/93004   | Virar - Dahanu Road- Churchgate Suburban     |
|   32 | 93005/93006   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   33 | 93007/93008   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road Suburban            |
|   34 | 93009/93010   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Borivali Suburban |
|   35 | 93011/93012   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   36 | 93013/93014   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   37 | 93015/93016   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   38 | 93017/93018   | Borivali - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban      |
|   39 | 93019/93020   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   40 | 93021/93022   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   41 | 93023/93024   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   42 | 93025/93026   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   43 | 93027/93028   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Dadar Suburban         |
|   44 | 93029/93030   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   45 | 93031/93032   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |
|   46 | 93033/93034   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   47 | 93035/93036   | Dadar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   48 | 93037/93038   | Virar - Dahanu Road - Churchgate Suburban    |
|   49 | 93039/93040   | Virar - Dahanu Road Suburban                 |
|   50 | 93041/93042   | Churchgate - Dahanu Road - Virar Suburban    |

To  facilitate  the  passengers  of  Palghar,  stoppages  of  the  following trains have been provided at Palghar in the recent past:

1. 22955/22956 Bandra(T)-Bhuj Kutch Express (w.e.f. 17 th  May, 2025)
2. 12489/12490 Sri Ganganagar-Dadar Express (w.e.f. 18 th  May, 2025)

Similarly,  stoppage  of  22927/22928  Bandra(T)-Ahmedabad  Lokshakti Express  at  Saphale  station(located  near  Palghar)  has  also  been  provided w.e.f. 04.09.2025.

Proposals/ requests/ suggestions/ representations, both formal  and informal inter  alia  for  provision  of  stoppage  of  trains  are  received  from Members of Parliament, elected representatives, organizations/rail users etc. at various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Divisional Office etc. As receipt of such proposals/ requests/ suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained. However, these are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time, which is an on-going process.

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