Lok Sabha Question No. 4327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Demand for Railway Connectivity in Shravasti District, Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4327

## LOK SABHA TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## DEMAND FOR RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY IN SHRAVASTI DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH

†4327. SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

whether any work is being done to introduce new train services, increase stoppages,  improve  train  frequency  on  the  Balrampur,  Tulsipur,  Gasdi (Gainsari) Gonda-Shravasti railway lines and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

To  cater  to  the  needs  of  passengers  of  Gorakhpur-Tulsipur-Balrampur sector,  it  has  been  decided  to  extend  13507/13508  Asansol-Gorakhpur Express  upto  Balrampur.  Also,  to  facilitate  the  passengers  of  GondaBalrampur-Tulsipur-Gainsari  sector,  it  has  been  decided  to  introduce 55061/55062 Nakaha Jungle-Daliganj Passenger.

At present, Balrampur, Tulsipur, Gainsari and Gonda stations are served by 22  trains,  20  trains,  06  trains  and  164  train  services.The  trains  serving these stations are listed below:

## Trains serving Balrampur station:

|   SN | Train No. and Name                         |
|------|--------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express |
|    2 | 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express |
|    3 | 12571 Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar (T) Express    |
|    4 | 12572 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express    |
|    5 | 15009 Gorakhpur-Izzatnagar Express         |
|    6 | 15010 Izzatnagar-Gorakhpur Express         |
|    7 | 15065 Gorakhpur-Panvel Express             |
|    8 | 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express             |

|   9 | 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express   |
|-----|--------------------------------------|
|  10 | 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express   |
|  11 | 15069 Gorakhpur-Aishbagh Express     |
|  12 | 15070 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur Express     |
|  13 | 15081 Gorakhpur-Gomti Nagar Express  |
|  14 | 15082 Gomti Nagar-Gorakhpur Express  |
|  15 | 15705 Katihar-Delhi Express          |
|  16 | 15706 Delhi Jn.-Katihar Express      |
|  17 | 22199 Gwalior-Balrampur Express      |
|  18 | 22200 Balrampur-Gwalior Express      |
|  19 | 22921 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express   |
|  20 | 22922 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express   |
|  21 | 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU       |
|  22 | 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU       |

## Trains serving Tulsipur station:

|   Sr. | Train No. and Name                         |
|-------|--------------------------------------------|
|     1 | 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express |
|     2 | 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express |
|     3 | 12571 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express   |
|     4 | 12572 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express    |
|     5 | 15009 Gorakhpur-Izzatnagar Express         |
|     6 | 15010 Izzatnagar-Gorakhpur Express         |
|     7 | 15065 Gorakhpur-Panvel Express             |
|     8 | 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express             |
|     9 | 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express         |
|    10 | 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express         |
|    11 | 15069 Gorakhpur-Aishbagh Express           |
|    12 | 15070 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur Express           |
|    13 | 15081 Gorakhpur-Gomti Nagar Express        |
|    14 | 15082 Gomti Nagar-Gorakhpur Express        |
|    15 | 15705 Katihar -Delhi Express               |
|    16 | 15706 Delhi-Katihar Express                |
|    17 | 22921 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express         |
|    18 | 22922 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express         |
|    19 | 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU             |
|    20 | 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU             |

## Trains serving Gainsari station:

|   SN | Train No. and Name                         |
|------|--------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express |
|    2 | 11080 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express |
|    3 | 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra (T) Express         |
|    4 | 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express         |
|    5 | 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU             |
|    6 | 75108 Gonda-Nakaha Jungle DEMU             |

## Trains serving Gonda station:

|   Sr. | Train No. and Name                                    |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | 11055 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gonda Express                |
|     2 | 11056 Gonda -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express               |
|     3 | 11079 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express            |
|     4 | 11080 Gorakhpur -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express           |
|     5 | 11123 Gwalior -Barauni Express                        |
|     6 | 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Express                         |
|     7 | 12211 Muzaffarpur -Anand Vihar (T) Garib Rath Express |
|     8 | 12212 Anand Vihar (T)-Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express  |
|     9 | 12511 Gorakhpur -Thiruvananthapuram North Express     |
|    10 | 12512 Thiruvananthapuram North-Gorakhpur Express      |
|    11 | 12521 Barauni-Ernakulam Express                       |
|    12 | 12522 Ernakulam -Barauni Express                      |
|    13 | 12523 New Jalpaiguri-Anand Vihar (T) Express          |
|    14 | 12524 Anand Vihar (T)-New Jalpaiguri Express          |
|    15 | 12555 Gorakhpur -Bathinda Express                     |
|    16 | 12556 Bathinda-Gorakhpur Express                      |
|    17 | 12557 Muzaffarpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express            |
|    18 | 12558 Anand Vihar (T)-Muzaffarpur Express             |
|    19 | 12565 Darbhanga -New Delhi Express                    |
|    20 | 12566 New Delhi-Darbhanga Express                     |
|    21 | 12571 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express              |
|    22 | 12572 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express               |
|    23 | 12587 Gorakhpur -Jammu Tawi Express                   |
|    24 | 12588 Jammu Tawi-Gorakhpur Express                    |
|    25 | 12589 Gorakhpur -Charlapalli Express                  |
|    26 | 12590 Charlapalli-Gorakhpur Express                   |

|   27 | 12591 Gorakhpur -Yesvantpur Express                      |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|   28 | 12592 Yesvantpur -Gorakhpur Express                      |
|   29 | 12595 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express                 |
|   30 | 12596 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express                  |
|   31 | 12597 Gorakhpur -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express |
|   32 | 12598 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Gorakhpur Express  |
|   33 | 13019 Howrah -Kathgodam Express                          |
|   34 | 13020 Kathgodam-Howrah Express                           |
|   35 | 13509 Asansol -Gonda Express                             |
|   36 | 13510 Gonda -Asansol Express                             |
|   37 | 14009 Bapudham Motihari-Anand Vihar (T) Express          |
|   38 | 14010 Anand Vihar (T)-Bapudham Motihari Express          |
|   39 | 14011 Radhikapur-Anand Vihar (T) Express                 |
|   40 | 14012 Anand Vihar (T)-Radhikapur Express                 |
|   41 | 14047 Sitamarhi-Delhi Amrit Bharat Express               |
|   42 | 14048 Delhi -Sitamarhi Amrit Bharat Express              |
|   43 | 14213 Varanasi-Bahraich Express                          |
|   44 | 14214 Bahraich-Varanasi Express                          |
|   45 | 14603 Narpatganj-Amritsar Express                        |
|   46 | 14604 Amritsar-Narpatganj Express                        |
|   47 | 14617 Purnia Court-Amritsar Express                      |
|   48 | 14618 Amritsar-Purnia Court Express                      |
|   49 | 14627 Saharsa -Chheharta Amrit Bharat Express            |
|   50 | 14628 Chheharta-Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express             |
|   51 | 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express                          |
|   52 | 14674 Amritsar-Jaynagar Express                          |
|   53 | 14691 Barauni-Jammu Tawi Express                         |
|   54 | 14692 Jammu Tawi-Barauni Express                         |
|   55 | 15001 Muzaffarpur -Dehradun Express                      |
|   56 | 15002 Dehradun-Muzaffarpur Express                       |
|   57 | 15005 Gorakhpur -Dehradun Express                        |
|   58 | 15006 Dehradun-Gorakhpur Express                         |
|   59 | 15007 Varanasi City-Lucknow Express                      |
|   60 | 15008 Lucknow-Varanasi City Express                      |
|   61 | 15009 Gorakhpur -Izzatnagar Express                      |
|   62 | 15010 Izzatnagar -Gorakhpur Express                      |
|   63 | 15029 Gorakhpur -Pune Express                            |

|   64 | 15030 Pune -Gorakhpur Express                      |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|
|   65 | 15031 Gorakhpur -Lucknow Express                   |
|   66 | 15032 Lucknow-Gorakhpur Express                    |
|   67 | 15033 Patliputra-Lucknow Express                   |
|   68 | 15034 Lucknow-Patliputra Express                   |
|   69 | 15045 Gorakhpur -Okha Express                      |
|   70 | 15046 Okha-Gorakhpur Express                       |
|   71 | 15057 Gorakhpur -Anand Vihar (T) Express           |
|   72 | 15058 Anand Vihar (T)-Gorakhpur Express            |
|   73 | 15065 Gorakhpur -Panvel Express                    |
|   74 | 15066 Panvel-Gorakhpur Express                     |
|   75 | 15067 Gorakhpur -Bandra (T) Express                |
|   76 | 15068 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express                 |
|   77 | 15069 Gorakhpur -Aishbagh Express                  |
|   78 | 15070 Aishbagh-Gorakhpur Express                   |
|   79 | 15077 Kamakhya-Gomti Nagar Express                 |
|   80 | 15078 Gomti Nagar-Kamakhya Express                 |
|   81 | 15081 Gorakhpur -Gomti Nagar Express               |
|   82 | 15082 Gomti Nagar-Gorakhpur Express                |
|   83 | 15089 Godda-Gomti Nagar Express                    |
|   84 | 15090 Gomti Nagar-Godda Express                    |
|   85 | 15097 Bhagalpur-Jammu Tawi Express                 |
|   86 | 15098 Jammu Tawi-Bhagalpur Express                 |
|   87 | 15109 Chhapra-Mathura Express                      |
|   88 | 15110 Mathura -Chhapra Express                     |
|   89 | 15113 Gomti Nagar-Chhapra Express                  |
|   90 | 15114 Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express                  |
|   91 | 15133 Chhapra-Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express |
|   92 | 15134 Anand Vihar (T)-Chhapra Amrit Bharat Express |
|   93 | 15135 Chhapra-Amritsar Express                     |
|   94 | 15136 Amritsar-Chhapra Express                     |
|   95 | 15203 Barauni-Lucknow Express                      |
|   96 | 15204 Lucknow-Barauni Express                      |
|   97 | 15211 Darbhanga -Amritsar Express                  |
|   98 | 15212 Amritsar-Darbhanga Express                   |
|   99 | 15269 Muzaffarpur -Sabarmati Bg Express            |
|  100 | 15270 Sabarmati Bg-Muzaffarpur Express             |

|   101 | 15273 Raxaul -Anand Vihar (T) Express                        |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|   102 | 15274 Anand Vihar (T)-Raxaul Express                         |
|   103 | 15279 Saharsa -Anand Vihar (T) Express                       |
|   104 | 15280 Anand Vihar (T)-Saharsa Express                        |
|   105 | 15529 Saharsa -Anand Vihar (T) Express                       |
|   106 | 15530 Anand Vihar (T)-Saharsa Express                        |
|   107 | 15531 Saharsa -Amritsar Express                              |
|   108 | 15532 Amritsar-Saharsa Express                               |
|   109 | 15565 Lalitgram-New Delhi Express                            |
|   110 | 15566 New Delhi-Lalitgram Express                            |
|   111 | 15567 Bapudham Motihari-Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express |
|   112 | 15568 Anand Vihar (T)-Bapudham Motihari Amrit Bharat Express |
|   113 | 15621 Kamakhya-Anand Vihar (T) Express                       |
|   114 | 15622 Anand Vihar (T)-Kamakhya Express                       |
|   115 | 15651 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Express                            |
|   116 | 15652 Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express                            |
|   117 | 15653 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Express                            |
|   118 | 15654 Jammu Tawi-Guwahati Express                            |
|   119 | 15655 Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express          |
|   120 | 15656 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express          |
|   121 | 15705 Katihar -Delhi Express                                 |
|   122 | 15706 Delhi -Katihar Express                                 |
|   123 | 15707 Katihar -Amritsar Express                              |
|   124 | 15708 Amritsar-Katihar Express                               |
|   125 | 15903 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express                           |
|   126 | 15904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express                           |
|   127 | 15909 Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express                              |
|   128 | 15910 Lalgarh -Dibrugarh Express                             |
|   129 | 19037 Bandra (T)-Barauni Express                             |
|   130 | 19038 Barauni-Bandra (T) Express                             |
|   131 | 19269 Porbandar-Muzaffarpur Express                          |
|   132 | 19270 Muzaffarpur -Porbandar Express                         |
|   133 | 19409 Sabarmati Bg-Thawe Express                             |
|   134 | 19410 Thawe -Sabarmati Bg Express                            |
|   135 | 19623 Madar -Darbhanga Amrit Bharat Express                  |
|   136 | 19624 Darbhanga -Madar Amrit Bharat Express                  |
|   137 | 20103 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Bhatni Express                      |

|   138 | 20104 Bhatni -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express    |
|-------|---------------------------------------------|
|   139 | 22199 Gwalior -Balrampur Express            |
|   140 | 22200 Balrampur-Gwalior Express             |
|   141 | 22423 Gorakhpur -Amritsar Express           |
|   142 | 22424 Amritsar-Gorakhpur Express            |
|   143 | 22533 Gorakhpur -Yesvantpur Express         |
|   144 | 22534 Yesvantpur -Gorakhpur Express         |
|   145 | 22537 Gorakhpur -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express |
|   146 | 22538 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur Express  |
|   147 | 22921 Bandra (T)-Gorakhpur Express          |
|   148 | 22922 Gorakhpur -Bandra (T) Express         |
|   149 | 55031 Gorakhpur -Gonda Passenger            |
|   150 | 55032 Gonda -Gorakhpur Passenger            |
|   151 | 55033 Gonda -Sitapur Passenger              |
|   152 | 55034 Sitapur -Gonda Passenger              |
|   153 | 55091 Gonda -Sitapur City Passenger         |
|   154 | 55092 Sitapur City-Gonda Passenger          |
|   155 | 55093 Gorakhpur -Gonda Passenger            |
|   156 | 55094 Gonda -Gorakhpur Passenger            |
|   157 | 75107 Nakaha Jungle-Gonda DEMU              |
|   158 | 75108 Gonda -Nakaha Jungle DEMU             |
|   159 | 75109 Gonda -Bahraich DEMU                  |
|   160 | 75110 Bahraich-Gonda DEMU                   |
|   161 | 75111 Gonda -Bahraich DEMU                  |
|   162 | 75112 Bahraich-Gonda DEMU                   |
|   163 | 75113 Gonda -Bahraich DEMU                  |
|   164 | 75114 Bahraich-Gonda DEMU                   |

Besides, introduction of train services/increase in frequency/provision of  stoppages,  are  on-going  processes, subect  to  operational  feasibility, resource availability, traffic justification etc.

Bahraich-Shravasti-Balrampur-Utraula-Domariyaganj-Khalilabad line Bahraich-Shravasti-Balrampur-Utraula-Domariyaganj-Khalilabad line project (240  Km)  has  been  sanctioned  at  a  cost  of  ₹4940  crore  to  augment  the railway network in the district Shravasti.

The project has been notified as 'Special Railway Project' for acquisition of  land  through  State  Government.  The  project  consists  of  32  stations namely Khalilabad, Bhagauli, Bakhira, Medhawal, Pasai, Khesraha, Bansi, Ramwanpur,  Bhagobhar,  Tikaria,  Domariyaganj,  Dhankharpur,  Banjarha, Chirkutiha,  Utraula,  Kapauasherpur,  Sridatganj,  Mahesh  Bhari,  Khagaijot, Balrampur, Jharkhandi, Hasuwal Dol, Shravasti, Ikauna, Luxmanpur, Bishunapur, Bhinga, Hariharpur, Bardehra, Dhuswa, Ajatapur and Bahraich. All these stations are planned with modern facilities.

## Major section-wise progress is as under:

| Section                     | Status                                                                                                                                 |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Khalilabad- Bansi (54 Km)   | More than 90 percent of land acquisition completed. Earthwork, minor, major bridges and station construction works have been taken up. |
| Bansi-Shravasti (113 Km)    | Land acquisition has been taken up                                                                                                     |
| Shravasti- Bahraish (73 Km) | Land acquisition has been taken up and is in advance stage.                                                                            |

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s .

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