Lok Sabha Question No. 3077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: New Train Services from Dhanbad Junction
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## NEW TRAIN SERVICES FROM DHANBAD JUNCTION

## 3077. SHRI DULU MAHATO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  a  representation  from  a  public representative  for  introduction  of  new  train  services  from  Dhanbad Junction,-  (i)  Dhanbad-Bengaluru  Superfast/Humsafar/Express  train  via Bokaro-Ranchi route, and (ii) Dhanbad-Buxar direct train service;
- (b) if so, the action taken thereon; and
- (c) the timeline by when final decision is likely to be taken in respect of the said proposals?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) Proposals/ requests/ suggestions/ representations, both formal and informal inter  alia  for  introduction/restoration  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.

At  present,  Dhanbad  is  served  by  the  following  130  Mail/Express  train services and 16 Passenger  train services  connecting  Dhanbad  station  to

various  destinations  of  the  country  like  Delhi,  Kolkata,  Hyderabad,  Patna, Gorakhpur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Indore, etc. The list of trains serving Dhanbad station as detailed below:-

|   SN | Train Number and Name                      |
|------|--------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 11045 Kolhapur - Dhanbad Express           |
|    2 | 11046 Dhanbad - Kolhapur Express           |
|    3 | 11447 Jabalpur - Howrah Express            |
|    4 | 11448 Howrah - Jabalpur Express            |
|    5 | 11631 Bhopal - Dhanbad Express             |
|    6 | 11632 Dhanbad - Bhopal Express             |
|    7 | 12019 Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express     |
|    8 | 12020 Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi Express     |
|    9 | 12175 Howrah - Gwalior Express             |
|   10 | 12176 Gwalior - Howrah Express             |
|   11 | 12177 Howrah - Mathura Express             |
|   12 | 12178 Mathura - Howrah Express             |
|   13 | 12259 Sealdah - Bikaner Duronto Express    |
|   14 | 12260 Bikaner - Sealdah Duronto Express    |
|   15 | 12301 Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express  |
|   16 | 12302 New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani Express  |
|   17 | 12307 Howrah - Jodhpur Express             |
|   18 | 12308 Jodhpur - Howrah Express             |
|   19 | 12311 Howrah - Kalka Express               |
|   20 | 12312 Kalka - Howrah Express               |
|   21 | 12313 Sealdah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express |
|   22 | 12314 New Delhi - Sealdah Rajdhani Express |
|   23 | 12319 Kolkata - Gwalior Express            |
|   24 | 12320 Gwalior - Kolkata Express            |

| 25    | 12321 Howrah - CSMT(Mumbai) Express                           |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 26    | 12322 CSMT(Mumbai) - Howrah Express                           |
| 27    | 12323 Howrah - Barmer Express                                 |
| 28    | 12324 Barmer - Howrah Express                                 |
| 29    | 12329 Sealdah - Anand Vihar (T) Express                       |
| 30    | 12330 Anand Vihar (T) - Sealdah Express                       |
| 31    | 12339 Howrah - Dhanbad Express                                |
| 32    | 12340 Dhanbad - Howrah Express                                |
| 33    | 12353 Howrah - Lalkua Express                                 |
| 34    | 12354 Lalkua - Howrah Express                                 |
| 35    | 12357 Kolkata - Amritsar Express                              |
| 36    | 12358 Amritsar- Kolkata Express                               |
| 37 38 | 12371 Howrah - Bikaner Express 12372 Bikaner - Howrah Express |
|       | 12379 Sealdah - Amritsar                                      |
| 39    | Express                                                       |
| 41    | 12381 Howrah - New Delhi Express                              |
| 42    | 12382 New Delhi - Howrah Express                              |
| 43    | 12495 Bikaner - Kolkata                                       |
|       | Express                                                       |
| 44    | 12496 Kolkata - Bikaner Express                               |
| 45    | 12937 Gandhidham - Howrah Express                             |
| 46    | 12938 Howrah - Gandhidham Express                             |
| 47    | 12941 Bhavnagar (T) - Asansol . Express                       |
| 48    | 12942 Asansol -. Bhavnagar (T) Express                        |
| 49    | 12987 Sealdah - Ajmer Express                                 |
| 50    | 12988 Ajmer - Sealdah Express                                 |
| 51    | 13009 Howrah - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express                   |
| 52    | 13010 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Howrah Express                   |

| 53   | 13025 Howrah - Bhopal Express               |
|------|---------------------------------------------|
| 54   | 13026 Bhopal - Howrah Express               |
| 55   | 13065 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat |
| 56   | 13066 Anand Vihar (T) - Howrah Amrit Bharat |
| 57   | 13151 Kolkata - Jammu Tawi Express          |
| 58   | 13152 Jammu Tawi - Kolkata Express          |
| 59   | 13167 Kolkata - Agra Cantt. Express         |
| 60   | 13168 Agra Cantt. - Kolkata Express         |
| 61   | 13301 Dhanbad - Adityapur Express           |
| 62   | 13302 Adityapur - Dhanbad Express           |
| 63   | 13303 Dhanbad - Ranchi Express              |
| 64   | 13304 Ranchi - Dhanbad Express              |
| 66   | 13306 Sasaram - Dhanbad Express             |
| 67   | 13307 Dhanbad - Firozpur Cantt. Express     |
| 68   | 13308 Firozpur Cantt - Dhanbad Express      |
| 69   | 13319 Dumka - Ranchi Express                |
| 70   | 13320 Ranchi - Dumka Express                |
| 71   | 13329 Dhanbad - Patna                       |
|      | Express                                     |
| 72   | 13330 Patna - Dhanbad Express               |
| 73   | 13331 Dhanbad - Patna Express               |
| 74   | 13332 Patna - Dhanbad Express               |
| 75   | 13351 Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express           |
| 76   | 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express           |
| 77   | 13403 Ranchi - Bhagalpur Express            |
| 78   | 13404 Bhagalpur - Ranchi Express            |
| 79   | 13425 Malda Town - Surat Express            |
| 80   | 13426 Surat - Malda Town Express            |

|   81 | 13503 Bardhaman - Hatia Express       |
|------|---------------------------------------|
|   82 | 13504 Hatia - Bardhaman Express       |
|   83 | 13545 Asansol - Gaya Express          |
|   84 | 13546 Gaya - Asansol Express          |
|   85 | 13553 Asansol - Varanasi Express      |
|   86 | 13554 Varanasi - Asansol Express      |
|   87 | 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express   |
|   88 | 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express   |
|   89 | 15661 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express       |
|   90 | 15662 Kamakhya - Ranchi Express       |
|   91 | 17005 Hyderabad - Raxaul Express      |
|   92 | 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Express      |
|   93 | 17007 Charlapalli - Darbhanga Express |
|   94 | 17008 Darbhanga - Charlapalli Express |
|   95 | 17321 Vasco Da Gama - Jasidih Express |
|   96 | 17322 Jasidih - Vasco Da Gama Express |
|   97 | 18019 Jhargram - Dhanbad Express      |
|   98 | 18020 Dhanbad - Jhargram Express      |
|   99 | 18105 Rourkela - Jaynagar Express     |
|  100 | 18106 Jaynagar - Rourkela Express     |
|  101 | 18119 Tatanagar - Jaynagar Express    |
|  102 | 18120 Jaynagar - Tatanagar Express    |
|  103 | 18185 Tatanagar - Godda Express       |
|  104 | 18186 Godda - Tatanagar Express       |
|  105 | 18603 Ranchi - Godda Express          |
|  106 | 18604 Godda - Ranchi Express          |
|  107 | 18619 Ranchi - Godda Express          |
|  108 | 18620 Godda - Ranchi Express          |

|   109 | 18621 Patna - Hatia Express              |
|-------|------------------------------------------|
|   110 | 18622 Hatia - Patna Express              |
|   111 | 18629 Ranchi - Gorakhpur Express         |
|   112 | 18630 Gorakhpur - Ranchi Express         |
|   113 | 19413 Ahmedabad - Kolkata Express        |
|   114 | 19414 Kolkata - Ahmedabad Express        |
|   115 | 19607 Kolkata - Madar Express            |
|   116 | 19608 Madar - Kolkata Express            |
|   117 | 20975 Howrah - Agra Cantt Express        |
|   118 | 20976 Agra Cantt. - Howrah Express       |
|   119 | 22303 Howrah - Gaya Vande Bharat Express |
|   120 | 22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express |
|   121 | 22307 Howrah - Bikaner Express           |
|   122 | 22308 Bikaner - Howrah Express           |
|   123 | 22317 Sealdah - Jammu Tawi Express       |
|   124 | 22318 Jammu Tawi - Sealdah Express       |
|   125 | 22323 Kolkata - Ghazipur City Express    |
|   126 | 22324 Ghazipur City - Kolkata Express    |
|   127 | 22387 Howrah - Dhanbad Express           |
|   128 | 22388 Dhanbad - Howrah Express           |
|   129 | 22911 Indore - Howrah Express            |
|   130 | 22912 Howrah - Indore Express            |
|   131 | 53323 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger    |
|   132 | 53324 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger    |
|   133 | 53327 Sindri Town - NSCB Gomoh Passenger |
|   134 | 53328 NSCB Gomoh - Sindri Town Passenger |
|   135 | 53333 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger    |
|   136 | 53334 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger    |

|   137 | 53339 Chandrapura - Dhanbad Passenger   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------|
|   138 | 53340 Dhanbad - Chandrapura Passenger   |
|   139 | 63541 Asansol - NSCB Gomoh MEMU         |
|   140 | 63542 NSCB Gomoh - Asansol MEMU         |
|   141 | 63543 Asansol - NSCB Gomoh MEMU         |
|   142 | 63544 NSCB Gomoh - Asansol MEMU         |
|   143 | 63555 Asansol - Barkakana MEMU          |
|   144 | 63556 Barkakana - Asansol MEMU          |
|   145 | 68087 Bishnupur - Dhanbad MEMU          |
|   146 | 68088 Dhanbad - Bankura MEMU            |

Further, in its constant endeavour to facilitate passengers, Indian Railways (IR),  also  operates  Special  train  services  during  festivals,  holidays,  etc.  to cater to the extra needs of passengers and supplement the accommodation available by regular services. Accordingly, to cater to the needs of passengers of Dhanbad,  Indian Railways are operating 08183/84 TatanagarBuxar  Special  (via  Dhanbad)  and  06563/64    Dhanbad-Yesvantpur  Speical services.

In  addition,  it  has  also  been  decided  to  introduce  16619/16620  PodanurCoimbatore-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express.

Besides, introduction of new train services, including Humsafar Express, 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.
- Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section.

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