Lok Sabha Question No. 1721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Lack of Superfast Trains from Sri Ganganagar-Hanumangarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kuldeep Indora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1721

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## LACK OF SUPERFAST TRAINS FROM SRI GANGANAGARHANUMANGARH

†1721. SHRI KULDEEP INDORA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  superfast  trains  such  as Vande Bharat,  Shatabdi  and  Intercity  are  still  not  operating  from  the parliamentary  constituency  Sri  Ganganagar-  Hanumangarh  to  major cities including the State capital Jaipur and the national capital Delhi due to which people of the region are facing significant difficulties in commuting;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to operate superfast trains in this border region, which would benefit not only the general public but also the security forces deployed along the border; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  timeline  thereof  and  if  not,  whether  the  Government proposes to consider it in the near future?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d) Sriganganagar is served by 56 regular train services including 40 Mail/Express and 16 Passenger train services, providing connectivity to stations like Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Amritsar, Firozpur, Thiruvananthapuram, H.S. Nanded, Puri, etc. Sriganganagar-Jaipur sector is served by 04 pairs of train services and Sriganganagar-Delhi sector  is  served  by  06  pairs  of  train  services.  The  trains  serving

## Sriganganagar  are as under:-

|   SN. |   Train No. | Train Name                                      |
|-------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|     1 |       04703 | Hanumangarh - Shri Ganganagar Passenger Special |
|     2 |       04704 | Shri Ganganagar - Hanumangarh Passenger Special |
|     3 |       04773 | Shri Ganganagar - Suratgarh Passenger           |
|     4 |       04774 | Suratgarh - Shri Ganganagar Passenger Special   |
|     5 |       04779 | Shri Ganganagar - Suratgarh Passenger Special   |
|     6 |       04780 | Suratgarh - Shri Ganganagar Passenger Special   |
|     7 |       12439 | Hazur Sahib Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Express    |
|     8 |       12440 | Shri Ganganagar - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express    |
|     9 |       12455 | Delhi Sarai Rohilla - Bikaner Superfast         |
|    10 |       12456 | Bikaner - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express           |
|    11 |       12481 | Delhi - Shri Ganganagar Express                 |
|    12 |       12482 | Shri Ganganagar - Delhi Express                 |
|    13 |       12485 | Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Express                |
|    14 |       12486 | Shri Ganganagar - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express    |
|    15 |       12489 | Shri Ganganagar - Dadar Express                 |
|    16 |       12490 | Dadar - Shri Ganganagar Express                 |
|    17 |       14029 | Shri Ganganagar - Delhi Express                 |
|    18 |       14030 | Meerut - Shri Ganganagar Special                |
|    19 |       14525 | Ambala Cantt - Shri Ganganagar Express          |
|    20 |       14526 | Shri Ganganagar - Ambala Cantt Express          |
|    21 |       14527 | Bathinda - Shri Ganganagar Express              |
|    22 |       14528 | Shri Ganganagar - Bathinda Express              |
|    23 |       14601 | Firozpur Cantt - Hanumangarh Express            |
|    24 |       14602 | Hanumangarh - Firozpur Cantt Express            |

|   25 | 14701 Shri Ganganagar - Bandra (T) Amrapur Aravali Express   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|   26 | 14702 Bandra (T) - Shri Ganganagar Amrapura Aravali Express  |
|   27 | 14719 Bikaner - Amritsar Express                             |
|   28 | 14720 Amritsar - Bikaner Express                             |
|   29 | 14727 Shri Ganganagar - Tilak Bridge Express                 |
|   30 | 14728 Tilak Bridge - Shri Ganganagar Express                 |
|   31 | 14735 Shri Ganganagar - Ambala Cantt Express                 |
|   32 | 14736 Ambala Cantt - Shri Ganganagar Express                 |
|   33 | 14815 Shri Ganganagar - Rishikesh Express                    |
|   34 | 14816 Rishikesh - Shri Ganganagar Express                    |
|   35 | 16311 Shri Ganganagar - Thiruvananthapuram North Express     |
|   36 | 16312 Thiruvananthapuram North - Shri Ganganagar Express     |
|   37 | 20471 Shri Ganganagar - Puri Express                         |
|   38 | 20472 Puri - Shri Ganganagar Express                         |
|   39 | 22497 Shri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirappalli Humsafar Express   |
|   40 | 22498 Tiruchchirappalli - Shri Ganganagar Humsafar Express   |
|   41 | 22723 Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Weekly Express                |
|   42 | 22724 Shri Ganganagar - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express           |
|   43 | 22981 Kota - Shri Ganganagar Express                         |
|   44 | 22982 Shri Ganganagar - Kota Express                         |
|   45 | 22997 Jhalawar City - Shri Ganganagar Express                |
|   46 | 22998 Shri Ganganagar - Jhalawar City Express                |
|   47 | 54753 Bathinda - Shri Ganganagar Passenger                   |

|   48 |   54754 | Shri Ganganagar - Bathinda Passenger   |
|------|---------|----------------------------------------|
|   49 |   54755 | Bathinda - Shri Ganganagar Passenger   |
|   50 |   54756 | Shri Ganganagar - Bathinda Passenger   |
|   51 |   54759 | Hanumangarh - Suratgarh Passenger      |
|   52 |   54760 | Suratgarh - Hanumangarh Passenger      |
|   53 |   54761 | Hanumangarh - Suratgarh Passenger      |
|   54 |   54762 | Suratgarh - Hanumangarh Passenger      |
|   55 |   54763 | Sadulpur - Shri Ganganagar Passenger   |
|   56 |   54764 | Shri Ganganagar - Sadulpur Passenger   |

Similarly, Hanumangarh is served by 48 regular train services including 28 Mail/Express and 20 Passenger train services, providing connectivity to stations like Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Jammu, Ahmedabad, Rishikesh, Firozpur, Bhavnagar, Rameswaram, Guwahati, etc. Hanumangarh-Jaipur sector is served by 05 pairs of train services while Hanumangarh-Delhi sector  is  served  by  03  pairs  of  train  services.    The  trains  serving Hanumangarh  are as under:-

|   SN. |   Train No. | Train Name                                      |
|-------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|     1 |       04703 | Hanumangarh - Shri Ganganagar Passenger Special |
|     2 |       04704 | Shri Ganganagar - Hanumangarh Passenger Special |
|     3 |       04771 | Bathinda - Anupgarh Passenger Special           |
|     4 |       04772 | Anupgarh - Bathinda Passenger Special           |
|     5 |       04775 | Sadulpur - Hanumangarh Passenger Special        |
|     6 |       04776 | Hanumangarh - Sadulpur Passenger Special        |
|     7 |       04777 | Sadulpur - Hanumangarh Passenger Special        |
|     8 |       04778 | Hanumangarh - Sadulpur Passenger Special        |
|     9 |       12439 | Hazur Sahib Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Express    |

|   10 |   12440 | Shri Ganganagar - Hazur Sahib Nanded Express          |
|------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|   11 |   14601 | Firozpur Cantt - Hanumangarh Express                  |
|   12 |   14602 | Hanumangarh - Firozpur Cantt Express                  |
|   13 |   14701 | Shri Ganganagar - Bandra (T) Amrapur Aravali Express  |
|   14 |   14702 | Bandra (T) - Shri Ganganagar Amrapur Aravali Express  |
|   15 |   14707 | Hanumangarh - Dadar Express                           |
|   16 |   14708 | Dadar - Hanumangarh Express                           |
|   17 |   14721 | Jodhpur - Bathinda Express                            |
|   18 |   14722 | Abohar - Jodhpur Express                              |
|   19 |   14727 | Shri Ganganagar - Tilak Bridge Express                |
|   20 |   14728 | Tilak Bridge - Shri Ganganagar Express                |
|   21 |   14803 | Bhagat Ki Kothi - Jammu Tawi Express                  |
|   22 |   14804 | Jammu Tawi - Bhagat Ki Kothi Express Express          |
|   23 |   14887 | Rishikesh - Barmer                                    |
|   24 |   14888 | Barmer - Rishikesh Express                            |
|   25 |   15909 | Dibrugarh - Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express               |
|   26 |   15910 | Lalgarh - Dibrugarh Avadh Assam Express               |
|   27 |   19107 | Bhavnagar (T) - Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Express |
|   28 |   19108 | Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan - Bhavnagar (T) Express |
|   29 |   19223 | Sabarmati - Jammu Tawi Express                        |
|   30 |   19224 | Jammu Tawi - Sabarmati Express                        |
|   31 |   20497 | Rameswaram - Firozpur Cantt Humsafar Express          |
|   32 |   20498 | Firozpur Cantt - Rameswaram Humsafar Express          |
|   33 |   22497 | Shri Ganganagar - Tiruchirappalli Humsafar Express    |

|   34 |   22498 | Tiruchirappalli - Shri Ganganagar Humsafar Express   |
|------|---------|------------------------------------------------------|
|   35 |   22981 | Kota - Shri Ganganagar Express                       |
|   36 |   22982 | Shri Ganganagar - Kota Express                       |
|   37 |   54701 | Bathinda - Lalgarh Passenger                         |
|   38 |   54702 | Lalgarh - Abohar Passenger                           |
|   39 |   54703 | Bathinda - Jaipur Passenger                          |
|   40 |   54704 | Jaipur - Bathinda Passenger                          |
|   41 |   54759 | Hanumangarh - Suratgarh Passenger                    |
|   42 |   54760 | Suratgarh - Hanumangarh Passenger                    |
|   43 |   54761 | Hanumangarh - Suratgarh Passenger                    |
|   44 |   54762 | Suratgarh - Hanumangarh Passenger                    |
|   45 |   54763 | Sadulpur - Shri Ganganagar Passenger                 |
|   46 |   54764 | Shri Ganganagar - Sadulpur Passenger                 |
|   47 |   59719 | Suratgarh - Bathinda Passenger                       |
|   48 |   59720 | Bathinda - Suratgarh Passenger                       |

Besides, introduction of new train services, to enhance connectivity, is an ongoing process on Indian Railways and 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

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