Question : TRAIN HALT

(a) whether the Railways have received any proposal to provide stoppage of trains at Hathidah Railway Station under the Danapur Division of East Central Railway;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and

(c) the time by which the stoppages of Anand Vihar-Jai Nagar, Anand Vihar-Bhagalpur Garib Rath, Surat-Bhagalpur Express, Rajyarani Express, Patna-Katihar Intercity, Guwahati-Dadar Express, Bhaghalpur-Haridwar Express and other trains are likely to be provided at Hathidah Railway station?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY)

(a) to (c) Representations inter-alia for provision of stoppage of trains are received at various levels of Railways administration viz. station, Divisional level, Zonal level and Railway Board’s level and action as found feasible and justified, is taken from time to time. However, Indian Railway do not maintain compendium of such representations.

At present, 16 pairs of Mail/Express and 6 pairs of passenger trains are already stopping at Hathidah. Further, provision of stoppage of various trains including 12569/12570 Jaynagar- Anand Vihar (T) Garib Rath Express, 22405/22406 Bhagalpur - Anand Vihar (T) Garib Rath Express, 19047/19048 Surat-Bhagalpur Express, 12567/12568 Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani Express, 15713/15714 Katihar-Patna Intercity Express, 15645/15646 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Guwahati Express and other trains at Hathidah is not feasible at present.

However, provision of stoppage of trains is an ongoing process on Indian Railway subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification, commercial viablility etc.