(a) whether the Railways run Special Trains during summer season and other festive occasions;
(b) if so, whether the Railways propose to introduce special trains during this summer season to cater to the needs of passengers;
(c) if so, the details alongwith the originating and terminating stations thereof; and
(d) the steps taken by the Railways to give due publicity of these special trains for the convenience of general public?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): Yes, Sir.
(c): A statement is attached.
(d): Adequate and wide publicity is given to the traveling public about the summer special trains through electronic and print media. Besides, a summer special time table is also published every year which contains the details i.e. train no., destinations, stoppages enroute, accommodation, frequency etc. to facilitate the traveling public. Further, regular announcements are also made at stations about these trains.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4192 BY SHRI RAGHURAJ SINGH SHAKYA, SHRI HEMLAL MURMU, SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE AND SHRI HITEN BARMAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.05.2006 REGARDING SPECIAL TRAINS.
(C) : The details of Summer Specials running during this summers are as under:
S. Train No. Destination Frequency Period Total trips No
1 0971/0972 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tri-weekly 09.04.06 to 16.06.60 56 Central-Ahmedabad 2. 4846A/4846A Ahmedabad-Bandra Tri-weekly 10.04.06 to 29.06.06 70 (T) -Ahmedabad 3. 0949/0950 Ahmedabad-Dhanbad – Weekly 15.04.06 to 26.06.06 22 Ahmedabad Superfast 4. 0955/0956 Ahmedabad-Varanasi- Weekly 21.04.06 to 02.07.06 22 Ahmedabad 5. 0905/0906 Bandra (T-Jammu Tawi- Weekly 01.04.06 to 25.06.06 26 Bandra (T) 6. 0919/0920 Ahmedabad-Bandra (T)- Tri-weekly 10.04.06 to 29.06.06 32 Jaipur-Bandra (T) 7 0975/0976 Bandra (T)-Okha- Weekly 17.04.06 to 06.06.06 14 Bandra (T) 8. 0984/0985 Porbandra-Bandra Weekly 17.04.06 to 06.06.06 16 (T)-Porbandar 9. 0965/0966 Bandra (T)-Jodhpur- Weekly 12.04.06 to 29.06.06 24 Bandra (T) 10. 0979/0980 Bandra (T)-Ajmer- Weekly 14.04.06 to 01.07.06 24 Bandra (T) 11. 0637/0638 Bangalore-Ernakulam- Tri-weekly 16.04.06 to 01.07.06 60 Bangalore 12. 0689/0690 Bangalore City-Hubli- Weekly 07.04.06 to 02.07.06 24 Bangalore city 13. 0647/0648 Bangalore City-Nagercoil- Tri-weekly 15.04.06 to 20.06.06 28 Bangalaore City 14. 0684/0683 Bangalore City-Chennai- Weekly 14.04.06 to 25.06.06 10 Bangalaore City 15. 227A/228A Bhubaneswar-Chennai Weekly 04.05.06 to 23.06.06 12 Central-Bhubaneswar 16. 0635/0636 Chennai Central-Triva- Daily 01.04.06 to 11.06.06 142 ndrum-Chennai Central 17. 0601/0602 Chennai Central- Weekly 07.04.06 to 11.06.06 20 Mangalore-Chennai Central 18. 0657/0658 Chennai Central-Dadar Weekly 01.04.06 to 26.06.06 26 (T)-Chennai Central 19. 0639/0640 Chennai Central-Ajmer- Weekly 07.04.06 to 24.06.06 22 Chennai Central 20. 0653/0654 Chennai Central-Jodhpur- Weekly 24.04.06 to 28.06.06 20 Chennai Central 21. 0605/0606 Chennai Egmore- Bi-weekly 03.04.06 to 30.06.06 52 Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore 22. 0613/0614 Chennai Egmore-Madurai- Bi-weekly 02.04.06 to 24.06.06. 50 Chennai Egmore 23. 0603/0604 Chennai Egmore- weekly 04.04.06 to 28.06.06 26 Tuticorin-Chennai Egmore 24. 139/140 Dadar (T)-Varanasi- Daily 05.04.06 to 01.07.06 174 Dadar (T) 25. 165/166 Dadar (T)-Ernakulam- Weekly 01.04.06 to 02.07.06 28 Dadar (T) 26. 167/168 Dadar (T)-Mangalore- Weekly 05.04.06 to 29.06.06 26 Dadar (T) 27. 2051A/2052A Dadar (T)-Mangalore- Weekly 19.04.06 to 29.06.06 23 Dadar (T) 28. 0416/0415 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Rajendranagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Daily 16.04.06 to 01.07.06 152 29. 0641/0642 Ernakulam-Bangaloare- Bi-weekly 03.04.06 to 29.06.06 52 Ernakulam 30 0659/0960 Gandhidham-Mumbai Tri-weekly 11.04.06 to 16.06.06 58 Central-Gandhidham 31. 524/523 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Daily 02.04.06 to 15.07.06 206 Tilak (T)-Gorakhpur 32. 526/525 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad- Weekly 17.04.06 to 12.07.06 22 Gorakhpur 33. 204/203 Guwahati-Mumbai CST- Weekly 14.04.06 to 27.06.06 22 Guwahati 34. 202/201 Guwahati-Bangalore Weekly 02.04.06 to 28.06.06 26 City-Guwahati 35. 0231/0232 Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Tri-weekly 01.05.06 to 18.06.06 40 36. 0233/0234 Howrah-Dehradun-Howrah Weekly 05.05.06 to 18.06.06 12 37. 0337/0338 Howrah-Bikaner-Howrah Weekly 02.05.06 to 18.05.06 12 38. 0349/0350 Howrah-Gorakhpur-Howrah Bi-weekly 04.05.06 to 16.06.06 24 39. 2860A/2859A Howrah-Mumbai CST–Howrah Weekly 07.04.06 to 02.07.06 26 40. 745/746 Howrah-Hyderabad-Howrah weekly 17.04.06 to 14.06.06 18 41. 748/747 Hyderabad-Vishak- Weekly 15.04.06 to 18.06.06 18 hapatnam-Hyderabad 42. 789/790 Hyderabad-Bangalore- Weekly 24.04.06 to 10.06.06 14 Hyderabad 43. 0992/0991 Indore-Bandra Bi-weekly 09.04.06 to 28.06.06 48 (T)-Indore 44. 0988/0987 Jaipur-Pune-Jaipur Weekly 09.04.06 to 03.07.06 26 45. 0401/0402 Kathgodam-Dehradun- Weekly 15.04.06 to 30.06.06 22 Kathgodam 46. 149/150 Kolhapur-Nagpur-Kolhapur Weekly 08.04.06 to 25.06.06 24 47. 0208/0207 Kolkata-Guwahati-Kolkata Weekly 19.04.06 to 30.05.06 14 48. 143/144 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Tri-weekly 01.04.06 to 03.07.06 80 Varanasi-Lokmanya Tilak (T) 49. 157/158 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Weekly 04.04.06 to 29.06.06 26 Muzaffarpur-Lokmanya Tilak (T) 50. 159/160 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Weekly 07.04.06 to 02.07.06 26 Darbhanga-Lokmanya Tilak (T) 51. 109/110 Mumbai CST-Karwar- Daily 01.04.06 to 01.07.06 182 Mumbai CST 52. 0403A/0404A New Delhi-Jammu Tri-weekly 18.04.06 to 05.07.06 66 Tawi-New Delhi 53. 153/154 Pune-Gorakhpur-Pune Weekly 04.04.06 to 29.06.06 26 54. 0196/0195 Pune-Ahmedabad-Pune Weekly 06.04.06 to 30.06.06 26 55. 0412A/0411A Puri-Howrah-Puri Weekly 04.05.06 to 23.06.06 16 56. 0414A/0413A Puri-Howrah-Puri Weekly 07.05.06 to 26.06.06 16 57. 0243/0444 Sealdah-New J Bi-weekly 03.05.06 to 17.06.06 24 alpaiguri-Sealdah 58. 717/718 Secunderabad-Rajkot Weekly 19.04.06 to 19.06.06 18 -Secunderabad 59. 719/720 Secunderabad-Bikaner Weekly 16.04.06 to 15.06.06 18 -Secunderabad 60. 791/792 Secunderabad-Patna- Weekly 22.04.06 to 12.06.06 16 Secunderabad 61. 0889/0890 Tata-Yashvantpur-Tata Weekly 21.04.06 to 03.07.06 22 62. 0711/0712 Tirupati- Weekly 16.04.06 12.06.06 18 Vishakhapatnam-Tirupati 63. 0997/0998 Valsad-Patna-Valsad Weekly 12.04.06 to 30.06.06 24 64. 0911/0912 Valsad-Gorakhpur-Valsad Bi-weekly 15.04.06 to 27.06.06 44 65. 0913/0914 Valsad-Mangalore-Valsad Weekly 13.04.06 to 02.07.06 24 66. 225A/226A Vishakhapatnam- Weekly 02.05.06 to 21.06.06 16 Nizamabad-Vishakhapatnam 67. 0674/0673 Yashvantpur-Ajmer- Weekly 02.04.06 to 28.06.06 24 Yashvantpur 68. 155/156 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Weekly GS special 24 Gorkhpur 69. 169/170 Allahabad-Lokmanya Weekly GS special 24 Tilak (T) 70. 2071A/2072A Madgaon-Mangalore- Weekly 13.04.06 to 29.6.06 23 Madgaon GRAND TOTAL 2668