(a): whether there is a long waiting list of passengers for Sikandra - Mumbai Devgiri Express
and Nagpur - Mumbai Nandigram Express trains passing through Nanded Station;
(b): if so, whether there is any proposal to add extra coaches to these trains; and
(c): if so, the time by which it will be implemented?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (DR. R.VELU)
(a) to (c) The demand of traffic in Secunderabad - Mumbai Devgiri Express and Nagpur - Mumbai
Nandigram Express trains varies from class to class and time to time. At present there is
some waiting list in these trains in the current month upto first week of November.
Waiting list in all trains including these trains is monitored on day to day basis and
extra coaches are attached subject to operational feasibility and availability of resources.
To clear the extra rush, two extra coaches each - one Sleeper Class and one First AC
in Devgiri Express and one Sleeper Class & one Second Class (General) in Nandigram Express have
been attached.