(a) the name of the trains from which the facility of first class coaches have been withdrawn alongwith the reasons therefor;
(b) whether the Government propose to re-introduce the first class coaches in the long distance trains; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) to (c): A statement is attached.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of
unstarred question No. 317 asked by Shri K.P. Singh Deo to
be answered in Lok Sabha on 22.02.2001 regarding Withdrawal
of First Class Coaches.
(a) Name of trains from which first class coaches have been
withdrawn during the last year (01.04.2002 to 15.02.2001)
S.NO. TRAIN NUMBER & NAME
1. 4311/4312 Bareilly-Gandhidham Ala Hazrat Express
2. 4313/4314 Dadar-Bareilly Express
3. 5665/5666 Guwahati-Lumding Express
4. 6525/6526 Kannyakumari-Bangalore Express
5. 6339/6340 Mumbai-Nagercoil Express 6. 6323/6324 Trivandrum-Howrah Express
7 6331/6332 Mumbai-Trivandrum Express
8. 6349/6350 Trivandrum-Mangalore Express
9. 7045/7046 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express 10. 7429/7430 Hyderabad-Tirupati Rayalaseema Express 11. 7049/7050 Secunderabad-Machilipatnam Express (between Secunderabad-Manuguru slip service) 12. 8439/8440 Puri-Tirupati Express 13. 8449/8450 Puri-Patna Express 14. 8005/8006 Howrah-Sambalpur Express