(a) the total number of passengers travelling daily in all the trains including general, sleeper and AC coaches in the country;
(b) the details of the norms/criteria for determining the frequency of trains and introduction of new trains;
(c) the details of new trains introduced and frequency increased during the last three years and the current year in Tamil Nadu;
(d) whether the arrangements are made by Railways for the convenience of passengers in the event of cancellation/postponement, if so, the details thereof;
(e) the number of trains cancelled due to unforeseen reasons during the last three years and the current year;
and
(f) whether the trains are getting late because of snags in the engine, if so, the details of the long term policy formulated/or proposed to be formulated by the Railways to remove the snags in the railway engines?