(a) whether the Railways have received any proposal for increasing
the passenger coaches in train No. 12971/72 running between
Bhavnagar-Mumbai, double decker coaches in Mumbai and Chennai
route and AC coach for Ekta Express (14795/36) running between
Bhiwani and Kalka to facilitate more passengers in view of heavy
demand on said routes; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is
likely to be provided?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) & (b) Two Sleeper Class coaches, one w.e.f. 23.06.2010 and the
other w.e.f. 04.07.2011 have been attached in 12971/12972 Bandra (T)-
Bhavnagar Express. At present, there is no proposal to introduce double
decker coaches between Mumbai and Chennai. 14795/14796 Bhiwani-Kalka Ekta
Express is running clubbed with 14095/14096 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Kalka
Himalyan Queen Express with amalgamating/bifurcating at Panipat, with
maximum permissible load. Attachment of additional AC coach in any of
these two trains is operationally not feasible at present. Further,
attachment of coaches in trains is an ongoing process over Indian
Railways and is done keeping in view the traffic pattern, operational
feasibility, commercial viability and availability of resources.