Parliament Question: Commercial Stoppage of Ten Express Trains at Vapi Railway Station

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 533 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2026 COMMERCIAL STOPPAGE OF TEN EXPRESS TRAINS AT VAPI RAILWAY STATION †533. SHRI PATEL UMESHBHAI BABUBHAI: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Western Railway has sent a proposal to the Railway Board for commercial stoppages of Ten important express trains at Vapi Railway Station; (b) if so, the stage at which the proposal is currently pending and the reasons for the delay in its approval; (c) whether the Government intend to grant early approval for the stoppages of these trains, keeping in view the industrial, commercial, significance and passenger amenities at the said station, as well as the convenience of lakhs of passengers from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and (d) if so, the tentative timeline for the said proposal and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d) Receipt of proposals from Zonal Railways for consideration and decision thereon is a continuous and on-going process. Presently, Vapi station is served by 210 train services including 4 Vande Bharat Express train services, which provide connectivity to important destinations like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Gorakhpur, Haridwar, Jammu Tawi. The list of trains serving Vapi station is as under: SN Train No. & Name 1 20901 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express § Page 1 of 72 20902 Gandhinagar Capital-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express 3 22961 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express 4 22962 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express 5 11049 Ahmedabad-SCSM(T) Kolhapur Express 6 11050 SCSM(T) Kolhapur-Ahmedabad Express 7 11087 Veraval-Pune Express 8 11088 Pune-Veraval Express 9 11089 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Pune Express 10 11090 Pune-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 11 11091 Bhuj-Pune Express 12 11092 Pune-Bhuj Express 13 12009 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express 14 12010 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Shatabdi Express 15 12471 Bandra(T)-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express 16 12472 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Bandra(T) Swaraj Express 17 12479 Jodhpur -Bandra(T) Suryanagari Express 18 12480 Bandra(T)-Jodhpur Suryanagari Express 19 12489 Shri Ganganagar-Dadar Express 20 12490 Dadar-Shri Ganganagar Express 21 12493 Miraj-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 22 12494 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Miraj Express 23 12921 Mumbai Central-Surat Flying Ranee Express 24 12922 Surat-Mumbai Central Flying Ranee Express 25 12925 Bandra(T)-Amritsar Paschim Express 26 12926 Amritsar-Bandra(T) Paschim Express 27 12931 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Double Decker Express 28 12932 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Double Decker Express 29 12933 Bandra(T)-Vatva Karnavati Express 30 12934 Ahmedabad -Bandra(T) Karnavati Express 31 12935 Bandra(T)-Surat Express 32 12936 Surat-Bandra(T) Express 33 12953 Mumbai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express 34 12954 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central Rajdhani Express 35 12955 Mumbai Central-Jaipur Express 36 12956 Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express 37 12961 Mumbai Central-Indore Avantika Express 38 12962 Indore-Mumbai Central Avantika Express 39 12971 Bandra(T)-Bhavnagar Express Page 2 of 740 12972 Bhavnagar-Bandra(T) Express 41 12977 Ernakulam-Ajmer Maru Sagar Express 42 12978 Ajmer-Ernakulam Maru Sagar Express 43 12979 Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express 44 12980 Jaipur-Bandra(T) Express 45 12995 Bandra(T)-Ajmer Express 46 12996 Ajmer-Bandra(T) Express 47 12997 Bandra(T)-Barmer Express 48 12998 Barmer-Bandra(T) Express 49 14701 Shri Ganganagar-Bandra(T) Amrapur Aravali Express 50 14702 Bandra(T)-Shri Ganganagar Amrapur Aravali Express 51 14707 Hanumangarh-Dadar Ranakpur Express 52 14708 Dadar-Hanumangarh Ranakpur Express 53 14805 Yesvantpur-Barmer Express 54 14806 Barmer-Yesvantpur Express 55 14807 Jodhpur-Dadar Express 56 14808 Dadar-Jodhpur Express 57 15067 Gorakhpur-Bandra(T) Express 58 15068 Bandra(T)-Gorakhpur Express 59 16209 Ajmer-Mysuru Express 60 16210 Mysuru-Ajmer Express 61 16311 Shri Ganganagar-Thiruvananthapuram North Express 62 16312 Thiruvananthapuram North-Shri Ganganagar Express 63 16333 Veraval-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express 64 16334 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Veraval Express 65 16335 Gandhidham-Nagercoil Express 66 16336 Nagercoil-Gandhidham Express 67 16531 Ajmer-KSR Bengaluru Garib Nawaj Express 68 16532 KSR Bengaluru-Ajmer Garib Nawaj Express 69 16587 Yesvantpur-Bikaner Express 70 16588 Bikaner-Yesvantpur Express 71 19001 Virar-Surat Express 72 19002 Surat-Virar Express 73 19003 Dadar-Bhusaval Khandesh Express 74 19004 Bhusaval-Dadar Khandesh Express 75 19015 Dadar-Porbandar Saurashtra Express 76 19016 Porbandar-Dadar Saurashtra Express 77 19019 Bandra(T)-Haridwar Express Page 3 of 778 19020 Haridwar-Bandra(T) Express 79 19027 Bandra(T)-Jammu Tawi Vivek Express 80 19028 Jammu Tawi -Bandra(T) Vivek Express 81 19037 Bandra(T)-Barauni Avadh Express 82 19038 Barauni-Bandra(T) Avadh Express 83 19057 Surat-Mangalore Express 84 19058 Mangalore-Surat Express 85 19091 Bandra(T)-Gorakhpur Humsafar Express 86 19092 Gorakhpur-Bandra(T) Humsafar Express 87 19101 Virar-Bharuch Express 88 19102 Surat-Virar Express 89 19203 Bandra(T)-Veraval Express 90 19204 Veraval-Bandra(T) Express 91 19217 Bandra(T)-Veraval Express 92 19218 Veraval-Bandra(T) Express 93 19417 Borivali-Vatva Express 94 19418 Ahmedabad-Borivali Express 95 19425 Borivali-Nandurbar Express 96 19426 Nandurbar-Borivali Express 97 19567 Tuticorin-Okha Vivek Express 98 19568 Okha-Tuticorin Vivek Express 99 19577 Tirunelveli-Jamnagar Express 100 19578 Jamnagar-Tirunelveli Express 101 19625 Ajmer-Bandra(T) Express 102 19626 Bandra(T)-Ajmer Express 103 20163 Bandra(T)-Jabalpur Express 104 20164 Jabalpur-Bandra(T) Express 105 20475 Bikaner-Miraj Express 106 20476 Miraj-Bikaner Express 107 20483 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Dadar Express 108 20484 Dadar-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 109 20495 Jodhpur-Hadapsar Express 110 20496 Hadapsar-Jodhpur Express 111 20693 Jodhpur-KSR Bengaluru Express 112 20694 KSR Bengaluru-Jodhpur Express 113 20907 Dadar-Bhuj Express 114 20908 Bhuj-Dadar Express 115 20919 MGR Chennai Central-Ekta Nagar Express Page 4 of 7116 20920 Ekta Nagar-MGR Chennai Central Express 117 20921 Bandra(T)-Lucknow Express 118 20922 Lucknow-Bandra(T) Express 119 20931 Thiruvananthapuram North-Indore Express 120 20932 Indore-Thiruvananthapuram North Express 121 20941 Bandra(T)-Ghazipur City Express 122 20942 Ghazipur City-Bandra(T) Express 123 20943 Bandra(T)-Bhagat Ki Kothi Humsafar Express 124 20944 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Bandra(T) Humsafar Express 125 20953 MGR Chennai Central-Ahmedabad Express 126 20954 Ahmedabad-MGR Chennai Central Express 127 20967 Secunderabad-Porbandar Express 128 20968 Porbandar-Secunderabad Express 129 20991 Ajmer-Daund Express 130 20992 Daund-Ajmer Express 131 20995 Ajmer-Bandra(T) Express 132 20996 Bandra(T)-Ajmer Express 133 21901 Bandra(T)-Barmer Humsafar Express 134 21902 Barmer-Bandra(T) Humsafar Express 135 21903 Bandra(T)-Bikaner Express 136 21904 Bikaner-Bandra(T) Express 137 21907 Mumbai Central-Kathgodam Express 138 21908 Kathgodam-Mumbai Central Express 139 22185 Ahmedabad-Pune Ahimsa Express 140 22186 Pune-Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express 141 22193 Daund-Gwalior Express 142 22194 Gwalior-Daund Express 143 22195 Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi-Bandra(T) Express 144 22196 Bandra(T)-Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Express 145 22443 Kanpur Central-Bandra(T) Express 146 22444 Bandra(T)-Kanpur Central Express 147 22475 Hisar-Coimbatore Express 148 22476 Coimbatore-Hisar Express 149 22543 Bandra(T)-Lalkua Express 150 22544 Lalkua-Bandra(T) Express 151 22653 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 152 22654 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express 153 22655 Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express Page 5 of 7154 22656 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express 155 22717 Rajkot-Secunderabad Express 156 22718 Secunderabad-Rajkot Express 157 22907 Madgaon-Hapa Express 158 22908 Hapa-Madgaon Express 159 22913 Bandra(T)-Saharsa Humsafar Express 160 22914 Saharsa-Bandra(T) Humsafar Express 161 22915 Bandra(T)-Hisar Express 162 22916 Hisar-Bandra(T) Express 163 22917 Bandra(T)-Haridwar Express 164 22918 Haridwar-Bandra(T) Express 165 22921 Bandra(T)-Gorakhpur Antyodaya Express 166 22922 Gorakhpur-Bandra(T) Antyodaya Express 167 22923 Bandra(T)-Jamnagar Express 168 22924 Jamnagar-Bandra(T) Express 169 22927 Bandra(T)-Ahmedabad Lok Shakti Express 170 22928 Ahmedabad-Bandra(T) Lok Shakti Express 171 22929 Dahanu Road-Vadodara Express 172 22930 Vadodara-Dahanu Road Express 173 22931 Bandra(T)-Jaisalmer Express 174 22932 Jaisalmer-Bandra(T) Express 175 22933 Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express 176 22934 Jaipur-Bandra(T) Express 177 22935 Bandra(T)-Palitana Express 178 22936 Palitana-Bandra(T) Express 179 22945 Mumbai Central-Okha Express 180 22946 Okha-Mumbai Central Express 181 22949 Bandra(T)-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express 182 22950 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bandra(T) Express 183 22951 Bandra(T)-Gandhidham Express 184 22952 Gandhidham-Bandra(T) Express 185 22953 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Express 186 22954 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Express 187 22955 Bandra(T)-Bhuj Kutch Express 188 22956 Bhuj-Bandra(T) Kutch Express 189 22963 Bandra(T)-Bhavnagar Express 190 22964 Bhavnagar-Bandra(T) Express 191 22971 Bandra(T)-Patna Express Page 6 of 7192 22972 Patna-Bandra(T) Express 193 22975 Bandra(T)-Ramnagar Express 194 22976 Ramnagar-Bandra(T) Express 195 22989 Bandra(T)-Mahuva Express 196 22990 Mahuva-Bandra(T) Express 197 59023 Mumbai Central-Valsad Passenger 198 59024 Valsad-Mumbai Central Passenger 199 59039 Virar-Valsad Passenger 200 59040 Vapi-Mumbai Central Passenger 201 59045 Mumbai Central-Vapi Passenger 202 59046 Valsad-Virar Passenger 203 69139 Borivali-Valsad MEMU 204 69140 Surat-Virar MEMU 205 69141 Virar-Surat MEMU 206 69142 Surat-Virar MEMU 207 69153 Umbargam Road-Valsad MEMU 208 69154 Valsad-Umbargam Road MEMU 209 82901 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express 210 82902 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Tejas Express Besides, on Indian Railways, provision of stoppage of train services is an on-going process which depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility, etc. ***** Page 7 of 7