Parliament Question: Enhancement of Vande Bharat railway services

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 901 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2026 ENHANCEMENT OF VANDE BHARAT RAILWAY SERVICES 901 DR. AJEET MADHAVRAO GOPCHADE: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether Government intends to introduce a Vande Bharat Express service from Amritsar to Nanded via New Delhi to facilitate Sikh pilgrims visiting Takht Shri Hazur Sahib and other religious destinations; (b) whether Government also proposes to start a Vande Bharat Express between Nanded and ment Hyderabad to improve regional connectivity; (c) what action plan has been formulated to augment the number and frequency of train services to and from Nanded, considering growing passenger demand; and (d) whether Government intends to establish modern mechanised coach cleaning and maintenance facilities at Nanded, if so, the timeline thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d) Presently, Amritsar- Delhi-Hazur Sahib Nanded sector is served by 02 pairs of train services as under: SN Train No. & Name 1 12715/16 Hazur Sahib Nanded - Amritsar Sachkhand Express 2 12421/22 Hazur Sahib Nanded - Amritsar Express Similarly, 41 train services are catering to the needs of passengers of Hazur Sahib Nanded- Hyderabad, which are listed below: SN Train No. & Name 1 12719/20 Jaipur – Hyderabad Deccan Express 2 12765/66 Amravati – Tirupati Express 3 16003/04 Nagarsol – MGR Chennai Central Express 4 16733/34 Okha – Rameswaram Express 5 17019/20 Hisar – Hyderabad Express 6 17057/58 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) – Lingampalli Devagiri Express 7 17063/64 Manmad – Kacheguda Ajanta Express 8 17417/18 Sainagar Shirdi – Tirupati Express 9 17605/06 Bhagat Ki Kothi – Kacheguda Express 10 17639/40 Akola – Kacheguda Express -1 of 3-11 17641/42 Narkher – Kacheguda Express 12 17661/62 Nagarsol – Kacheguda Express 13 17663 Raichur–Parbhani Express 14 17664 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Raichur Express 15 19301/02 Dr. Ambedkar Nagar – Yesvantpur Express 16 19713/14 Jaipur – Kurnool City Express 17 12787/88 Nagarsol - Narasapur Express 18 17231/32 Nagarsol - Narasapur Express 19 18503/04 Sainagar Shirdi - Visakhapatnam Express 20 20809/10 Hazur Sahib Nanded - Sambalpur Nagavali Express 21 20811/12 Hazur Sahib Nanded - Visakhapatnam Express 22 77605 Kacheguda - Purna DEMU Further, to cater to the needs of passenger of Hazur Sahib Nanded, 14621/22 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Firozpur Cantt Express has been introduced w.e.f 13.06.2025 and and 20705/06 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) – Jalna Vande Bharat Express has been extended upto Hazur Sahib Nanded w.e.f 28.08.2025. Accordingly, Hazur Sahib Nanded station is served by 99 train services (listed below) which provide connectivity inter alia to cities like Amritsar, Patna, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bengaluru. SN Train No. & Name 1 11001/02 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)– Balharshah Express 2 11045/46 Kolhapur – Dhanbad Express 3 11409/10 Daund – Nizamabad Express 4 11413/14 Nizamabad – Pandharpur Express 5 12421/22 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Amritsar Express 6 12439/40 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Shri Ganganagar Express 7 12485/86 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Shri Ganganagar Express 8 12715/16 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Amritsar Sachkhand Express 9 12719/20 Jaipur – Hyderabad Express 10 12751/52 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Jammu Tawi Express 11 12753/54 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Hazrat Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express 12 12765/66 Tirupati – Amravati Express 13 12767/68 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Santragachi Express 14 12787/88 Narasapur – Nagarsol Express 15 14621/22 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Firozpur Cantt Express 16 16003/04 MGR Chennai Central – Nagarsol Express 17 16593/94 KSR Bengaluru – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 18 16733/34 Rameswaram – Okha Express 19 17019/20 Hisar – Hyderabad Express 20 17057/58 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) – Lingampalli Devagiri Express 21 17063/64 Manmad – Kacheguda Ajanta Express 22 17231/32 Narasapur – Nagarsol Express -2 of 3-23 17409/10 Adilabad – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 24 17417/18 Tirupati – Sainagar Shirdi Express 25 17605/06 Kacheguda – Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 26 17609/10 Patna – Purna Express 27 17611/12 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Rajyarani Express 28 17613/14 Panvel – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 29 17617/18 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) – Hazur Sahib Nanded Tapovan Express 30 17619/20 Aurangabad – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 31 17629/30 Hadapsar – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 32 17639/40 Kacheguda – Akola Express 33 17641/42 Kacheguda – Narkher Express 34 17661/62 Kacheguda – Nagarsol Express 35 17663 Raichur – Parbhani Express 36 17664 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Raichur Express 37 17687/88 Manmad – Dharmabad Express 38 18503/04 Visakhapatnam – Sainagar Shirdi Express 39 19301/02 Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow)– Yesvantpur Express 40 19713/14 Jaipur – Kurnool Town Express 41 20705/06 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Vande Bharat Express 42 20809/10 Sambalpur –Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 43 20811/12 Visakhapatnam – Hazur Sahib Nanded Express 44 22709/10 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Amb Andaura Express 45 22723/24 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Shri Ganganagar Express 46 57651/52 Hazur Sahib Nanded – Manmad Passenger 47 57653/54 Purna – Adilabad Passenger 48 57659 Parbhani – Hazur Sahib Nanded Passenger 49 77605/06 Kacheguda – Purna Passenger 50 77615/16 Parli Vaijnath – Adilabad Passenger 51 77645/46 Nizamabad – Hazur Sahib Nanded Passenger Besides, introduction of new trains services, including Vande Bharat services, is an on-going process on Indian Railways which depends on various factors including – • Capacity of that section • Availability of path • Availability of required rolling stock • Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock • Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets Further, Maintenance infrastructure facilities are planned and executed as per the operational and maintenance requirement over Indian Railways. At present, one work at the cost of ₹ 2.47 Crore for extension of Pit Lines No. 2 and 3 at Coaching Depot/Nanded has been sanctioned and work has been taken up. ******* -3 of 3-