Parliament Question: New Passenger Trains from Durg and Raipur Railway Stations

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2026 NEW PASSENGER TRAINS FROM DURG AND RAIPUR RAILWAY STATIONS †1689. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether there is urgent need for introduction of new train services from Durg and Raipur railway stations to Rameshwaram, Somnath, Madurai, Jodhpur, Chandigarh, Haridwar, Guwahati, Agartala and Dibrugarh railway stations and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government proposes to operate fast local trains from Rowghat railway station under South Eastern Central Railways (SECR) to facilitate the passengers performing long distance journeys, if so, the details thereof; (c) whether there is an urgent need to operate new passenger trains between Durg to Dalli Rajhara railway section from (Durg to Dalli Rajhara) between 2 to 3 in the afternoon and from Dalli Rajhara to Durg between 9 to 10 in morning in view of extreme inconvenience caused due to overcrowding in passenger trains and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether the Government proposes to approve the same and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (e) the time by which new train services are likely to be introduced between the said station along with the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (e) Presently, Raipur is served by 213 train services providing connectivity to different stations including 20813/20814 Puri-Jodhpur Express, 20843/20844 Bilaspur -Bhagat Ki Kothi Express and 18573/18574 § Page 1 of 17Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express providing connectivity for Jodhpur & 22511/22512 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Kamakhya Express providing connectivity for Guwahati. The list of trains serving Raipur is as under:- Trains serving Raipur: SN Train No. & Name 1 20825 Bilaspur -Nagpur Vande Bharat Express 2 20826 Nagpur -Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express 3 20829 Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express 4 20830 Visakhapatnam-Durg Vande Bharat Express 5 19021 Udhna -Berhampur Amrit Bharat Express 6 19022 Berhampur-Udhna Amrit Bharat Express 7 20813 Puri-Jodhpur Express 8 20814 Jodhpur -Puri Express 9 20843 Bilaspur -Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 10 20844 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Bilaspur Express 11 18573 Visakhapatnam-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 12 18574 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Visakhapatnam Express 13 22511 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Kamakhya Express 14 22512 Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 15 11701 Raipur -Jabalpur Express 16 11702 Jabalpur-Raipur Express 17 12069 Raigarh-Gondia Jan Shatabdi Express 18 12070 Gondia -Raigarh Jan Shatabdi Express 19 12101 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 20 12102 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 21 12129 Pune -Howrah Express 22 12130 Howrah -Pune Express 23 12145 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Puri Express 24 12146 Puri-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express Page 2 of 1725 12151 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 26 12152 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 27 12221 Pune -Howrah Duronto Express 28 12222 Howrah -Pune Duronto Express 29 12251 Yesvantpur -Korba Express 30 12252 Korba-Yesvantpur Express 31 12261 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Duronto Express 32 12262 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Duronto Express 33 12409 Raigarh-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 34 12410 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Raigarh Express 35 12441 Bilaspur -New Delhi Rajdhani Express 36 12442 New Delhi-Bilaspur Rajdhani Express 37 12535 Lucknow -Raipur Garib Rath Express 38 12536 Raipur -Lucknow Garib Rath Express 39 12549 Durg-Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Express 40 12550 Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan-Durg Express 41 12767 Nanded-Santragachi Express 42 12768 Santragachi -Nanded Express 43 12771 Secunderabad -Raipur Express 44 12772 Raipur -Secunderabad Express 45 12807 Visakhapatnam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 46 12808 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Visakhapatnam Express 47 12809 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 48 12810 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 49 12811 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Hatia Express 50 12812 Hatia-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 51 12823 Durg-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 52 12824 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Durg Express Page 3 of 1753 12833 Ahmedabad -Howrah Express 54 12834 Howrah -Ahmedabad Express 55 12843 Puri-Ahmedabad Express 56 12844 Ahmedabad -Puri Express 57 12849 Bilaspur -Pune Express 58 12850 Pune -Bilaspur Express 59 12851 Bilaspur -MGR Chennai Central Express 60 12852 MGR Chennai Central-Bilaspur Express 61 12853 Durg-Bhopal Express 62 12854 Bhopal -Durg Express 63 12855 Bilaspur -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 64 12856 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Bilaspur Express 65 12859 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 66 12860 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 67 12869 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 68 12870 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 69 12879 Lokmanya Tilak (T) -Bhubaneswar Express 70 12880 Bhubaneswar-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 71 12905 Porbandar-Shalimar Express 72 12906 Shalimar-Porbandar Express 73 12949 Porbandar-Santragachi Express 74 12950 Santragachi -Porbandar Express 75 12993 Gandhidham -Puri Express 76 12994 Puri-Gandhidham Express 77 13287 Durg-Ara Express 78 13288 Ara-Durg Express 79 13425 Malda Town-Surat Express 80 13426 Surat-Malda Town Express Page 4 of 1781 15159 Chhapra-Durg Express 82 15160 Durg-Chhapra Express 83 15231 Barauni Junction-Gondia Express 84 15232 Gondia -Barauni Junction Express 85 17005 Hyderabad-Raxaul Express 86 17006 Raxaul -Hyderabad Express 87 17007 Charlapalli-Darbhanga Express 88 17008 Darbhanga -Charlapalli Express 89 17321 Vasco Da Gama-Jasidih Express 90 17322 Jasidih -Vasco Da Gama Express 91 17433 Tirupati-Raxaul Express 92 17434 Raxaul -Tirupati Express 93 17481 Bilaspur -Tirupati Express 94 17482 Tirupati-Bilaspur Express 95 18029 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 96 18030 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 97 18109 Tatanagar -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 98 18110 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Tatanagar Express 99 18201 Durg-Nautanwa Express 100 18202 Nautanwa-Durg Express 101 18203 Durg-Kanpur Central Express 102 18204 Kanpur Central-Durg Express 103 18205 Durg-Nautanwa Express 104 18206 Nautanwa-Durg Express 105 18207 Durg-Ajmer Express 106 18208 Ajmer -Durg Express 107 18213 Durg-Ajmer Express 108 18214 Ajmer -Durg Express Page 5 of 17109 18237 Korba-Amritsar Express 110 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Express 111 18239 Gevra Road-Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 112 18240 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Korba Express 113 18241 Durg-Ambikapur Express 114 18242 Ambikapur-Durg Express 115 18249 Raipur -Korba Express 116 18250 Korba-Raipur Express 117 18251 Raipur -Korba Express 118 18252 Korba-Raipur Express 119 18425 Puri-Durg Express 120 18426 Durg-Puri Express 121 18517 Korba-Visakhapatnam Express 122 18518 Visakhapatnam-Korba Express 123 18529 Durg-Visakhapatnam Express 124 18530 Visakhapatnam-Durg Express 125 18641 Hatia-Durg Express 126 18642 Durg-Hatia Express 127 20821 Pune -Santragachi Express 128 20822 Santragachi -Pune Express 129 20823 Puri-Ajmer Express 130 20824 Ajmer -Puri Express 131 20845 Bilaspur -Bikaner Express 132 20846 Bikaner -Bilaspur Express 133 20847 Durg-Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Express 134 20848 Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan-Durg Express 135 20857 Puri-Sainagar Shirdi Express 136 20858 Sainagar Shirdi-Puri Express Page 6 of 17137 20861 Puri-Ahmedabad Express 138 20862 Ahmedabad -Puri Express 139 20917 Indore -Puri Express 140 20918 Puri-Indore Express 141 22357 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gaya Express 142 22358 Gaya -Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 143 22619 Bilaspur -Tirunelveli Express 144 22620 Tirunelveli -Bilaspur Express 145 22647 Korba-Thiruvananthapuram North Express 146 22648 Thiruvananthapuram North-Korba Express 147 22815 Bilaspur -Ernakulam Express 148 22816 Ernakulam -Bilaspur Express 149 22827 Puri-Surat Express 150 22828 Surat-Puri Express 151 22845 Pune -Hatia Express 152 22846 Hatia-Pune Express 153 22847 Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 154 22848 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Visakhapatnam Express 155 22865 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Puri Express 156 22866 Puri-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 157 22867 Durg-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 158 22868 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Durg Express 159 22893 Sainagar Shirdi-Howrah Express 160 22894 Howrah -Sainagar Shirdi Express 161 22905 Okha-Shalimar Express 162 22906 Shalimar-Okha Express 163 22939 Okha-Bilaspur Express 164 22940 Bilaspur -Okha Express Page 7 of 17165 22973 Gandhidham -Puri Express 166 22974 Puri-Gandhidham Express 167 58201 Bilaspur -Raipur Passenger 168 58202 Raipur -Bilaspur Passenger 169 58203 Korba-Raipur Passenger 170 58204 Raipur -Korba Passenger 171 58205 Raipur -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Passenger 172 58206 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Raipur Passenger 173 58207 Raipur -Junagarh Road Passenger 174 58208 Junagarh Road-Raipur Passenger 175 58217 Titlagarh-Raipur Passenger 176 58218 Raipur -Titlagarh Passenger 177 58527 Raipur -Visakhapatnam Passenger 178 58528 Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger 179 68701 Raipur -Durg MEMU 180 68702 Durg-Raipur MEMU 181 68703 Raipur -Durg MEMU 182 68704 Durg-Raipur MEMU 183 68705 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 184 68706 Dongargarh-Bilaspur MEMU 185 68707 Raipur -Durg MEMU 186 68708 Durg-Raipur MEMU 187 68709 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 188 68710 Dongargarh-Raipur MEMU 189 68717 Raipur -Durg MEMU 190 68718 Durg-Raipur MEMU 191 68719 Bilaspur -Raipur MEMU 192 68723 Raipur -Gondia MEMU Page 8 of 17193 68724 Gondia -Raipur MEMU 194 68725 Raipur -Durg MEMU 195 68726 Durg-Raipur MEMU 196 68727 Bilaspur -Raipur MEMU 197 68728 Raipur -Bilaspur MEMU 198 68729 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 199 68730 Dongargarh-Raipur MEMU 200 68745 Gevra Road-Raipur MEMU 201 68746 Raipur -Gevra Road MEMU 202 68760 Raipur -Rajim MEMU 203 68761 Rajim-Raipur MEMU 204 68762 Raipur -Rajim MEMU 205 68763 Rajim-Raipur MEMU 206 68764 Raipur -Tadoki MEMU 207 68765 Tadoki-Raipur MEMU 208 68766 Raipur -Rajim MEMU 209 68767 Rajim-Raipur MEMU 210 68861 Gondia -Jharsuguda MEMU 211 68862 Jharsuguda -Gondia MEMU 212 78815 Raipur -Antagarh DMU 213 78816 Antagarh-Raipur DMU Similarly, Durg is served by 178 train services providing connectivity to different stations including 20813/20814 Puri-Jodhpur Express and 20843/20844 Bilaspur -Bhagat Ki Kothi Express providing connectivity for Jodhpur. The list of trains serving Durg is as under:- Trains serving Durg: SN Train No. & Name 1 20825 Bilaspur -Nagpur Vande Bharat Express Page 9 of 172 20826 Nagpur -Bilaspur Vande Bharat Express 3 20829 Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express 4 20830 Visakhapatnam-Durg Vande Bharat Express 5 19021 Udhna -Berhampur Amrit Bharat Express 6 19022 Berhampur-Udhna Amrit Bharat Express 7 20813 Puri-Jodhpur Express 8 20814 Jodhpur -Puri Express 9 11701 Raipur -Jabalpur Express 10 11702 Jabalpur-Raipur Express 11 12069 Raigarh-Gondia Jan Shatabdi Express 12 12070 Gondia -Raigarh Jan Shatabdi Express 13 12101 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 14 12102 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 15 12129 Pune -Howrah Express 16 12130 Howrah -Pune Express 17 12145 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Puri Express 18 12146 Puri-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 19 12151 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 20 12152 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 21 12251 Yesvantpur -Korba Express 22 12252 Korba-Yesvantpur Express 23 12409 Raigarh-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 24 12410 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Raigarh Express 25 12441 Bilaspur -New Delhi Rajdhani Express 26 12442 New Delhi-Bilaspur Rajdhani Express 27 12549 Durg-Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Express 28 12550 Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan-Durg Express 29 12767 Nanded-Santragachi Express Page 10 of 1730 12768 Santragachi -Nanded Express 31 12771 Secunderabad -Raipur Express 32 12772 Raipur -Secunderabad Express 33 12807 Visakhapatnam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 34 12808 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Visakhapatnam Express 35 12809 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 36 12810 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 37 12811 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Hatia Express 38 12812 Hatia-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 39 12823 Durg-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 40 12824 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Durg Express 41 12833 Ahmedabad -Howrah Express 42 12834 Howrah -Ahmedabad Express 43 12843 Puri-Ahmedabad Express 44 12844 Ahmedabad -Puri Express 45 12849 Bilaspur -Pune Express 46 12850 Pune -Bilaspur Express 47 12851 Bilaspur -MGR Chennai Central Express 48 12852 MGR Chennai Central -Bilaspur Express 49 12853 Durg-Bhopal Express 50 12854 Bhopal -Durg Express 51 12855 Bilaspur -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 52 12856 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Bilaspur Express 53 12859 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 54 12860 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 55 12869 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Howrah Express 56 12870 Howrah -Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 57 12905 Porbandar-Shalimar Express Page 11 of 1758 12906 Shalimar-Porbandar Express 59 12949 Porbandar-Santragachi Express 60 12950 Santragachi -Porbandar Express 61 12993 Gandhidham -Puri Express 62 12994 Puri-Gandhidham Express 63 13287 Durg-Ara Express 64 13288 Ara-Durg Express 65 13425 Malda Town-Surat Express 66 13426 Surat-Malda Town Express 67 15159 Chhapra-Durg Express 68 15160 Durg-Chhapra Express 69 15231 Barauni Junction-Gondia Express 70 15232 Gondia -Barauni Junction Express 71 17005 Hyderabad-Raxaul Express 72 17006 Raxaul -Hyderabad Express 73 17007 Charlapalli-Darbhanga Express 74 17008 Darbhanga -Charlapalli Express 75 17321 Vasco Da Gama-Jasidih Express 76 17322 Jasidih -Vasco Da Gama Express 77 17433 Tirupati-Raxaul Express 78 17434 Raxaul -Tirupati Express 79 18029 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Shalimar Express 80 18030 Shalimar-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 81 18109 Tatanagar -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 82 18110 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Tatanagar Express 83 18201 Durg-Nautanwa Express 84 18202 Nautanwa-Durg Express 85 18203 Durg-Kanpur Central Express Page 12 of 1786 18204 Kanpur Central-Durg Express 87 18205 Durg-Nautanwa Express 88 18206 Nautanwa-Durg Express 89 18207 Durg-Ajmer Express 90 18208 Ajmer -Durg Express 91 18213 Durg-Ajmer Express 92 18214 Ajmer -Durg Express 93 18237 Korba-Amritsar Express 94 18238 Amritsar-Bilaspur Express 95 18239 Gevra Road-Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Express 96 18240 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Korba Express 97 18241 Durg-Ambikapur Express 98 18242 Ambikapur-Durg Express 99 18425 Puri-Durg Express 100 18426 Durg-Puri Express 101 18529 Durg-Visakhapatnam Express 102 18530 Visakhapatnam-Durg Express 103 18641 Hatia-Durg Express 104 18642 Durg-Hatia Express 105 20821 Pune -Santragachi Express 106 20822 Santragachi -Pune Express 107 20823 Puri-Ajmer Express 108 20824 Ajmer -Puri Express 109 20843 Bilaspur -Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 110 20844 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Bilaspur Express 111 20845 Bilaspur -Bikaner Express 112 20846 Bikaner -Bilaspur Express 113 20847 Durg-Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Express Page 13 of 17114 20848 Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan-Durg Express 115 20857 Puri-Sainagar Shirdi Express 116 20858 Sainagar Shirdi-Puri Express 117 20861 Puri-Ahmedabad Express 118 20862 Ahmedabad -Puri Express 119 20917 Indore -Puri Express 120 20918 Puri-Indore Express 121 22357 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Gaya Express 122 22358 Gaya -Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 123 22619 Bilaspur -Tirunelveli Express 124 22620 Tirunelveli -Bilaspur Express 125 22647 Korba-Thiruvananthapuram North Express 126 22648 Thiruvananthapuram North-Korba Express 127 22815 Bilaspur -Ernakulam Express 128 22816 Ernakulam -Bilaspur Express 129 22827 Puri-Surat Express 130 22828 Surat-Puri Express 131 22845 Pune -Hatia Express 132 22846 Hatia-Pune Express 133 22847 Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 134 22848 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Visakhapatnam Express 135 22867 Durg-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express 136 22868 Hazrat Nizamuddin -Durg Express 137 22893 Sainagar Shirdi-Howrah Express 138 22894 Howrah -Sainagar Shirdi Express 139 22905 Okha-Shalimar Express 140 22906 Shalimar-Okha Express 141 22939 Okha-Bilaspur Express Page 14 of 17142 22940 Bilaspur -Okha Express 143 22973 Gandhidham -Puri Express 144 22974 Puri-Gandhidham Express 145 58205 Raipur -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Passenger 146 58206 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari -Raipur Passenger 147 68701 Raipur -Durg MEMU 148 68702 Durg-Raipur MEMU 149 68703 Raipur -Durg MEMU 150 68704 Durg-Raipur MEMU 151 68705 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 152 68706 Dongargarh-Bilaspur MEMU 153 68707 Raipur -Durg MEMU 154 68708 Durg-Raipur MEMU 155 68709 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 156 68710 Dongargarh-Raipur MEMU 157 68717 Raipur -Durg MEMU 158 68718 Durg-Raipur MEMU 159 68723 Raipur -Gondia MEMU 160 68724 Gondia -Raipur MEMU 161 68725 Raipur -Durg MEMU 162 68726 Durg-Raipur MEMU 163 68729 Raipur -Dongargarh MEMU 164 68730 Dongargarh-Raipur MEMU 165 68741 Durg-Gondia MEMU 166 68742 Gondia -Durg MEMU 167 68764 Raipur -Tadoki MEMU 168 68765 Tadoki-Raipur MEMU 169 68861 Gondia -Jharsuguda MEMU Page 15 of 17170 68862 Jharsuguda -Gondia MEMU 171 78815 Raipur -Antagarh DMU 172 78816 Antagarh-Raipur DMU 173 78817 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU 174 78818 Antagarh-Durg DMU 175 78824 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU 176 78825 Dalli Rajhara-Durg DMU 177 78826 Dalli Rajhara-Durg DMU 178 78827 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU At present, services of 68764/68765 Raipur-Tadoki MEMU are available for the passengers of Raipur-Tadoki section. Tadoki-Rowghat section has not been commissioned for operation of passenger carrying trains. Durg-Dallirajhara section is presently served by 10 trains. These are listed below: SN Train No. & Name 1 68764 Raipur -Tadoki MEMU 2 68765 Tadoki-Raipur MEMU 3 78815 Raipur -Antagarh DMU 4 78816 Antagarh-Raipur DMU 5 78817 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU 6 78818 Antagarh-Durg DMU 7 78824 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU 8 78825 Dalli Rajhara-Durg DMU 9 78826 Dalli Rajhara-Durg DMU 10 78827 Durg-Dalli Rajhara DMU Page 16 of 17Presently, trains departing from Durg are available at 08:35 hrs, 10:20 hrs, 16:50 hrs, 19:05 hrs and 21:00 hrs. Similarly, from Dalli Rajhara trains depart at 05:50 hrs, 06:25 hrs, 11:45 hrs, 14:33 hrs and 18:55 hrs. Besides, introduction of new train services, which is an on-going process, depends on various factors which include- ● 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. ● Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section. ***** Page 17 of 17