Parliament Question: Regularisation of Yesvantpur–Dhanbad Express Special

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2026 REGULARISATION OF YESVANTPUR–DHANBAD EXPRESS SPECIAL 2802. SHRI DULU MAHATO: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government proposes to issue a notification of regularisation for Train No. 06563/64 Yesvantpur–Dhanbad Express Special and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government has evaluated a proposal to rationalise its route via Bokaro Steel City (BKSC), Ranchi (RNC), Rourkela (ROU) and Tirupati (TPTY) instead of the existing Gaya route that is suppose to reduce the transit distance from 2,643 km to approximately 2,052 km and curtail travel time by nearly 14 hours and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether said proposed rerouting would drastically improve rolling stock turnaround, reduce operational overheads and provide vital direct connectivity between major industrial hubs like Dhanbad Bokaro and Ranchi; and (d) if so, the details of the definitive timeline by which this train will be operationalised on the truncated route including the allocation of a proportional reservation quota for Bokaro Steel City and Ranchi stations? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d) In its constant endeavour to provide additional accommodation to travelling passengers, Indian Railways (IR), in addition to the various types of regular trains, also operates Special train services during festivals, holidays, etc. to cater to the extra needs of passengers, subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification etc. Accordingly, 06563/06564 § Page 1 of 21Yesvantpur - Dhanbad Express Special was operated via Gaya-Prayagraj- Katni-Nagpur between February-April, 2026. Further, IR, with a view to facilitate the passengers of Ranchi - Bokaro Steel City - Dhanbad sector, have introduced 16619/16620 Podanur - Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express w.e.f. 23.03.2026. Ranchi station is presently served by 118 train services and is also connected to Bengaluru area by the services of 12835/12836 Hatia(Ranchi) - SMVT Bengaluru Express and 18637/18638 Hatia(Ranchi)- SMVT Bengaluru Express. Similarly, Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City stations are served by 154 train services and 90 train services respectively. The lists of trains serving Ranchi, Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City are as under: Train serving Ranchi: SN Train No. and Name 1 12019 Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express 2 12020 Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi Express 3 12365 Patna - Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Express 4 12366 Ranchi - Patna Jan Shatabdi Express 5 12453 Ranchi - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 6 12454 New Delhi - Ranchi Rajdhani Express 7 12817 Hatia - Anand Vihar (T) Express 8 12818 Anand Vihar (T) - Hatia Express 9 12825 Ranchi - Anand Vihar (T) Express 10 12826 Anand Vihar (T) - Ranchi Express Page 2 of 2111 12873 Hatia - Anand Vihar (T) Express 12 12874 Anand Vihar (T) - Hatia Express 13 12877 Ranchi - New Delhi Garib Rath Express 14 12878 New Delhi - Ranchi Garib Rath Express 15 13303 Dhanbad - Ranchi Express 16 13304 Ranchi - Dhanbad Express 17 13319 Dumka - Ranchi Express 18 13320 Ranchi - Dumka Express 19 13351 Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express 20 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express 21 13403 Ranchi - Bhagalpur Express 22 13404 Bhagalpur - Ranchi Express 23 13425 Malda Town - Surat Express 24 13426 Surat - Malda Town Express 25 13503 Bardhaman - Hatia Express 26 13504 Hatia - Bardhaman Express 27 13513 Asansol - Hatia Express 28 13514 Hatia - Asansol Express 29 14021 Purulia - Anand Vihar (T) Express 30 14022 Anand Vihar (T) - Purulia Express Page 3 of 2131 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express 32 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express 33 15661 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express 34 15662 Kamakhya - Ranchi Express 35 16619 Podanur - Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express 36 16620 Dhanbad - Podanur Amrit Bharat Express 37 17005 Hyderabad - Raxaul Express 38 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Express 39 17007 Charlapalli - Darbhanga Express 40 17008 Darbhanga - Charlapalli Express 41 17321 Vasco Da Gama - Jasidih Express 42 17322 Jasidih - Vasco Da Gama Express 43 17433 Tirupati - Raxaul Express 44 17434 Raxaul - Tirupati Express 45 18035 Kharagpur - Hatia Express 46 18036 Hatia - Kharagpur Express 47 18085 Kharagpur - Ranchi Express 48 18086 Ranchi - Kharagpur Express 49 18105 Rourkela - Jaynagar Express 50 18106 Jaynagar - Rourkela Express Page 4 of 2151 18309 Sambalpur - Jammutavi Express 52 18310 Jammutavi - Sambalpur Express 53 18403 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Express 54 18404 Dhanbad - Bhubaneswar Express 55 18523 Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express 56 18524 Banaras - Visakhapatnam Express 57 18601 Tatanagar - Hatia Express 58 18602 Hatia - Tatanagar Express 59 18603 Ranchi - Godda Express 60 18604 Godda - Ranchi Express 61 18609 Ranchi - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 62 18610 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Ranchi Express 63 18611 Ranchi - Banaras Express 64 18612 Banaras - Ranchi Express 65 18613 Ranchi - Chopan Express 66 18614 Chopan - Ranchi Express 67 18615 Howrah - Hatia Express 68 18616 Hatia - Howrah Express 69 18619 Ranchi - Godda Express 70 18620 Godda - Ranchi Express Page 5 of 2171 18621 Patna - Hatia Express 72 18622 Hatia - Patna Express 73 18623 Islampur - Hatia Express 74 18624 Hatia - Islampur Express 75 18625 Purnia Court - Hatia Express 76 18626 Hatia - Purnia Court Express 77 18627 Howrah - Ranchi Express 78 18628 Ranchi - Howrah Express 79 18629 Ranchi - Gorakhpur Express 80 18630 Gorakhpur - Ranchi Express 81 18631 Ranchi - Chopan Express 82 18632 Chopan - Ranchi Express 83 18635 Ranchi - Sasaram Express 84 18636 Sasaram - Ranchi Express 85 18639 Ara - Ranchi Express 86 18640 Ranchi - Ara Express 87 20407 Ranchi - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 88 20408 New Delhi - Ranchi Rajdhani Express 89 20839 Ranchi - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 90 20840 New Delhi - Ranchi Rajdhani Express Page 6 of 2191 20887 Ranchi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 92 20888 Varanasi - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 93 20897 Howrah - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 94 20898 Ranchi - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 95 22349 Patna - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 96 22350 Ranchi - Patna Vande Bharat Express 97 22357 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Gaya Express 98 22358 Gaya - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 99 22891 Howrah - Ranchi Express 100 22892 Ranchi - Howrah Express 101 58033 Bokaro Steel City - Ranchi Passenger 102 58034 Ranchi - Bokaro Steel City Passenger 103 58663 Hatia - Shanki Passenger 104 58664 Shanki - Hatia Passenger 105 58665 Hatia - Shanki Passenger 106 58666 Shanki - Hatia Passenger 107 63597 Ranchi - Asansol MEMU 108 63598 Asansol - Ranchi MEMU 109 68017 Ranchi - Lohardaga MEMU 110 68018 Lohardaga - Ranchi MEMU Page 7 of 21111 68027 Ranchi - Tori MEMU 112 68028 Tori - Ranchi MEMU 113 68035 Adityapur - Hatia MEMU 114 68036 Hatia - Adityapur MEMU 115 68037 Ranchi - Lohardaga MEMU 116 68038 Lohardaga - Ranchi MEMU 117 68039 Ranchi - Lohardaga MEMU 118 68040 Lohardaga - Ranchi MEMU Train serving Dhanbad: SN Train No. and Name 1 11045 Kolhapur - Dhanbad Express 2 11046 Dhanbad - Kolhapur Express 3 11447 Jabalpur - Howrah Express 4 11448 Howrah - Jabalpur Express 5 11631 Bhopal - Dhanbad Express 6 11632 Dhanbad - Bhopal Express 7 12019 Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express 8 12020 Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi Express 9 12175 Howrah - Gwalior Express 10 12176 Gwalior - Howrah Express Page 8 of 2111 12177 Howrah - Mathura Express 12 12178 Mathura - Howrah Express 13 12259 Sealdah - Bikaner Duronto Express 14 12260 Bikaner - Sealdah Duronto Express 15 12301 Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 16 12302 New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani Express 17 12307 Howrah - Jodhpur Express 18 12308 Jodhpur - Howrah Express 19 12313 Sealdah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 20 12314 New Delhi - Sealdah Rajdhani Express 21 12319 Kolkatta (T) - Gwalior Express 22 12320 Gwalior - Kolkatta (T) Express 23 12321 Howrah - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express 24 12322 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) - Howrah Express 25 12323 Howrah - Barmer Express 26 12324 Barmer - Howrah Express 27 12329 Sealdah - Anand Vihar (T) Express 28 12330 Anand Vihar (T) - Sealdah Express 29 12339 Howrah - Dhanbad Express 30 12340 Dhanbad - Howrah Express Page 9 of 2131 12353 Howrah - Lalkua Express 32 12354 Lalkua - Howrah Express 33 12357 Kolkatta (T) - Amritsar Express 34 12358 Amritsar - Kolkatta (T) Express 35 12371 Howrah - Bikaner Express 36 12372 Bikaner - Howrah Express 37 12379 Sealdah - Amritsar Express 38 12380 Amritsar - Sealdah Express 39 12381 Howrah - New Delhi Express 40 12382 New Delhi - Howrah Express 41 12495 Bikaner - Kolkatta (T) Express 42 12496 Kolkatta (T) - Bikaner Express 43 12937 Gandhidham - Howrah Express 44 12938 Howrah - Gandhidham Express 45 12941 Bhavnagar - Asansol Express 46 12942 Asansol - Bhavnagar Express 47 12987 Sealdah - Ajmer Express 48 12988 Ajmer - Sealdah Express 49 13009 Howrah - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 50 13010 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Howrah Express Page 10 of 2151 13025 Howrah - Bhopal Express 52 13026 Bhopal - Howrah Express 53 13051 Howrah - Kalka Express 54 13052 Kalka - Howrah Express 55 13065 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express 56 13066 Anand Vihar (T) - Howrah Amrit Bharat Express 57 13151 Kolkatta (T) - Jammutavi Express 58 13152 Jammutavi - Kolkatta (T) Express 59 13167 Kolkatta (T) - Agra Cantt Express 60 13168 Agra Cantt - Kolkatta (T) Express 61 13301 Dhanbad - Adityapur Express 62 13302 Adityapur - Dhanbad Express 63 13303 Dhanbad - Ranchi Express 64 13304 Ranchi - Dhanbad Express 65 13305 Dhanbad - Sasaram Express 66 13306 Sasaram - Dhanbad Express 67 13307 Dhanbad - Firozpur Cant Express 68 13308 Firozpur Cant - Dhanbad Express 69 13319 Dumka - Ranchi Express 70 13320 Ranchi - Dumka Express Page 11 of 2171 13329 Dhanbad - Patna Express 72 13330 Patna - Dhanbad Express 73 13331 Dhanbad - Patna Express 74 13332 Patna - Dhanbad Express 75 13351 Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express 76 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express 77 13379 Dhanbad - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 78 13380 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Dhanbad Express 79 13403 Ranchi - Bhagalpur Express 80 13404 Bhagalpur - Ranchi Express 81 13425 Malda Town - Surat Express 82 13426 Surat - Malda Town Express 83 13503 Bardhaman - Hatia Express 84 13504 Hatia - Bardhaman Express 85 13545 Asansol - Gaya Express 86 13546 Gaya - Asansol Express 87 13553 Asansol - Varanasi Express 88 13554 Varanasi - Asansol Express 89 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express 90 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express Page 12 of 2191 15661 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express 92 15662 Kamakhya - Ranchi Express 93 16619 Podanur - Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express 94 16620 Dhanbad - Podanur Amrit Bharat Express 95 17005 Hyderabad - Raxaul Express 96 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Express 97 17007 Charlapalli - Darbhanga Express 98 17008 Darbhanga - Charlapalli Express 99 17321 Vasco Da Gama - Jasidih Express 100 17322 Jasidih - Vasco Da Gama Express 101 17433 Tirupati - Raxaul Express 102 17434 Raxaul - Tirupati Express 103 18019 Jhargram - Dhanbad Express 104 18020 Dhanbad - Jhargram Express 105 18105 Rourkela - Jaynagar Express 106 18106 Jaynagar - Rourkela Express 107 18119 Tatanagar - Jaynagar Express 108 18120 Jaynagar - Tatanagar Express 109 18185 Tatanagar - Godda Express 110 18186 Godda - Tatanagar Express Page 13 of 21111 18403 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Express 112 18404 Dhanbad - Bhubaneswar Express 113 18603 Ranchi - Godda Express 114 18604 Godda - Ranchi Express 115 18619 Ranchi - Godda Express 116 18620 Godda - Ranchi Express 117 18621 Patna - Hatia Express 118 18622 Hatia - Patna Express 119 18629 Ranchi - Gorakhpur Express 120 18630 Gorakhpur - Ranchi Express 121 19413 Ahmedabad - Kolkatta (T) Express 122 19414 Kolkatta (T) - Ahmedabad Express 123 19607 Kolkatta (T) - Madar Express 124 19608 Madar - Kolkatta (T) Express 125 20975 Howrah - Agra Cantt Express 126 20976 Agra Cantt - Howrah Express 127 22303 Howrah - Gaya Vande Bharat Express 128 22304 Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express 129 22307 Howrah - Bikaner Express 130 22308 Bikaner - Howrah Express Page 14 of 21131 22317 Sealdah - Jammu Tawi Express 132 22318 Jammu Tawi - Sealdah Express 133 22323 Kolkatta (T) - Ghazipur City Express 134 22324 Ghazipur City - Kolkatta (T) Express 135 22387 Howrah - Dhanbad Express 136 22388 Dhanbad - Howrah Express 137 22911 Indore - Howrah Express 138 22912 Howrah - Indore Express 139 53323 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger 140 53324 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger 141 53327 Sindri Town - NSC Bose Gomoh Passenger 142 53328 NSC Bose Gomoh - Sindri Town Passenger 143 53333 Sindri Town - Dhanbad Passenger 144 53334 Dhanbad - Sindri Town Passenger 145 53339 Chandrapura - Dhanbad Passenger 146 53340 Dhanbad - Chandrapura Passenger 147 63541 Asansol - NSC Bose Gomoh MEMU 148 63542 NSC Bose Gomoh - Asansol MEMU 149 63543 Asansol - NSC Bose Gomoh MEMU 150 63544 NSC Bose Gomoh - Asansol MEMU Page 15 of 21151 63555 Asansol - Barkakana MEMU 152 63556 Barkakana - Asansol MEMU 153 68087 Bishnupur - Dhanbad MEMU 154 68088 Dhanbad - Bankura MEMU Train serving Bokaro Steel City: SN Train No. and Name 1 12019 Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express 2 12020 Ranchi - Howrah Shatabdi Express 3 12365 Patna - Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Express 4 12366 Ranchi - Patna Jan Shatabdi Express 5 12801 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express 6 12802 Anand Vihar (T) - Puri Express 7 12817 Hatia - Anand Vihar (T) Express 8 12818 Anand Vihar (T) - Hatia Express 9 12825 Ranchi - Anand Vihar (T) Express 10 12826 Anand Vihar (T) - Ranchi Express 11 12875 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express 12 12876 Anand Vihar (T) - Puri Express 13 13303 Dhanbad - Ranchi Express 14 13304 Ranchi - Dhanbad Express Page 16 of 2115 13319 Dumka - Ranchi Express 16 13320 Ranchi - Dumka Express 17 13351 Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express 18 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express 19 13403 Ranchi - Bhagalpur Express 20 13404 Bhagalpur - Ranchi Express 21 13425 Malda Town - Surat Express 22 13426 Surat - Malda Town Express 23 13503 Bardhaman - Hatia Express 24 13504 Hatia - Bardhaman Express 25 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express 26 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express 27 15661 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express 28 15662 Kamakhya - Ranchi Express 29 16619 Podanur - Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express 30 16620 Dhanbad - Podanur Amrit Bharat Express 31 17005 Hyderabad - Raxaul Express 32 17006 Raxaul - Hyderabad Express 33 17007 Charlapalli - Darbhanga Express 34 17008 Darbhanga - Charlapalli Express Page 17 of 2135 17321 Vasco Da Gama - Jasidih Express 36 17322 Jasidih - Vasco Da Gama Express 37 17433 Tirupati - Raxaul Express 38 17434 Raxaul - Tirupati Express 39 18013 Adra - Bokaro Steel City Express 40 18014 Bokaro Steel City - Adra Express 41 18019 Jhargram - Dhanbad Express 42 18020 Dhanbad - Jhargram Express 43 18103 Tatanagar - Amritsar Express 44 18104 Amritsar - Tatanagar Express 45 18105 Rourkela - Jaynagar Express 46 18106 Jaynagar - Rourkela Express 47 18119 Tatanagar - Jaynagar Express 48 18120 Jaynagar - Tatanagar Express 49 18185 Tatanagar - Godda Express 50 18186 Godda - Tatanagar Express 51 18403 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Express 52 18404 Dhanbad - Bhubaneswar Express 53 18427 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express 54 18428 Anand Vihar (T) - Puri Express Page 18 of 2155 18603 Ranchi - Godda Express 56 18604 Godda - Ranchi Express 57 18609 Ranchi - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 58 18610 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Ranchi Express 59 18619 Ranchi - Godda Express 60 18620 Godda - Ranchi Express 61 18621 Patna - Hatia Express 62 18622 Hatia - Patna Express 63 18623 Islampur - Hatia Express 64 18624 Hatia - Islampur Express 65 18625 Purnia Court - Hatia Express 66 18626 Hatia - Purnia Court Express 67 18627 Howrah - Ranchi Express 68 18628 Ranchi - Howrah Express 69 18629 Ranchi - Gorakhpur Express 70 18630 Gorakhpur - Ranchi Express 71 18639 Ara - Ranchi Express 72 18640 Ranchi - Ara Express 73 20839 Ranchi - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 74 20840 New Delhi - Ranchi Rajdhani Express Page 19 of 2175 20887 Ranchi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express 76 20888 Varanasi - Ranchi Vande Bharat Express 77 20893 Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express 78 20894 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express 79 21895 Tatanagar - Patna Vande Bharat Express 80 21896 Patna - Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express 81 22805 Bhubaneswar - Anand Vihar (T) Express 82 22806 Anand Vihar (T) - Bhubaneswar Express 83 22823 Bhubaneswar - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 84 22824 New Delhi - Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express 85 58033 Bokaro Steel City - Ranchi Passenger 86 58034 Ranchi - Bokaro Steel City Passenger 87 63519 Bardhaman - Bokaro Steel City MEMU 88 63520 Bokaro Steel City - Bardhaman MEMU 89 63591 Bokaro Steel City - Asansol MEMU 90 63592 Asansol - Bokaro Steel City MEMU Besides, regularisation and rationalisation of 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. Page 20 of 21 Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets.  Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section. ***** Page 21 of 21