Parliament Question: Restoration of Trains at Tirunelveli Junction

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4323 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 RESTORATION OF TRAINS AT TIRUNELVELI JUNCTION 4323. SHRI ROBERT BRUCE C: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the details of trains originating, terminating and halting at Tirunelveli Junction Railway Station as on 01.02.2026; (b) the details of trains originating, terminating and halting at Tirunelveli Junction Railway Station were discontinued and not restored after gauge conversion and Covid-19; and (c) whether the Government proposes to restore trains at the said junction as per pre gauge conversion and pre-Covid schedule and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (c) Tirunelveli is presently being served by 98 train services which are as under: SN Train No. & Name 1 11021 Dadar-Tirunelveli Express 2 11022 Tirunelveli-Dadar Express 3 12631 Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli Nellai Express 4 12632 Tirunelveli-Chennai Egmore Nellai Express 5 12633 Chennai Egmore-Kanniyakumari Express 6 12634 Kanniyakumari-Chennai Egmore Express 7 12641 Kanniyakumari-Hazrat Nizamuddin Tirukkural Express 8 12642 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kanniyakumari Tirukkural Express 9 12665 Howrah-Kanniyakumari Express § Page 1 of 510 12666 Kanniyakumari-Howrah Express 11 12667 Tambaram-Kanniyakumari Express 12 12668 Kanniyakumari-Tambaram Express 13 12689 MGR Chennai Central-Kanniyakumari Express 14 12690 Kanniyakumari-MGR Chennai Central Express 16121 Tambaram-Thiruvananthapuram Central Amrit Bharat 15 Express 16122 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Tambaram Amrit Bharat 16 Express 17 16127 Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur Express 18 16128 Guruvayur-Chennai Egmore Express 19 16321 Nagercoil-Coimbatore Express 20 16322 Coimbatore-Nagercoil Express 21 16339 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nagercoil Express 22 16340 Nagercoil-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Express 23 16351 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T)-Nagercoil Express 24 16352 Nagercoil-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(T) Express 25 16353 Kacheguda-Nagercoil Express 26 16354 Nagercoil-Kacheguda Express 27 16357 Nagercoil-Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 28 16358 Charlapalli-Nagercoil Amrit Bharat Express 29 16367 Kanniyakumari-Banaras Kashi Tamil Express 30 16368 Banaras-Kanniyakumari Kashi Tamil Express 31 16729 Madurai-Punalur Express 32 16730 Punalur-Madurai Express 33 16731 Palakkad-Tiruchendur Express 34 16732 Tiruchendur-Palakkad Express 35 16787 Tirunelveli-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Navyug Express 36 16788 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Tirunelveli Navyug Express 37 16791 Tuticorin-Palakkad Palaruvi Express 38 16792 Palakkad-Tuticorin Palaruvi Express Page 2 of 539 16845 Erode-Sengottai Express 40 16846 Sengottai-Erode Express 41 16861 Puducherry-Kanniyakumari Express 42 16862 Kanniyakumari-Puducherry Express 43 17235 SMVT Bengaluru-Nagercoil Express 44 17236 Nagercoil-SMVT Bengaluru Express 45 19577 Tirunelveli-Jamnagar Express 46 19578 Jamnagar-Tirunelveli Express 47 20603 New Jalpaiguri-Nagercoil Amrit Bharat Express 48 20604 Nagercoil-New Jalpaiguri Amrit Bharat Express 49 20605 Chennai Egmore-Tiruchendur Express 50 20606 Tiruchendur-Chennai Egmore Express 51 20627 Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express 52 20628 Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express 53 20635 Chennai Egmore-Kollam Anantapuri Express 54 20636 Kollam-Chennai Egmore Anantapuri Express 55 20665 Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express 56 20666 Tirunelveli-Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express 57 20683 Tambaram-Sengottai Express 58 20684 Sengottai-Tambaram Express 59 20691 Tambaram-Nagercoil Antyodaya Express 60 20692 Nagercoil-Tambaram Antyodaya Express 61 20923 Tirunelveli-Gandhidham Humsafar Express 62 20924 Gandhidham-Tirunelveli Humsafar Express 63 22605 Purulia-Tirunelveli Express 64 22606 Tirunelveli-Purulia Express 65 22619 Bilaspur-Tirunelveli Express 66 22620 Tirunelveli-Bilaspur Express 67 22621 Rameswaram-Kanniyakumari Express 68 22622 Kanniyakumari-Rameswaram Express Page 3 of 569 22627 Tiruchchirappalli-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express 70 22628 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Tiruchchirappalli Express 71 22629 Dadar-Tirunelveli Express 72 22630 Tirunelveli-Dadar Express 73 22657 Tambaram-Kanniyakumari Express 74 22658 Kanniyakumari-Tambaram Express 75 22667 Nagercoil-Coimbatore Express 76 22668 Coimbatore-Nagercoil Express 77 56003 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger 78 56004 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli Passenger 79 56707 Kanniyakumari-Tirunelveli Passenger 80 56708 Tirunelveli-Kanniyakumari Passenger 81 56721 Tuticorin-Tirunelveli Passenger 82 56722 Tirunelveli-Tuticorin Passenger 83 56741 Tirunelveli-Sengottai Passenger 84 56742 Sengottai-Tirunelveli Passenger 85 56743 Tirunelveli-Sengottai Passenger 86 56744 Sengottai-Tirunelveli Passenger 87 56751 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger 88 56752 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli Passenger 89 56753 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger 90 56754 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli Passenger 91 56755 Vanchi Maniyachchi-Tiruchendur Passenger 92 56756 Tiruchendur-Vanchi Maniyachchi Passenger 93 56757 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger 94 56758 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli Passenger 95 56773 Tirunelveli-Sengottai Passenger 96 56774 Sengottai-Tirunelveli Passenger 97 56775 Tirunelveli-Sengottai Passenger 98 56776 Sengottai-Tirunelveli Passenger Page 4 of 5With a view to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Railways (IR) had discontinued the operation of all regular passenger carrying trains with effect from 23rd March, 2020 and only special train services were being operated. Indian Railways also undertook rationalization of time-table, including rationalisation of train services, in a scientific manner with the assistance of IIT-Bombay. The exercise has been undertaken inter alia to provide for better passenger safety by creating maintenance corridor blocks, speeding up of train services and to improve punctuality. Since November-2021, Express train services are being operated as per rationalized time table and regular numbers. Besides, introduction of trains/provision of stoppages are on-going processes on Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification, competing demands, etc. ***** Page 5 of 5