Parliament Question: Shahganj Railway Junction

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 SHAHGANJ RAILWAY JUNCTION †6051. SHRI BABU SINGH KUSHWAHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that Patna-Gomtinagar Vande Bharat Express is operated via Shahganj Railway Junction Jaunpur district but this train does not have a stoppage at the said station and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is also aware of the fact that Shahganj Railway Junction is an important railway station of Purvanchal region and there has been a constant demand at the local level for stoppage of the said train as a large number of passengers from Jaunpur and several adjoining districts travel by train and if so, the details thereof;

and

(c) whether the Government proposes to provide stoppage of the said train at Shahganj Railway Junction keeping in view the convenience of the passengers and if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) Shahganj station is presently being served by 62 train services providing direct connectivity to major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Gomtinagar, Jammu Tawi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Guwahati etc. The list of

trains serving Shahganj is as under:- SN Train no. and name 1 13435 Malda Town-Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express 2 13436 Gomtinagar-Malda Town Amrit Bharat Express Page 1 of 5 §3 11055 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Gonda Express 4 11056 Gonda -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 5 11059 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Chhapra Express 6 11060 Chhapra-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 7 12225 Azamgarh-Delhi Express 8 12226 Delhi -Azamgarh Express 9 13009 Howrah -Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 10 13010 Yog Nagari Rishikesh-Howrah Express 11 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express 12 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Express 13 13237 Patna -Kota Express 14 13238 Kota -Patna Express 15 13307 Dhanbad -Firozpur Cant Express 16 13308 Firozpur Cant-Dhanbad Express 17 13509 Asansol -Gonda Express 18 13510 Gonda -Asansol Express 19 14017 Raxaul -Anand Vihar (T) Express 20 14018 Anand Vihar (T)-Raxaul Express 21 14213 Varanasi-Bahraich Express 22 14214 Bahraich-Varanasi Express 23 14235 Varanasi-Bareilly Express 24 14236 Bareilly-Varanasi Express 25 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 26 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Express 27 14853 Varanasi City-Jodhpur Express 28 14854 Jodhpur -Varanasi City Express 29 15025 Mau -Anand Vihar (T) Express 30 15026 Anand Vihar (T)-Mau Express 31 15053 Chhapra-Gomtinagar Express Page 2 of 532 15054 Gomtinagar-Chhapra Express 33 15083 Chhapra-Farrukhabad Express 34 15084 Farrukhabad-Chhapra Express 35 15115 Chhapra-Delhi Express 36 15116 Delhi -Chhapra Express 37 15181 Mau -Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 38 15182 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Mau Express 39 15623 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Kamakhya Express 40 15624 Kamakhya-Bhagat Ki Kothi Express 41 15715 Kishanganj-Ajmer Express 42 15716 Ajmer-Kishanganj Express 43 15743 Balurghat-Bathinda Express 44 15744 Bathinda-Balurghat Express 45 18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Express 46 18104 Amritsar-Tatanagar Express 47 19045 Surat-Thawe Express 48 19046 Thawe-Surat Express 49 19053 Surat-Muzaffarpur Express 50 19054 Muzaffarpur -Surat Express 51 19165 Ahmedabad -Darbhanga Express 52 19166 Darbhanga -Ahmedabad Express 53 19167 Ahmedabad -Varanasi City Express 54 19168 Varanasi City-Ahmedabad Express 55 22103 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Ayodhya Cantt Express 56 22104 Ayodhya Cantt-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 57 22613 Rameswaram-Ayodhya Cantt Express 58 22614 Ayodhya Cantt-Rameswaram Express 59 55133 Ballia-Shahganj Passenger 60 55134 Shahganj -Ballia Passenger Page 3 of 561 55135 Ballia-Shahganj Passenger 62 55136 Shahganj-Ballia Passenger At present, Shahganj-Patna sector is served by 03 pairs train services while Shahganj-Gomtinagar sector is served by 21 pairs of train services as listed

below:- Trains serving Shahganj-Patna sector SN Train no. and name 1 13237/13238 Patna- Kota Express 2 15743/15744 Balurghat-Bathinda Farakka Express 3 15623/15624 Bhagat ki Kothi - Kamakhya Express Trains serving Shahganj-Gomtinagar sector SN Train no. and name 1 12225/12226 Azamgarh-Delhi Express 2 13009/13010 Howrah-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express 3 13151/13152 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express 4 13237/13238 Patna-Kota Express 5 13307/13308 Dhanbad-Firozpur Cantt Express 6 13435/13436 Malda Town-Gomtinagar Amrit Bharat Express 7 14017/14018 Raxaul-Anand Vihar (T) Express 8 14235/14236 Varanasi-Bareilly Express 9 14649/14650 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 10 14853/14854 Varanasi City-Jodhpur Express 11 15025/15026 Mau-Anand Vihar (T) Express 12 15053/15054 Chhapra-Gomtinagar Express 13 15083/15084 Chhapra-Farrukhabad Express 14 15115/15116 Chhapra-Delhi Express 15 15623/15624 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Kamakhya Express Page 4 of 516 15715/15716 Kishanganj-Ajmer Express 17 15743/15744 Balurghat-Bathinda Express 18 18103/18104 Tatanagar-Amritsar Express 19 19053/19054 Surat -Muzaffarpur Express 20 19165/19166 Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Express 21 19167/19168 Ahmedabad-Varanasi City Express Besides, provision of stoppages of train services, which is an on-going process, depends on the traffic justification, operational feasibility including availability of extra time on the section & availability of matching infrastructure such as Platform length etc.

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