Parliament Question: Stoppage of Long-distance Trains at Railway Stations in Punjab

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3996 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 STOPPAGE OF LONG-DISTANCE TRAINS AT RAILWAY STATIONS IN PUNJAB 3996. SHRI MALVINDER SINGH KANG: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has received representations regarding inadequate stoppage of long-distance trains at important railway stations in Punjab; (b) if so, the details of such representations received during the last three years, year-wise; (c) the details of the criteria adopted for sanctioning of new stoppages; and (d) whether additional stoppages are proposed to improve passenger convenience and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d) As the railway network straddles across State boundaries, trains are operated and stoppages are provided, as per network requirement, across such boundaries. However, during the last three years, Indian Railways (IR) have provided 87 stoppages at the stations located in the State of Punjab. The stoppages are listed below: SL Train no. and name Station name 1 26461 Delhi-Firozpur Cantt. Vande Bharat Barnala Express 2 26462 Firozpur Cantt.-Delhi Vande Bharat Barnala Page 1 of 6 §Express 3 16318 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra- Phillaur Kanniyakumari Express 4 16032 MGR Chennai-Shri Mata Vaishno Phillaur Devi Katra Express 5 16788 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra- Phillaur Tirunelveli Express 6 54634 Ludhiana jn.-Bhiwani Passenger Bahadur Singh Wala 7 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Kila Raipur 8 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Rohira Ghallughara Halt 9 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Himmatana 10 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Gurnay 11 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Govindgarh Khokhar 12 54634 Ludhiana-Bhiwani Passenger Gill 13 54634 Ludhiana-Bhiwani Passenger Kup 14 54634 Ludhiana-Bhiwani Passenger Rohira Ghallughara Halt 15 54634 Ludhiana-Bhiwani Passenger Govindgarh Khokhar 16 14653 Ludhiana-Bhiwani Express Jandiala 17 64513 Saharanpur-Nangal dam MEMU Noganwan 18 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Rohira Ghallughara Halt 19 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Kup 20 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Himmatana 21 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Gurnay 22 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Govindgarh Khokhar 23 54631 Bhiwani-Dhuri Passenger Govindgarh Khokhar 24 54632 Dhuri-Sirsa Passenger Govindgarh Khokhar 25 54632 Dhuri-Sirsa Passenger Bharur Page 2 of 626 54632 Dhuri-Sirsa Passenger Bahadur Singh Wala 27 54631 Bhiwani-Dhuri Passenger Chajili 28 54631 Bhiwani-Dhuri Passenger Bharur 29 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Bharur 30 54605 Churu-Ludhiana Passenger Bahadur Singh Wala 31 64513 Saharanpur-Nangal dam MEMU Sarai Banjara 32 64513 Saharanpur-Nangal dam MEMU Mianpur 33 64513 Saharanpur-Nangal dam MEMU New Morinda 34 54633 Sirsa-Ludhiana Passenger Bharur 35 54634 Ludhiana-Sirsa Passenger Bharur 36 54551 Ambala cantt.-Bathinda Passenger Patiala Cantt. 37 54552 Bathinda-Ambala cantt. Passenger Patiala Cantt. 38 54551 Ambala cantt.-Bathinda Passenger Chhintanwala 39 54552 Bathinda-Ambala cantt. Passenger Chhintanwala 40 54551 Ambala cant. jn.-Bathinda Sambhu Passenger 41 54552 Bathinda-Ambala Cantt. Passenger Lehra Muhabbat 42 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Express Kartarpur 43 14632 Amritsar-Dehradun Express Kartarpur 44 14653 Hisar-Amritsar Express Jalandhar Cantt 45 14653 Hisar-Amritsar Express Goraya 46 11057 Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)- Goraya Amritsar Express 47 14721 Jodhpur-Bathinda Express Sangat 48 14722 Bathinda-Jodhpur Express Sangat 49 22479 New Delhi-Lohian Khas Express Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Page 3 of 650 22480 Lohian Khas-New Delhi Express Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala 51 19107 Bhavnagar-Udhampur Express Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala 52 19108 Udhampur-Bhavnagar Express Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala 53 12439 H.S. Nanded-Shri Ganganagar Sunam Udham Singh Wala Express 54 12440 Shri Ganganagar-H.S. Nanded Sunam Udham Singh Wala Express 55 12485 H.S. Nanded-Shri Ganganagar Sunam Udham Singh Wala Express 56 12486 Shri Ganganagar-H.S. Nanded Sunam Udham Singh Wala Express 57 15015 Amritsar-Lalkuan Express Beas 58 15016 Lalkuan-Amritsar Express Beas 59 19415 Ahmedabad-SMVD Katra Express Sultanpur Lodi 60 19416 SMVD Katra-Ahmedabad Express Sultanpur Lodi 61 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Express Sirhind jn. 62 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Express Sirhind jn. 63 19107 Bhavnagar-Udhampur Express Sultanpur Lodi 64 19108 Udhampur-Bhavnagar Express Sultanpur Lodi 65 19223 Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Express Goneana Bhai Jagta 66 19224 Jammu Tawi-Ahmedabad Express Goneana Bhai Jagta 67 14623 Seoni-Firozpur Cantt. Express Goneana Bhai Jagta 68 14624 Firozpur Cantt.-Seoni Express Goneana Bhai Jagta 69 22439 New Delhi-SMVD Katra Vande Pathankot Cantt. Bharat Express Page 4 of 670 22440 SMVD Katra-New Delhi Vande Pathankot Cantt. Bharat Express 71 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar Express Phagwara jn. 72 12318 Amritsar-Kolkata Express Phagwara jn. 73 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express Dasuya 74 13152 Jammu Tawi-Kolkata Express Dasuya 75 12237 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Express Mukerian 76 12238 Jammu Tawi-Varanasi Express Mukerian 77 14610 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra- Tanda urmar Rishikesh Express 78 14645 Jaisalmer-Jammu Tawi Express Dasuya 79 14646 Jammu Tawi-Jaisalmer Express Dasuya 80 11077 Pune-Jammu Tawi Express Dasuya 81 11078 Jammu Tawi-Pune Express Dasuya 82 20409 Delhi Cantt-Bhatinda Express Mansa 83 20410 Bhatinda-Delhi Cantt Express Mansa 84 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Express Kartarpur 85 13006 Amritsar-Howrah Express Kartarpur 86 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express Kartarpur 87 14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Express Kartarpur Moroever, for the convenience of passengers of Jalandhar, stoppage of 22439/22440 New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express has also been provided at Jalandhar Cantt. w.e.f 02.04.2026. Proposals/ requests/ suggestions/ representations, both formal and informal inter alia for stoppage of trains are received from Members of Parliament, elected representatives, organizations/rail users etc. at various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Divisional Office etc. These Page 5 of 6proposals are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time, which is an on-going process. Besides, provision of stoppages is an on-going process, on Indian Railways, subject to operational feasibility, resource availability, traffic justification etc. ***** Page 6 of 6