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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4269
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
STOPPAGE OF RAJDHANI/VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS AT SASARAM
RAILWAY STATION
4269. SHRI MANOJ KUMAR:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that local residents and tourists visiting Sasaram
and the surrounding region are entirely dependent on the Rajdhani
express and Vande Bharat express from Patna, Gaya, and Varanasi
which are located at a distance of 150–200 km and if so, the details
thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any plan to fulfil the long standing
demand for stoppage of Rajdhani Express and Vande Bharat Express
train at Sasaram railway station; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the timeline by when the Rajdhani Express
and Vande Bharat express stoppage at Sasaram is likely to be approved
from the Government and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (c) Presently, Sasaram is served by 108 Mail/Express services,
including 04 Vande Bharat services, 06 Amrit Bharat services and 04 Garib
Rath services. The trains services are providing direct connectivity to
important destinations including Delhi area, Kolkata area, Mumbai area,
Chennai, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Indore, Pune, Surat, Agra, Rishikesh, Chandigarh,
Amritsar, Jammu, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Banaras, Patna, Gaya, Dhanbad,
Ranchi, Tatanagar, Puri, Visakhapatnam, etc.
The train services catering to Sasaram also include 14 MEMU train
services and 02 Passenger train services catering to the short distance
§travel needs of passengers of the said station. List of train services serving
Sasaram is as under:-
SN Train number and Name
1 13065/13066 Howrah - Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat Express
2 13435/13436 Malda Town - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express
3 13697/13698 Gaya - Delhi Amrit Bharat Express
4 12877/12878 Ranchi - New Delhi Garib Rath Express
5 22409/22410 Gaya - Anand Vihar (T) Garib Rath Express
6 20887/20888 Ranchi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
7 22499/22500 Deoghar - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
8 11045/11046 Kolhapur - Dhanbad Express
9 11427/11428 Pune - Jasidih. Express
10 12175/12176 Howrah - Gwalior Express
11 12177/12178 Howrah - Mathura. Express
12 12307/12308 Howrah - Jodhpur Express
13 12311/12312 Howrah - Kalka Express
14 12321/12322 Howrah - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T) Express
15 12323/12324 Howrah - Barmer Express
16 12349/12350 Godda - New Delhi Express
17 12353/12354 Howrah - Lalkua. Express
18 12357/12358 Kolkatta - Amritsar Express
19 12371/12372 Howrah - Bikaner Express
20 12379/12380 Sealdah - Amritsar Express
21 12381/12382 Howrah - New Delhi Express
22 12389/12390 Gaya - MGR Chennai Express
23 12397/12398 Gaya - New Delhi Express
24 12801/12802 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express
25 12815/12816 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express
26 12817/12818 Hatia - Anand Vihar (T) Express27 12875/12876 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express
28 12937/12938 Gandhidham Bg - Howrah Express
29 12941/12942 Bhavnagar Terminus - Asansol Express
30 12987/12988 Sealdah - Ajmer Express
31 13009/13010 Howrah - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express
32 13151/13152 Kolkatta (T) - Jammu Tawi Express
33 13167/13168 Kolkatta (T) - Agra Cantt Express
34 13243/13244 Patna - Bhabua Road Express
35 13249/13250 Patna - Bhabua Road Express
36 13305/13306 Dhanbad - Sasaram Express
37 13307/13308 Dhanbad - Firozpur Cant Express
38 13553/13554 Asansol - Varanasi Express
39 14049/14050 Godda - Delhi Express
40 14259/14260 Gaya - Lucknow Express
41 14261/14262 Gaya - Lucknow Express
42 15021/15022 Shalimar - Gorakhpur Express
43 15137/15138 Rajgir - Banaras Express
44 18103/18104 Tatanagar - Amritsar Express
45 18427/18428 Puri - Anand Vihar (T) Express
46 18523/18524 Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express
47 18609/18610 Ranchi - Lokmanyatilak Express
48 18611/18612 Ranchi - Banaras Express
49 18635/18636 Ranchi - Sasaram Express
50 18639/18640 Ara - Ranchi Express
51 19603/19604 Daurai - Godda Express
52 20975/20976 Howrah - Agra Cantt Express
53 22307/22308 Howrah - Bikaner Express
54 22911/22912 Indore - Howrah Express
55 63293/63294 Dehri On Sone - Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya MEMU56 63295/63296 Gaya - Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya MEMU
57 63317/63318 Ara - Bhabua Road MEMU
58 63319/63320 Ara - Sasaram MEMU
59 63369/63370 Ara - Sasaram MEMU
60 63371/63372 Ara - Sasaram MEMU
61 63557/63558 Barkakana - Varanasi MEMU
62 53211/53212 Patna - Sasaram Passenger
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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