Parliament Question: Stoppage of Rajdhani/Vande Bharat Express at Sasaram Railway Station

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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