Parliament Question: Vaishali Superfast Train (12553/12554)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4363 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 VAISHALI SUPERFAST TRAIN (12553/12554) †4363. SHRI RAMASHANKAR VIDHARTHI RAJBHAR: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the superfast status of some trains in the country has been withdrawn and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Vaishali Superfast Train No.12553/12554 has been awarded the new status of therefrom superfast train and if so, the reasons therefor along with the impact of the same on passenger; (c) whether the Government proposes to accord the status of superfast train again to the said train and if not, the reasons therefor; (d) whether densely populated areas like Sikandarpur lack adequate railway facilities even after lapse of so many years of independence; and (e) the status of stoppage of Kashi Express, Godan Express, Maurya Express, Ahmedabad – Gorakhpur Express (Train No.19489/19490) and Mumbai Ltt Azamgarh Sf Express (Train No. 20103/20104) at Kiriharapur, Belthara road and Bankata stations? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (e) To cater to the needs of passengers, Indian Railways (IR) have extended the services of 12553/12554 New Delhi-Saharsa Vaishali Express upto Lalitgram w.e.f 03.10.2025, which is now being operated between New Delhi and Lalitgram as 15565/15566 New Delhi-Lalitgram Vaishali Express. Besides, speeding-up and rationalisation of time tables of train services are on-going processes on IR. §At present, Kirihrapur, Belthara Road and Bankata stations are served by 12 train services, 36 train services and 11 train services respectively which are catering to the needs of passengers of these stations. The train services serving the stations are listed below: Trains serving Kirihrapur station: - SN Train no. and name 1 15007 Varanasi City-Lucknow Express 2 15008 Lucknow -Varanasi City Express 3 15103 Gorakhpur -Banaras Express 4 15104 Banaras-Gorakhpur Express 5 15129 Gorakhpur Cantt-Varanasi City Express 6 15130 Varanasi City-Gorakhpur Cantt Express 7 55101 Chhapra Kacheri-Mau Passenger 8 55102 Mau -Chhapra Kacheri Passenger 9 55137 Bhatni -Varanasi City Passenger 10 55138 Banaras-Bhatni Passenger 11 65107 Bhatni -Varanasi City MEMU 12 65108 Varanasi City-Bhatni MEMU Trains serving Belthara Road Station: - SN Train no. and name 1 11037 Pune -Barhni Express 2 11038 Barhni-Pune Express 3 11055 Lokmanyatilak-Gonda Express 4 11056 Gonda -Lokmanyatilak Express 5 11059 Lokmanyatilak-Chhapra Express 6 11060 Chhapra-Lokmanyatilak Express 7 11081 Lokmanyatilak-Gorakhpur Express 8 11082 Gorakhpur -Lokmanyatilak Express9 14005 Sitamarhi-Anand Vihar (T) Express 10 14006 Anand Vihar (T)-Sitamarhi Express 11 14111 Muzaffarpur -Prayagraj Express 12 14112 Prayagraj -Muzaffarpur Express 13 15003 Kanpur Anwrganj-Gorakhpur Express 14 15004 Gorakhpur -Kanpur Anwrganj Express 15 15007 Varanasi City-Lucknow L Express 16 15008 Lucknow L-Varanasi City Express 17 15017 Lokmanyatilak-Gorakhpur Express 18 15018 Gorakhpur -Lokmanyatilak Express 19 15021 Shalimar-Gorakhpur Express 20 15022 Gorakhpur -Shalimar Express 21 15049 Kolkata (T)-Gorakhpur Express 22 15050 Gorakhpur -Kolkata (T) Express 23 15103 Gorakhpur -Banaras Express 24 15104 Banaras-Gorakhpur Express 25 15129 Gorakhpur Cantt-Varanasi City Express 26 15130 Varanasi City-Gorakhpur Cantt Express 27 15131 Gorakhpur -Varanasi City Express 28 15132 Varanasi City-Gorakhpur Express 29 18201 Durg-Nautanwa Express 30 18202 Nautanwa-Durg Express 31 55101 Chhapra Kacheri-Mau Passenger 32 55102 Mau -Chhapra Kacheri Passenger 33 55137 Bhatni -Varanasi City Passenger 34 55138 Banaras-Bhatni Passenger 35 65107 Bhatni -Varanasi City MEMU 36 65108 Varanasi City-Bhatni MEMUTrains serving Bankata Station: - SN Train no. and name 1 11123 Gwalior-Barauni Express 2 13019 Howrah-Kathgodam Mail Express 3 13020 Kathgodam-Howrah Mail Express 4 15105 Chhapra-Nautanwa Express 5 15106 Nautanwa-Chhapra Express 6 55041 Siwan-Gorakhpur Cantt Passenger 7 55042 Gorakhpur Cantt-Siwan Passenger 8 55055 Chhapra-Gorakhpur Passenger 9 55056 Gorakhpur-Chhapra Passenger 10 55101 Chhapra Kacheri-Mau Passenger 11 55102 Mau-Chhapra Kacheri Passenger Further, Sikandarpur is primarily catered by Muzaffarpur Station, which is being served by 172 train services, as listed below: - SN Train no. and name 1 11015 Lokmanya Tilak(T) - Saharsa Jn Amrit Bharat Express 2 11016 Saharsa Jn - Lokmanya Tilak(T) Amrit Bharat Express 3 11031 Panvel - Alipurduar Jn Amrit Bharat Express 4 11032 Alipurduar Jn - Panvel Amrit Bharat Express 5 11033 Pune - Darbhanga Express 6 11034 Darbhanga - Pune Express 7 11061 Lokmanya Tilak(T)- Jaynagar Express 8 11062 Jaynagar - Lokmanya Tilak(T)Express 9 11123 Gwalior - Barauni Express 10 11124 Barauni - Gwalior Express11 12203 Saharsa - Amritsar Garibrath Express 12 12204 Amritsar - Saharsa Garibrath Express 13 12211 Muzaffarpur - Anand Vihar (T) Garibrath Express 14 12212 Anand Vihar (T)- Muzaffarpur Garibrath Express 15 12407 New Jalpaiguri - Amritsar Express 16 12408 Amritsar - New Jalpaiguri Express 17 12521 Barauni - Ernakulam Express 18 12522 Ernakulam - Barauni Express 19 12523 New Jalpaiguri - Anand Vihar (T) Express 20 12524 Anand Vihar (T)- New Jalpaiguri Express 21 12557 Muzaffarpur - Anand Vihar (T) Express 22 12558 Anand Vihar (T)- Muzaffarpur Express 23 12561 Jaynagar - New Delhi Express 24 12562 New Delhi - Jaynagar Express 25 12565 Darbhanga - New Delhi Express 26 12566 New Delhi - Darbhanga Express 27 13019 Howrah - Kathgodam Express 28 13020 Kathgodam - Howrah Express 29 13021 Howrah - Raxaul Express 30 13022 Raxaul - Howrah Express 31 13157 Kolkata - Muzaffarpur Express 32 13158 Muzaffarpur - Kolkata Express 33 13211 Jogbani - Danapur Express 34 13212 Danapur - Jogbani Express 35 13225 Jaynagar - Ara Express36 13226 Ara - Jaynagar Express 37 13419 Bhagalpur - Muzaffarpur Express 38 13420 Muzaffarpur - Bhagalpur Express 39 13507 Asansol. - Gorakhpur Express 40 13508 Gorakhpur - Asansol Express 41 13509 Asansol - Gonda Express 42 13510 Gonda - Asansol Express 43 14005 Sitamarhi - Anand Vihar (T) Express 44 14006 Anand Vihar (T) - Sitamarhi Express 45 14007 Raxaul - Anand Vihar (T) Express 46 14008 Anand Vihar (T)- Raxaul Express 47 14011 Radhikapur - Anand Vihar (T) Express 48 14012 Anand Vihar (T) - Radhikapur Express 49 14015 Raxaul - Anand Vihar (T) Express 50 14016 Anand Vihar (T) - Raxaul Express 51 14017 Raxaul - Anand Vihar (T) Express 52 14018 Anand Vihar (T) - Raxaul Express 53 14111 Muzaffarpur Jn - Prayagraj Express 54 14112 Prayagraj - Muzaffarpur Express 55 14523 Barauni - Ambala Cantt Express 56 14524 Ambala Cantt - Barauni Express 57 14603 Narpatganj - Amritsar Express 58 14604 Amritsar - Narpatganj Express 59 14649 Jaynagar - Amritsar Express 60 14650 Amritsar - Jaynagar Express61 14673 Jaynagar - Amritsar Express 62 14674 Amritsar - Jaynagar Express 63 14691 Barauni - Jammu Tawi Express 64 14692 Jammu Tawi - Barauni Express 65 15001 Muzaffarpur - Dehradun Express 66 15002 Dehradun - Muzaffarpur Express 67 15027 Sambalpur - Gorakhpur Express 68 15028 Gorakhpur - Sambalpur Express 69 15047 Kolkata - Gorakhpur Express 70 15048 Gorakhpur - Kolkata Express 71 15051 Kolkata - Gorakhpur Express 72 15052 Gorakhpur - Kolkata Express 73 15097 Bhagalpur - Jammu Tawi Express 74 15098 Jammu Tawi - Bhagalpur Express 75 15201 Patliputra - Bagaha Express 76 15202 Bagaha - Patliputra Express 77 15203 Barauni - Lucknow Express 78 15204 Lucknow - Barauni Express 79 15211 Darbhanga - Amritsar Express 80 15212 Amritsar - Darbhanga Express 81 15215 Muzaffarpur - Narkatiaganj Express 82 15216 Narkatiaganj - Muzaffarpur Express 83 15227 SMVT Bengaluru - Muzaffarpur Express 84 15228 Muzaffarpur - SMVT Bengaluru Express 85 15231 Barauni - Gondia Express86 15232 Gondia - Barauni Express 87 15267 Raxaul - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 88 15268 Lokmanya Tilak(T)- Raxaul Express 89 15269 Muzaffarpur - Sabarmati Express 90 15270 Sabarmati - Muzaffarpur Express 91 15271 Howrah - Muzaffarpur Express 92 15272 Muzaffarpur - Howrah Express 93 15293 Muzaffarpur - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 94 15294 Charlapalli - Muzaffarpur Amrit Bharat Express 95 15507 Darbhanga - Patliputra Express 96 15508 Patliputra - Darbhanga Express 97 15515 Narkatiaganj - Danapur Express 98 15516 Danapur - Narkatiaganj Express 99 15529 Saharsa - Anand Vihar (T) Express 100 15530 Anand Vihar (T) - Saharsa Express 101 15531 Saharsa - Amritsar Express 102 15532 Amritsar - Saharsa Express 103 15549 Jaynagar - Patna Express 104 15550 Patna - Jaynagar Express 105 15551 Darbhanga - Varanasi City Express 106 15552 Varanasi City - Darbhanga Express 107 15555 Patliputra - Bapudham Motihari Express 108 15556 Bapudham Motihari - Patliputra Express 109 15559 Darbhanga - Ahmedabad Express 110 15560 Ahmedabad - Darbhanga Express111 15565 Lalitgram - New Delhi Express 112 15566 New Delhi - Lalitgram Express 113 15589 Muzaffarpur - Hadapsar Express 114 15590 Hadapsar - Muzaffarpur Express 115 15653 Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Express 116 15654 Jammu Tawi- Guwahati Express 117 15705 Katihar - Delhi Express 118 15706 Delhi - Katihar Express 119 15707 Katihar - Amritsar Express 120 15708 Amritsar - Katihar Express 121 15903 Dibrugarh - Chandigarh Express 122 15904 Chandigarh - Dibrugarh Express 123 15909 Dibrugarh - Lalgarh Jn Express 124 15910 Lalgarh - Dibrugarh Express 125 18181 Tatanagar - Thawe Express 126 18182 Thawe - Tatanagar Express 127 19037 Bandra (T) - Barauni Express 128 19038 Barauni - Bandra (T) Express 129 19051 Valsad - Muzaffarpur Jn Express 130 19052 Muzaffarpur - Valsad Express 131 19053 Surat - Muzaffarpur Express 132 19054 Muzaffarpur - Surat Express 133 19165 Ahmedabad - Darbhanga Express 134 19166 Darbhanga - Ahmedabad Express 135 19269 Porbandar - Muzaffarpur Express136 19270 Muzaffarpur - Porbandar Express 137 19483 Ahmedabad - Saharsa Express 138 19484 Saharsa - Ahmedabad Express 139 19601 Udaipur City - New Jalpaiguri Express 140 19602 New Jalpaiguri - Udaipur City Express 141 19615 Udaipur City - Kamakhya Express 142 19616 Kamakhya - Udaipur City Express 143 20503 Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 144 20504 New Delhi - Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express 145 22553 Raxaul - Lokmanya Tilak(T) Express 146 22554 Lokmanya Tilak(T)- Raxaul Express 147 26301 Jogbani - Danapur Vande Bharat Express 148 26302 Danapur - Jogbani Vande Bharat Express 149 26501 Patliputra - Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express 150 26502 Gorakhpur - Patliputra Vande Bharat Express 151 55121 Samastipur - Siwan Passenger 152 55122 Siwan - Samastipur Passenger 153 63215 Samastipur - Muzaffarpur Passenger 154 63216 Muzaffarpur - Samastipur Passenger 155 63265 Darbhanga - Patliputra Passenger 156 63266 Patliputra - Darbhanga Passenger 157 63267 Muzaffarpur - Patliputra Passenger 158 63268 Patliputra - Muzaffarpur Passenger 159 63269 Samastipur - Muzaffarpur Passenger 160 63270 Muzaffarpur - Samastipur Passenger161 63309 Muzaffarpur - Narkatiaganj Passenger 162 63311 Muzaffarpur - Raxaul Passenger 163 63312 Raxaul - Muzaffarpur Passenger 164 63313 Muzaffarpur - Raxaul Passenger 165 63314 Raxaul - Muzaffarpur Passenger 166 63338 Narkatiaganj - Muzaffarpur Passenger 167 63341 Muzaffarpur - Narkatiaganj Passenger 168 63342 Narkatiaganj - Muzaffarpur Passenger 169 75207 Samastipur - Muzaffarpur Passenger 170 75208 Muzaffarpur - Samastipur Passenger 171 75211 Samastipur - Sonpur Passenger 172 75212 Sonpur - Samastipur Passenger Besides, provision of stoppage 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. *****