Parliament Question: Vande Bharat Train between Amritsar and Pune

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 VANDE BHARAT TRAIN BETWEEN AMRITSAR AND PUNE

4105. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has examined the long-pending demand for direct Vande Bharat service between Amritsar and Pune considering the large number of passengers from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Batala, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Beas and adjoining areas who travel regularly to Pune for employment, education, business, defence services, healthcare and pilgrimage and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is aware that in absence of a direct train passengers are compelled to travel via Mumbai or other junctions resulting in longer travel time, additional expenditure/considerable inconvenience and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to conduct a feasibility study to introduce a daily Vande Bharat Express on this important route to strengthen connectivity between North and Western India; and

(d) if so, the details thereof including expected timeline for its introduction and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d) Presently, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Pathankot are connected to Pune by the daily services of 11077/11078 Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express.

Further, both Amritsar and Beas are connected to Jalandhar by 54 pairs and 52 pairs of train services respectively. The list of train services are as

under:

Page 1 of 7 §Train services between Jalandhar and Amritsar SN Train no. and name 1 14627/14628 Saharsa-Chheharta Amrit Bharat Express 2 14663/14664 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Amrit Bharat Express 3 12013/12014 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 4 12029/12030 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 5 12031/12032 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 6 12053/12054 Haridwar-Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express 7 12203/12204 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express 8 11057/11058 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Amritsar Express 9 12317/12318 Kolkata-Amritsar Express 10 12357/12358 Kolkata-Amritsar Express 11 12379/12380 Sealdah-Amritsar Express 12 12407/12408 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Express 13 12411/12412 Chandigarh-Amritsar Express 14 12421/12422 H.S.Nanded-Amritsar Express 15 12483/12484 Thiruvananthapuram North-Amritsar Express 16 12497/12498 New Delhi-Amritsar Express 17 12715/12716 H.S.Nanded-Amritsar Express 18 12903/12904 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Express 19 12925/12926 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Express 20 13005/13006 Howrah-Amritsar Express 21 14505/14506 Amritsar-Nangal Dam Express 22 14541/14542 Chandigarh-Amritsar Express 23 14603/14604 Narpatganj-Amritsar Express 24 14615/14616 Lalkuan-Amritsar Express 25 14617/14618 Purnia Court-Amritsar Express Page 2 of 726 14623/14624 Varanasi-Chheharta Express 27 14631/14632 Dehradun-Amritsar Express 28 14649/14650 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 29 14653/14654 Hisar-Amritsar Express 30 14673/14674 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 31 14679/14680 Delhi-Amritsar Express 32 14719/14720 Bikaner-Amritsar Express 33 14803/14804 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Jammu Tawi Express 34 15015/15016 Amritsar-Lalkuan Express 35 15135/15136 Chhapra-Amritsar Express 36 15211/15212 Darbhanga-Amritsar Express 37 15531/15532 Saharsa-Amritsar Express 38 15707/15708 Katihar-Amritsar Express 39 15933/15934 New Tinsukia-Amritsar Express 40 18101/18102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express 41 18103/18104 Tatanagar-Amritsar Express 42 18237/18238 Korba-Amritsar Express 43 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express 44 19325/19326 Indore-Amritsar Express 45 19415/19416 Sabarmati-SMVD Katra Express 46 19611/19612 Ajmer-Amritsar Express 47 19613/19614 Ajmer-Amritsar Express 48 20807/20808 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express 49 22125/22126 Nagpur-Amritsar Express 50 22423/22424 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Express 51 22429/22430 Delhi-Pathankot Express 52 22445/22446 Kanpur Central-Amritsar Express Page 3 of 753 64551/64552 Ludhiana-Chheharta MEMU 54 74641/74642 Jalandhar City-Amritsar DEMU

Train services between Jalandhar and Beas:

SN Train no. and name 1 14627 Saharsa-Chheharta Amrit Bharat Express 2 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 3 12031 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 4 12013 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express 5 12053 Haridwar-Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express 6 11057 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (T)-Amritsar Express 7 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express 8 12317 Kolkata-Amritsar Express 9 12357 Kolkata-Amritsar Express 10 12379 Sealdah-Amritsar Express 11 12407 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsar Express 12 12411 Chandigarh-Amritsar Express 13 12421 H.S. Nanded-Amritsar Express 14 12483 Thiruvananthapuram North-Amritsar Express 15 12497 New Delhi-Amritsar Express 16 12715 H.S. Nanded-Amritsar Express 17 12903 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Express 18 12925 Bandra (T)-Amritsar Express 19 13005 Howrah-Amritsar Express 20 14506 Nangal Dam-Amritsar Express 21 14541 Chandigarh-Amritsar Express 22 14603 Narpatganj-Amritsar Express Page 4 of 723 14615 Lalkuan-Amritsar Express 24 14617 Purnia Court-Amritsar Express 25 14631 Dehradun-Amritsar Express 26 14649 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 27 14653 Hisar-Amritsar Express 28 14673 Jaynagar-Amritsar Express 29 14679 Delhi-Amritsar Express 30 14719 Bikaner-Amritsar Express 31 14803 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Jammu Tawi Express 32 15016 Lalkuan-Amritsar Express 33 15135 Chhapra-Amritsar Express 34 15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Express 35 15531 Saharsa-Amritsar Express 36 15707 Katihar-Amritsar Express 37 15933 New Tinsukia-Amritsar Express 38 18101 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express 39 18103 Tatanagar-Amritsar Express 40 18237 Korba-Amritsar Express 41 18309 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express 42 19325 Indore-Amritsar Express 43 19415 Sabarmati-SMVD Katra Express 44 19611 Ajmer-Amritsar Express 45 19613 Ajmer-Amritsar Express 46 20807 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express 47 22125 Nagpur-Amritsar Express 48 22423 Gorakhpur-Amritsar Express 49 22429 Delhi-Pathankot Express Page 5 of 750 22445 Kanpur Central-Amritsar Express 51 64551 Ludhiana-Chheharta MEMU 52 74641 Jalandhar City-Amritsar DEMU Similarly, Batala and Gurdaspur are connected to Pathankot by 13 pairs and 12 pairs of train services. The lists of train services are as under:

Train services between Pathankot and Batala:

SN Train no. and name 1 26405/26406 Amritsar-SMVD Katra Vande Bharat Express 2 19415/19416 Sabarmati-SMVD Katra Express 3 14803/14804 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Jammu Tawi Express 4 18101/18102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express 5 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express 6 14633/14634 Amritsar-Pathankot Express 7 22429/22430 Delhi-Pathankot Express 8 54611/54612 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 9 54613/54614 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 10 54615/54616 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 11 74671/74672 Amritsar-Pathankot DEMU 12 74673/74674 Verka-Pathankot DEMU 13 74675/74676 Amritsar-Pathankot DEMU

Train services between Pathankot and Gurdaspur:

SN Train no. and name 1 26405/26406 Amritsar-SMVD Katra Vande Bharat Express 2 14803/14804 Bhagat Ki Kothi-Jammu Tawi Express 3 18101/18102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express Page 6 of 74 18309/18310 Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express 5 14633/14634 Amritsar-Pathankot Express 6 22429/22430 Delhi-Pathankot Express 7 54611/54612 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 8 54613/54614 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 9 54615/54616 Amritsar-Pathankot Passenger 10 74671/74672 Amritsar-Pathankot DEMU 11 74673/74674 Verka-Pathankot DEMU 12 74675/74676 Amritsar-Pathankot DEMU Besides, introduction of train services including Vande Bharat train services and its variants, on any route/section, is an on-going process,

depends on various factors including:  Capacity of that section  Availability of path  Availability of required rolling stock  Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock  Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets  Occupancy and the traffic requirement of the section ***** Page 7 of 7