INTRODUCTION OF TRAIN : Bangalore-Thiruvananthapuram – Bangalore

 INTRODUCTION OF TRAIN : Bangalore-Thiruvananthapuram – Bangalore

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 1436

ANSWERED ON 29.12.2017

Train between Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru

1436 Shri K.K. Ragesh

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether the launching of a new train between Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru, declared in 2014 railway budget, is pending ; and

(b) if so, the details thereof ?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)& (b) Introduction of Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru (Yesvantpur) Premium Express had been announced in Railway Budget 2014-15. As of now, the train has not been introduced, as premium services (now re-christened as Suvidha) were announced not as regular services but as services to meet the demand surges which manifest themselves on special occasions.