Train from Ranchi to other major cities
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1420
ANSWERED ON 29.12.2017
Train from Ranchi to other major cities
1420 Shri Mahesh Poddar
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether it is a fact that there is no train, so far, from Ranchi to Lucknow, Dehradun, Bhopal (Ujjain-Indore), Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Jaipur; and
(b) whether it is also a fact that Government will provide direct train services from Ranchi to all above-said major cities of the country, if so, by when?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) At present, Ranchi station is connected to Nagpur by 02 pairs of mail/express trains and to Jaipur by 01 pair of mail/express train. However, direct train services are not available between Ranchi and Lucknow/Bhopal/Dehradun/Ahmedabad.
(b) Introduction of new trains is an ongoing process over Indian Railways and is done keeping in view the operational feasibility, traffic justification, resource availability, competing demands etc.