Any plan for Vande Bharat Express train on Ahmedabad-Dungarpur-Udaipur-Jaipur route? Govt replies in LS

Gandhinagar: ‘At present 12981/12982 Asarva – Jaipur Express is operating with maximum permissible load of 22 LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches including 04 general class coaches. At present, Ahmedabad -Delhi sector is being served by 8 pairs of trains while Udaipur-Mumbai sector is served by 2 pairs of trains. Besides introduction of new train services and augmentation of existing/new train services is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibility, resource availability, etc.’

Railway Minister said this in reply in Lok Sabha in reply to member Rajkumar Raot’s questions – whether the Government proposes to introduce Vande Bharat Express
on Ahmedabad-Dungarpur-Udaipur-Jaipur route as per demand; whether the Government proposes to add additional general coaches in presently operating 12982 Asarva-Jaipur Superfast train in view of overcrowding passenger burden; and whether the Government proposes to introduce new trains on Ahmedabad-Delhi via Udaipur and Udaipur-Mumbai via Dungarpur routes. DeshGujarat