GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAILWAYS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:2555 ANSWERED ON:18.12.2003 CONTRACTS FOR CATERING P.D. ELANGOVAN

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the list of trains with Pantry Car facilities and the details of catering contractors awarded contract for supply of food in these long distance trains including trains playing in and out of Tamil Nadu during the last three years, till date; and

(b) the tenure and amount for which these contracts have been awarded to various catering contractors? Answer

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI BASANAGOUDA R. PATIL )

(a) and (b): A list of trains of all , which covers Tamil Nadu also, with pantry car facilities is enclosed as Appendix. The details of individual contracts and the contractors are voluminous and are not maintained in the Ministry.

APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2555 BY SHRI P.D. ELANGOVAN TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.12.2003

RAJDHANI TRAINS RUNNING WITH PANTRY CARS S.No. Primary Train No. Train Name Maintenance with

1. E.R. 2305/2306 New -Howrah Rajdhani Exp. -Via Patna

2. E.R. 2309/2310 New Delhi−Patna Rajdhani Exp.

3. E.R. 2313/2314 New Delhi−Sealdah Rajdhani Exp.

4. E.R. 2301/2302 New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Exp.- Via Gaya

5. N.R. 2421/2422 New Delhi-Bhubneshwar Rajdhani Exp. 6. N.R. 2429/2430 New Delhi-Bangalore Rajdhani (2 rakes By SR & 2 By NR)

7 N.R. 2423/2424 DibrugarhTown/- New Delhi Rajdhani Exp.

8. N.R. 2435/2436 DibrugarhTown/Guwahati-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp.

9. N.R. 2437/2438 Secunderabad−Nizamuddin Rajdhani Exp. 10. N.R. 2439/2440 New Delhi-RanchiRajdhani Exp. 11. N.R. 2441/2442 Bilaspur−New Delhi Rajdhani Exp. 12. N.R. 2443/2444 Bhubneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp. 13. S.R. 2425/2426 New Delhi−Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Exp. (Weekly) 14. S.R. 2431/2432 Nizamuddin−Trivandrum Rajdhani Exp. 15. S.R. 2433/2434 Nizamuddin−Chennai Rajdhani Exp. 16. W.R. 2957/2958 Ahmedabad-New Delhi Rajdhani Exp 17. W.R. 2951/2952 New Delhi− Central Rajdhani Exp. 18. W.R. 2953/2954 New Delhi−Mumbai Central A.K Rajdhani Exp.

Abbreviation : -

CR − Central Railway; ER − Eastern Railway; NR − Northern Railway;

NE − North Eastern Railway; NF − Northeast Frontier Railway; SR − Southern Railway; SC − South Central Railway; SE − South Eastern Railway; WR − Western Railway; KRC − Konkan Railway Corporation.

MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS RUNNING WITH PANTRY CARS

S.No. Primary Train No. Train Name Maintenance with

1. KRC 0103/0104 Mumbai-Madgoan Mandovi Exp.

2. KRC 0111/0112 Mumbai-Madgoan Konkan Kanya Exp.

3. C.R 1007/1008 Mumbai−Pune Deccan Exp.

4. C.R 1009/1010 Mumbai-Sinhagad Exp.

5. C.R 1015/1016 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus- GKP Kushinagar Exp. 6. C.R 1019/1020 Mumbai−Bhubneshwar Konark Exp.

7 C.R 1021/1022 Mumbai-Pune Indrayani Exp.

8. C.R 1025/1026 Mumbai−Pune Pragati Exp.

9. C.R. 1031/1032 Pune−Varanasi Exp. 10. C.R. 1033/1034 Pune-Darbhanga Exp. 11. C.R 1063/1064 Dadar-Chennai Exp. 12. C.R 1077/1078 Pune−Jammu Tawi Jhelum Exp. 13. C.R. 1081/1082 Mumbai−Kanyakumari Exp. 14. C.R 1401/1402 Mumbai−Manmad Panchavati Exp. 15. E.R 3005/3006 Howrah− Exp. 16 E.R 3029/3030 Howrah−Dhanbad Coalfield Exp. 17. E.R 3073/3074 Howrah−Jammu Tawi Himgiri Exp. 18. E.R. 3151/3152 Sealdah−Jammu Tawi Exp. 19. E.R 3201/3202 Rajendra Nagar−Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Exp. 20. E.R 3317/3318 Howrah Dhanbad Black Diamond Exp. 21. E.R 3351/3352 Dhanbad/Tatanagar-Alleppey Exp. 22. N.R 4055/4056 Delhi− Town 23. N.R 4083/4084 Delhi−New Jalpaiguri/Katihar Mahananda Exp. 24. N.R 4257/4258 New Delhi−Varanasi Kashi-Vishwanath Exp. 25. N.R 4659/4660 New Delhi−Amritsar Exp. 26. N.R 4681/4682 New Delhi−Jallandhar Exp. 27. N.E 5011/5012 Gorakhpur−Trivendrum Raptisagar Exp.(Tri Weekly) 28. N.E 5045/5046 Gorakhpur-Okha Exp.(weekly) 29. N.E 5063/5064 Gorakhpur−Bandra Awadh Exp.(4DAYS) 30. N.E 5087/5088 Gorakhpur−Jammu Tawai Amarnath Exp.(weekly) 31. N.E 5089/5090 Gorakhpur−Secunderabad Exp. (weekly) 32. N.E. 5091/5092 Bangalore-Gorakhpur Exp. (weekly) 33. N.E. 5097/5098 Barauni−Jammu TawiExp.(Weekly) 34. N.E 5205/5206 Muzafarpur−New Delhi Lichhavi Exp. 35. N.E 5217/5218 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus−Muzafarpur Exp. } 4 DAYS 36. N.E 5219/5220 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus−Darbhanga Exp. } 3 DAYS 37. N.E. 5221/5222 Earnakulam−Barani Express 38. N.E. 5263/5264 Muzafarpur-Bandra Awadh Exp (Tri Week) 39. N.F 5604/5603 Guwahati −Tinsukia Lido Intercity Exp. 40. N.F 5609/5610 Guwahati−Delhi Sarai Rohilla Awadh Assam Exp. 41. N.F 5621/5622 Guwahati−New Delhi North EastExp. 42. N.F 5623/5624 Earnakulam-Guwahati Exp 43. N.F 5625/5626 Bangalore-Guwahati Exp. 44. N.F. 5627/5628 Trivendrum-Guwahati EXP. 45. N.F. 5629/5630 Guwahati−Chennai EXP. 46. N.F. 5631/5632 Guwahati−Judhpur/Bikaner Exp. 47. N.F. 5645/5646 Guwahati−Dadar Exp. 48. N.F. 5647/5648 Guwahati−Dadar Exp.(Via Malda Town) 49. N.F 5651/5652 Guwahati−Jammu Tawi Lohit Exp. 50. N.F 5653/5654 Guwahati−Jammu Tawi Exp.(Weekly) 51. N.F 5657/5658 Sealdah−Guwahati Kanchanjunga Exp. 52. N.F 5959/5960 Howrah−Dibrugarh Town KamrupExp. 53. S.R. 6009/6010 Chennai−Mumbai Mail 54. S.R. 6011/6012 Chennai−Mumbai Exp. 55. S.R. 6023/6024 Chennai-Bangalore Exp. 56. S.R 6039/6040 Chennai-Varanasi Ganga KaveriExp. 57. S.R. 6045/6046 Ahmedabad−Chennai Navjeevan Exp. 58. S.R 6127/6128 Chennai-Egmore Guruvayur Express 59. S.R. 6217/6218 Maysor−Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Exp. 60. S.R 6301/6302 Shoranur-Trivendrum Venad Exp. 61. S.R 6303/6304 Earnakulam−Trivendrum Vanchinad Exp. 62. S.R 6309/6310 Earnakulam−Patna/Rajindranagar Exp. (Weekly). 63. S.R 6317/6318 Kanyakumari−Jammu Tawi Himsagar Exp. 64. S.R 6323/6324 Trivendrum-Howrah Exp.(BiWeekly) 65. S.R. 6325/6326 Indore−Trivendrum Ahilya Nagri Exp. (weekly) 66. S.R. 6327/6328 Trivendrum−Bilaspur Exp. (Bi Weekly) 67. S.R 6331/6332 Trivendrum−Mumbai Exp.(Weekly) 68. S.R 6333/6334 Trivandrum−Hapa Exp. (Weekly) 69. S.R 6335/6336 Gandhidham−Nagercoil Exp.(Weekly) 70. S.R 6337/6338 Ernakulam−Okha Exp.(Bi Weekly) 71. S.R 6339/6340 Nagercoil-Mumbai Exp. 72. S.R 6341/6342 Trivendrum−Ernakulam Intercity Exp. 73. S.R. 6345/6346 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Trivandrum Netravati Exp. 74. S.R 6349/6350 Trivandrum-Mangalore Parasuram Exp. 75. S.R 6351/6352 Tirupati−Nagercoil Exp. 76. S.R 6353/6354 Mumbai−Tirupati Exp. 77. S.R 6355/6356 Kanyakumari−Howrah Exp. 78. S.R 6501/6502 Ahmedabad−Bangalore Exp. 79. S.R 6505/6506 Bangalore−Gandhidham Exp. 80. S.R 6507/6508 Bangalore−Jodhpur Exp. 81. S.R 6509/6510 Ajmer −Bangalore Exp. 82. S.R. 6595/6596 Yesvantpur−Rajendernagar Sangamitra Exp. 83. S.R 6687/6688 Mangalore−Jammu Tawi NavyugExp. 84. S.R 6803/6804 Howrah−Tiruchchi Exp. 85. S.C 7017/7018 Secunderabad-Rajkot Exp. 86. S.C 7021/7022 Nizamuddin-Hyderabad Dakshin Exp. 87. S.C 7029/7030 Ernakulam-Hyderabad Sabari Exp. 88. S.C 7685/7686 Kacheguda-Bangalore Exp. 89. S.C 7617/7618 Mumbai-Nanded Tapovan Exp. 90. S.E 8003/8004 Howrah−Yesvanpur Exp 91. S.E 8033/8034 Ahmedabad−Howrah Express 92. S.E 8101/8102 Tata/Hatia-Jammu Tawi Muri Exp, 93. S.E 8113/8114 Howrah−Tata Nagar Steel Exp. 94. S.E 8237/8238 Bilaspur-Amritsar ChattisgarhExp. 95. S.E. 8111/8112 Howrah−Sambalpur Ispat Exp. 96. S.E 8401/8402 PuriOkha Exp. 97. S.E 8403/8404 Puri-Ahmedabad Exp. 98. S.E 8405/8406 Puri-Ahmedabad Exp. 99. S.E 8407/8408 Bhubneshwar−Nizamuddin HirakudExp. 100. S.E 8475/8476 Puri−New Delhi Neelachal Exp. 101. S.E 8477/8478 Nizamuddin−Puri Kalinga Utkal Exp. 102. S.E 8603/8604 Hatia-Delhi Swarna Jayanthi Exp. 103. S.E. 8605/8606 Hatia−Delhi Jharkhan Swarna Jay. Exp. 104. W.R. 9007/9008 Bandra Terminus−Jaipur AravaliExp. 105. W.R 9011/9012 Mumbai Central−Ahmedabad Gujarat Exp. 106. W.R 9021/9022 Mumbai Central−Surat Exp. 107. W.R. 9045/9046 Surat−Varanasi Tapti Ganga Exp. 108. W.R. 9047/9048 Surat−Bhagalpur Tapti Ganga Exp. 109. W.R 9367/9368 Indore−Jammu Tawi Malwa Exp. 110. W.R 9769/9770 Jaipur-Purna Exp. 111. W.R 9775/9776 Jaipur-Bangalore Exp.

LIST OF SUPERFAST TRAINS HAVING PANTRY CARS

S.No. Primary Train No. Train Name Maintenance with

1. C.R 2101/2102 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Howrah Janeshwari Exp.

2. C.R 2103/2104 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Nagpur Samarasta Exp. 3. C.R 2123/2124 Mumbai−Pune Exp.

4. C.R. 2129/2130 Pune-Howrah Azad Hind Exp.

5. C.R. 2131/2132 Pune-Nagpur Express 6. C.R 2133/2134 Mumbai−Lucknow Exp.

7 C.R 2137/2138 Mumbai-Ferozpur

8. C.R. 2141/2142 Lokmanya Tilak (T) − Rajender Nagar Exp.

9. C.R. 2165/2166 Lokmanya Tilak (T) − Varanasi Exp. 10. E.R 2303/2304 New Delhi−Howrah Poorva Exp. - Via Patna 11. E.R. 2307/2308 Howrah−Jodhpur/Bikaner Exp. 12. E.R 2311/2312 Howrah- Mail 13. E.R. 2321/2322 Howrah−Mumbai Mail 14. E.R 2381/2382 Howrah−New Delhi Poorva Exp. - Via Gaya 15. E.R. 2391/2392 New Delhi−Patna Magadh Exp. 16. E.R. 2393/2394 Patna−New Delhi Sampoorna Kranti Exp. 17. E.R 2401/2402 New Delhi−Patna Shramjivi Exp. 18. N.R. 2419/2420 New Delhi−Lucknow Gomti Exp. 19. N.R 2471/2472 Mumbai Central−Jammu Tawi Swaraj Exp. 20. N.R 2473/2474 Ahmedabad − Jammu Tawi Sarvodaya Exp. 21. N.R. 2475/2476 Hapa−Jammu Tawi Exp. 22. N.R. 2477/2478 Jamnagar−Jammu Tawi Exp. 23. N.E. 2553/2554 Barauni−New Delhi Vaishali Exp. 24. N.E. 2557/2558 Delhi−Muzafarpur Sapt Kranti Exp. 25. N.E. 2559/2560 New Delhi−Varanasi Shiv Ganga Exp. 26. S.R 2605/2606 Chennai Egmore −Tirmchchi Pallavan Exp. 27. S.R 2607/2608 Chennai−Bangalore Lalbagh Exp. 28. S.R 2615/2616 Chennai−New Delhi Grand Trunk Exp. 29. S.R 2617/2618 Earnakulam−Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Exp. 30. S.R 2621/2622 Chennai−New Delhi Tamil Nadu Exp. 31. S.R 2625/2626 Trivendrum−New Delhi Kerala Exp. 32. S.R 2627/2628 Bangalore−New Delhi Karnataka Exp. 33. S.R 2635/2636 Chennai−Madurai Vaigai Exp. 34. S.R 2639/2640 Chennai−Bangalore Brindavan Exp. 35. S.R 2641/2642 Nizamuddin−Kanyakumari Thirukkural Exp. 36. S.R 2643/2644 Trivendrum-Nizamuddin Exp.(Weekly) 37. S.R 2675/2676 Coimbatore-Chennai Kovai Exp. 38. S.R 2677/2678 Bangalore−Coimbatore IntercityExp. 39. S.R. 2679/2680 Chennai−Coimbatore Intercity Exp. 40. S.C. 2703/2704 Secunderabad−Howrah Faluknuma Exp. 41. S.C 2711/2712 Vijayawada−Chennai Pinakini Exp. 42. S.C 2713/2714 Secunderabad−Vijayawada Satvahana Exp. 43. S.C 2715/2716 Nanded-Amritsar Sachkand Exp. 44. S.C 2717/2718 Vishakhapatnam−Vijayawada Ratnachal Exp. 45. S.C 2723/2724 Hyderabad−New Delhi A.P. Exp. 46. S.C 2779/2780 Nizamuddin −Vasco De Gama Goa Exp. 47. S.E 2801/2802 Nizamuddin − Puri Purshottam Exp. 48. S.E. 2803/2804 Vishakhapatnam − Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Exp. 49. S.E 2807/2808 Vishakhapatnam−Nizamuddin Samta Exp. 50. S.E. 2809/2810 Mumbai−Howrah Mail 51. S.E 2815/2816 Puri−New Delhi Exp. 52. S.E 2821/2822 Bubneshwar−Howrah Dhauli Exp. 53. S.E 2841/2842 Howrah−Chennai Coromandal Exp. 54. S.E 2859/2860 Mumbai−Howrah Gitanjali Exp 55. W.R. 2903/2904 Mumbai Central−Amritsar 56. W.R. 2925/2926 Bandra−Amritsar/Kalka Paschim Exp. 57. W.R 2933/2934 Mumbai Central−Ahmedabad Karnavati Exp. 58. W.R 2955/2956 Mumbai Central−Jaipur Exp. 59. W.R. 2967/2968 Jaipur−Chennai Exp. 60. W.R. 2979/2980 Bandra-Jaipur Express.

SHATABDI/JAN SHATABDI TRAINS WITH MINI PANTRY

S.No. Primary Train No. Train Name Maintenance with 1. C.R. 2001/2002 New Delhi−Bhopal Shatabdi Exp.

2. C.R. 2027/2028 Mumbai-Pune Shatabdi Exp.

3. E.R. 2019/2020 Howrah−Ranchi Shatabdi Exp.

4. E.R. 2023/2024 Patna−Howrah Shatabdi Exp.

5. N.R. 241/242 Kalka− Shivalik Exp. 6. N.R. 2003/2004 Lucknow−New Delhi Shatabdi Exp. (6 days)

7 N.R. 2005/2006 New Delhi−Kalka Shatabdi Exp. (6 days)

8. N.R. 2011/2012 New Delhi−Chandigarh Shatabdi Exp.

9. N.R. 2013/2014 New Delhi−Amritsar Shatabdi Exp. 10. N.R. 2015/2016 New Delhi−Ajmer Shatabdi Exp. 11. N.R. 2017/2018 New Delhi−Dehradun Shatabdi Exp. 12. N.R. 2029/2030 Amritsar-New Delhi Swarna Shatabdi 13. N.R. 2031/2032 Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Exp. (reverse) 14. N.R. 2035/2036 Lucknow−New Delhi Shatabdi Exp.(Weekly) 15. N.R. 2037/2038 New Delhi−Kalka Shatabdi Exp. (Weekly) 16. S.R. 2007/2008 Chennai-Mysore Shatabdi Exp. 17. W.R. 2009/2010 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Exp. 18. C.R. 2051/2052 Madgaon−Lokmanya Tilak (T)Jan Shatabdi 19. C.R. 2061/2062 Habibganj−Jabalpur Jan Shatabdi 20. E.R. 2065/2066 Howrah−Malda Town Jan Shatabdi 21. N.R. 2053/2054 Varanasai−Lucknow Jan Shatabdi 22. N.R. 2055/2056 New Delhi-Dehradun Jan Shatabdi 23. N.R. 2057/2058 New Delhi−Chandigarh Jan Shatabdi 24. N.F. 2063/2064 Patna−Katihar Jan Shatabdi 25. N.F. 2067/2068 Guwahati-Dimapur Jan Shatabdi 26. S.R. 2075/2076 Earnakulam−Trivendrum Jan Shatabdi 27. S.R. 2077/2078 Chennai−Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi 28. S.R. 2079/2080 Bangalore−Hubli Jan Shatabdi 29. S.R. 2083/2084 Thanjavur-Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi 30. S.E. 2021/2022 Tata Nagar−Howrah Jan Shatabdi 31. S.E. 2069/2070 Tata Nagar-Ranchi Jan Shatabdi 33. S.E. 2073/2074 Howrah−Bhubaneshwar Jan Shatabdi 34. W.R. 2059/2060 Kota−Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi 35. W.R. 2081/2082 Ahmedabad−New Bhuj Jan Shatabdi