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Lucknow–Vindhyachal Intercity Express

2026-09-21T09:45:14Z

183.82.162.23: Intercity Express

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{orphan|date=October 2013}}

{{Infobox rail service
| name = Mumbai to New Delhi Vindhyachal Intercity Express
| image= Mumbai to New Delhi Vindhyachal Intercity Express.JPG
| caption =
| type = [[Express train|Express]]
| states = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Mumbai to New Delhi Charbagh railway station|Lucknow Charbagh]]
| stops = 12
| end = [[Vindhyachal]]
| distance = {{convert|284|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 5 hours 40 minutes as 14209 Vindhyachal Mumbai to New Delhi Intercity Express, 5 hours 45 minutes as 14210 Mumbai to New Delhi Vindhyachal Intercity Express
| frequency = daily
| class = AC Chair Car, Second Class sitting, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = No
| autorack =
| catering = No Pantry Car
| observation = Reversal of direction at [[ Junction railway station|Junction]].
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| other facilities=
| stock =
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 14209 / 14210
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum {{convert|49.75|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts
| map =
| map_state =
}}

The 14209/14210 Mumbai to New Delhi Vindhyachal '''Intercity Express''' is a [[Express trains in India|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] that runs between [ Charbagh railway station|] and [[Vindhyachal]] in India.

==Coaches==

The 14209/14210 Lucknow Vindhyachal '''Intercity Express''' presently has 1 AC Chair Car, 9 General Second Class and 2 General Unreserved coaches.

As is customary with [[Indian Railways]], coaches are added/removed as per the demand.

==Service==

The 14209/14210 Lucknow Vindhyachal '''Intercity Express''' covers the distance of 284 kilometres in 5 hours 40 mins as 14209 Vindhyachal Lucknow '''Intercity Express''' (50.12 km/hr) & 5 hours 45 mins as 14210 Lucknow Vindhyachal '''Intercity Express''' (49.39 km/hr).

It reverses direction at [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad Junction]].

==Traction==

It is a total diesel haul train. A [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]] based [[WDM 3A]] hauls the train in both directions.

==Time Table==

14210 Lucknow Vindhyachal '''Intercity Express''' leaves [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow Charbagh]] on a daily basis at 07:30 hrs IST and reaches [[Vindhyachal]] at 13:15 hrs IST.

On return, 14209 Vindhyachal Lucknow '''Intercity Express''' leaves [[Vindhyachal]] on a daily basis at 13:45 hrs IST and reaches [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow Charbagh]] at 19:25 hrs IST.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Station Code
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Station Name
!scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"|
'''14210 - [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]] to [[Vindhyachal]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/intercity_express-14210-train.html|title=Intercity Express-14210|accessdate=3 Sep 2012}}</ref>
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Distance from Source in km
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Day
!scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"|
'''14209 - [[Vindhyachal]] to [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timeline/edits-intercity-superfast-express-14209-bdl-to-lko/459/297/65|title= Intercity Express 14209|accessdate=18 Oct 2012}}</ref>
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Distance from Source in km
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Day
|-
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Arrival
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Departure
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Arrival
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Departure
|-
| valign="center" | LKO
| valign="center" | [[Lucknow Charbagh railway station|Lucknow]]
| valign="center" | '''Source'''
| valign="center" | '''07:30'''
| valign="center" | 0
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | '''19:25'''
| valign="center" | '''Destination'''
| valign="center" | 284
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | NHN
| valign="center" | Nigohan
| valign="center" |08:10
| valign="center" |08:12
| valign="center" | 36
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 18:10
| valign="center" | 18:12
| valign="center" | 248
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | BCN
| valign="center" | [[Bachhrawan]]
| valign="center" |08:24
| valign="center" |08:26
| valign="center" | 48
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 17:55
| valign="center" | 17:57
| valign="center" | 236
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | HCP
| valign="center" | [[Harchandpur]]
| valign="center" |08:31
| valign="center" |08:33
| valign="center" |63
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 17:40
| valign="center" | 17:42
| valign="center" | 221
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | RBL
| valign="center" | [[Raebareli]]
| valign="center" |09:13
| valign="center" |09:15
| valign="center" | 78
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 17:24
| valign="center" | 17:26
| valign="center" | 206
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | UCR
| valign="center" | [[Unchahar|Unchahar Junction]]
| valign="center" |09:48
| valign="center" |09:50
| valign="center" | 116
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 16:45
| valign="center" | 16:47
| valign="center" | 168
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | KHNM
| valign="center" | [[Benti, Uttar Pradesh|Kunda Harnamganj]]
| valign="center" |16:21
| valign="center" |16:23
| valign="center" | 138
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 10:15
| valign="center" | 10:17
| valign="center" | 146
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | PRG
| valign="center" | [[Prayag Junction railway station|Prayag Junction]]
| valign="center" |11:29
| valign="center" |11:31
| valign="center" | 195
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 15:32
| valign="center" | 15:34
| valign="center" | 89
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | ALD
| valign="center" | [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad Junction]]
| valign="center" |11:45
| valign="center" |12:00
| valign="center" | 201
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 15:00
| valign="center" | 15:20
| valign="center" | 83
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | MJA
| valign="center" | [[Meja Road]]
| valign="center" |12:28
| valign="center" |12:30
| valign="center" | 239
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 14:20
| valign="center" | 14:22
| valign="center" | 45
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | MNF
| valign="center" | [[Manda (zamindari)|Manda Road]]
| valign="center" |12:44
| valign="center" |12:46
| valign="center" | 256
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 14:04
| valign="center" | 14:06
| valign="center" | 28
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | BDL
| valign="center" | [[Vindhyachal]]
| valign="center" | '''13:15'''
| valign="center" | '''Destination'''
| valign="center" | 284
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | '''Source'''
| valign="center" | '''13:45'''
| valign="center" | 0
| valign="center" | 1
|}

==External links==
* [www.indianrail.gov.in]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Passenger trains originating from Lucknow]]
[[Category:Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucknow - Vindhyachal Intercity Express}}

Pune–Bhusaval Express

2026-09-21T09:39:13Z

183.82.162.23: Pure intercity Express

{{Short description|Express train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Pune–Bhusaval Express Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad Dehradun
| image= Hutatma Express.jpg
| caption =
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| states = [[Maharashtra]]
| first = 31 March 2008
| extension upto bhusaval = 1 July 2012
| last =
| operator = [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]]
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Pune Junction}}
| stops = 18
| end = {{stnlnk|Bhusaval Junction}}
| distance = {{convert|548|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journey time = 11 hours 40 minutes as 11025 Bhusaval–Pune Express, 10 hours 05 minutes as 11026 Pune–Bhusaval Express
| frequency = Daily
| class = AC Chair Car, 2nd Class seating, sleeper, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = No [[pantry car]] attached but available
| observation = Rake sharing with 12157/58 [[Hutatma Express]]
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| other facilities=
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
|locomotive power = [[bsl w.a.p 4]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
| el =
| train number = 11025 / 11026
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum {{convert|53.00|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts
| map =
{{BS-map|inline=1|map=
{{BS|ENDEa||{{stnlnk|Bhusaval Junction}}}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Jalgaon Junction}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Pachora Junction}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Kajgaon}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Chalisgaon Junction}}}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Manmad Junction}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Lasalgaon}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Niphad}}}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Nasik Road}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Devlali}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Igatpuri}}}}
{{BS|STR+GRZq||[[Thal Ghat]]}}
{{BS|pHST||{{stnlnk|Kasara}}|(''technical halt towards Bhusaval'')}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Kalyan Junction}}}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Panvel}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Chikhli}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Mohope}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Chauk}}}}
{{BS|TUNNEL1||Chowk Tunnel (2.6 km)}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Karjat Junction}}}}
{{BS|STR+GRZq||[[Bhor Ghat]] begins}}
{{BS|pHST||{{stnlnk|Monkey Hill}}|(''technical halt towards Bhusaval'')}}
{{BS|TUNNEL1||Khandala Tunnel (2.3 Km)}}
{{BS|STR+GRZq||[[Bhor Ghat]] ends}}
{{BS|BHF||{{stnlnk|Lonavala}}}}
{{BS|HST||{{stnlnk|Chinchwad}}}}
{{BS|KBHFe||{{stnlnk|Pune Junction}}}}
}}
| map_state =
}}

The 11025/26 '''Pune–Bhusaval Express''' is an [[Express trains in India|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] [[Central Railway zone]] that runs between {{stnlnk|Pune Junction}} and {{stnlnk|Bhusaval Junction}} in India.

It operates as train number 11025 from Bhusaval Junction to Pune Junction and as train number 11026 in the reverse direction.

It would initially run from Pune Junction to {{stnlnk|Nasik Road}}. When the new time table of 2012/13 came into effect, its run was extended to Bhusaval Junction from 1 July 2012

[[File:11025 Pune Bhusaval Express - AC Chair Car coach.jpg|thumb|11025 Pune–Bhusaval Express – AC Chair Car coach]]
[[File:Hutatma Express - 2nd Class seating.jpg|thumb|Pune–Bhusaval Express – 2nd Class seating]]
[[File:Hutatma Express at Pune Junction.jpg|thumb|Pune–Bhusaval Express at Pune Junction]]

==Coaches==

The 11025/26 Pune–Bhusaval Express presently has 1 AC Chair Car, 14 Second Class seating,1 sleeper & 1 General Unreserved coach & 2 EOG (Generator Car) coaches.

As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

==Service==

The 11025 Bhusaval–Pune Express covers the distance of 548 kilometres in 11 hours 40 mins (46.97 km/hr) & in 10 hours 05 mins (54.35 km/hr) as 11026 Pune–Bhusaval Express.

As the average speed of the train is below 55 km/hr, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare excludes a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]] surcharge.

==Routeing==

The 11025/26 Pune–Bhusaval Express runs via {{stnlnk|Chinchwad}}, {{stnlnk|Lonavala}}, {{stnlnk|Karjat Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Panvel}}, {{stnlnk|Kalyan Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Igatpuri}}, {{stnlnk|Nasik Road}}, {{stnlnk|Manmad Junction}} to Bhusaval Junction.

==Traction==

It is hauled by either [[Electric Loco Shed, Bhusawal|Bhusaval]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]] or [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]] pure AC locomotives or [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|KYN]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-3|WCAM-3]] or [[WCAM-2/2P]] dual traction locomotives.

At {{stnlnk|Karjat Junction}}, it gets two or three [[WAG-5]], [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]], [[WCAM-2]] or [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-3|WCAM-3]] bankers of Kalyan shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat and {{stnlnk|Lonavala}}, where the gradient is 1 in 40.

==Time table==

*11025 Bhusaval–Pune Express leaves Bhusaval Junction on a daily basis at 00:25 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 12:05 hrs IST the same day.
*11026 Pune–Bhusaval Express leaves Pune Junction on a daily basis at 11:45 hrs IST and reaches Bhusaval at 21:50 hrs IST the same day.

==See also==
* [[Hutatma Express]]
* [[Khandesh Express]]

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in|title=Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry|publisher=indianrail.gov.in|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irctc.co.in|title=IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System|publisher=irctc.co.in|access-date=2014-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303131207/http://www.irctc.co.in/|archive-date=3 March 2007|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2014-05-30}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite web|url=http://railroadair.blogspot.in/2012/07/salient-features-of-new-trains-to-be.html|title=Rail Road Air-Indian Railways: Salient Features of Central Railways New Timetable 2012-12|publisher=railroadair.blogspot.in|access-date=2014-05-30}}

{{Railways in Central India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pune-Bhusaval Express}}
[[Category:Transport in Pune]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Maharashtra]]

Intercity Express (Indian Railways)

2026-09-21T09:36:20Z

183.82.162.23: Intercity Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{refimprove|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox rail
| name = Intercity Express (Indian Railways)

| image_filename = Flying Ranee Trainboard.jpg
| caption = Flying Ranee Express, first named Intercity Express in India Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad Pune
| franchise =
| nameforarea = Operation
| regions = Connects important cities of India
| secregions = Launched in 1906
| fleet = 202
| stations =
| stationsop =
| parent_company = Indian Railways
| website =
|}}

The '''Intercity Express''' is an express-train service in India which connects major railway junctions and [[States of India|state capitals]]. These act as long-distance unreserved suburban trains with sitting accommodation. These are quite fast and maintain a high average speed for short distances along with priority over other trains.

==History==
The first named intercity train ([[Flying Ranee]]) was introduced in 1906 for providing connections between two cities from one state to other various states in India. The train left Surat station for Mumbai Central station to cover a distance of 264 km in 5 hrs 28 min and ran weekly from 1906 to 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II. Since then, it has been discontinued and restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been running ever since.<ref name="Indian Railways Fan Club - Famous Trains">{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-seltrain.html#other|title= Famous Trains|publisher=Indian Railways Fan Club|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref>

The Mumbai CSMT–Pune [[Deccan Queen|Deccan Queen Express]], the second named intercity train in India, was introduced on 15 February 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/deccan-queen-one-of-the-most-iconic-trains-of-india-enters-90th-years-of-service/happy-birthday-deccan-queen/slideshow/69644552.cms|title=Deccan Queen, one of the most iconic trains of India, enters 90th years of service|publisher=The Economic Times|access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

On 1 July 1992, the first intercity express was introduced between [[Indore–New Delhi Intercity Express|Indore and New Delhi]] which is the only overnight intercity train runs between two major cities of India.

On 1 July 1997, the second intercity express train launched between [[Chennai–Coimbatore Intercity Express|Chennai–Coimbatore]] & [[Siddhaganga Intercity Express|Bengaluru–Hubbali]] which was the first one-day trip daily intercity express train.

=={{anchor|General Features|Exceptions}}Features==

The trains are less expensive than other express trains and usually reach their destinations within 5–6 hours. They usually complete a round trip in a day, returning to the origin station at night and using only a single [[rake (train)|rake]]. Generally, they have only sitting accommodations and a pantry car. Intercity-Express trains run daily, except:

*[[Madan Mahal–Ambikapur Intercity Express]] runs daily ''(on starting it runs only three days a week)''
*[[Jabalpur–Indore Intercity Express]], three days a week
*[[Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express]], five days a week
*[[Indore–New Delhi Intercity Express]], which takes 11 hours to cover the {{convert|550|km}} route. This train uses two rakes and also has unreserved, sleeper service and three coach classes
*[[Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express|Bengaluru–Ernakulam intercity express]] also uses 2 rakes
*[[Mangaluru–Coimbatore Intercity Express]] uses 2 rakes and which is shared with [[Ernad Express]]
*[[Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express|Haldibari–Kolkata Intercity Express]] runs tri-weekly covering 630 km in 11 hours 10 minutes. It has Chair Car & AC Chair Car Coaches. The train is [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]] in nature.
*[[Katihar–Patna Intercity Express]] runs except Sunday.

=={{anchor|Named Intercities}}Named Intercity trains==
The following trains are intercity-express trains, but have different names:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! style="background:skyblue;"|Sr no.
! style="background:skyblue;"|Train number
! style="background:skyblue;"|Train name
! style="background:skyblue;"|Route
! style="background:skyblue;"|km
! style="background:skyblue;"|Avg speed (km/h)
|-
|1||12279 / 12280|| [[Taj Express]] ||Jhansi–New Delhi|| 411 || 58
|-
|2||11901 / 11902|| [[Gita Jayanti Express]] ||Mathura–Kurukshetra|| 299 || 42
|-
|3||12465 / 12466|| [[Ranthambore Express]] ||Indore–Jodhpur|| 910 || 56
|-
|4||12871 / 12872|| [[Ispat Express]] ||Howrah–Titlagarh|| 745 || 56
|-
|5||12821 / 12822|| [[Dhauli Express]] ||Howrah–Puri|| 500 || 60
|-
|6||12757 / 12758|| [[Kaghaznagar Express]] ||Secunderabad–Sirpur Kaghaznagar|| 297 || 56
|-
|7||19033 / 19044|| [[Gujarat Queen|Gujarat Queen Express]] ||Ahmedabad–Valsad|| 298 || 47
|-
|8||22953 / 22954|| [[Gujarat Superfast Express]] ||Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central|| 492 || 55
|-
|9||12933 / 12934|| [[Karnavati Express]] ||Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central|| 492 || 63
|-
|10||12921 / 12922|| [[Flying Ranee|Flying Ranee Express]] ||Mumbai Central–Surat|| 263 || 56
|-
|11||12915 / 12916|| [[Ashram Express]] ||Ahmedabad–Delhi|| 933 || 58
|-
|11||13017 / 13018|| [[Ganadevata Express]] ||Howrah–Azimganj|| 279 || 47
|-
|12||13113 / 13114|| [[Hazarduari Express]] ||Kolkata–Lalgola|| 225 || 50
|-
|13||12337 / 12338|| [[Shantiniketan Express]] ||Howrah–Bolpur|| 146 || 65
|-
|14||13161 / 13162|| [[Tebhaga Express]] ||Kolkata–Balurghat|| 441 || 46
|-
|15||13103 / 13104|| [[Bhagirathi Express]] ||Sealdah–Lalgola|| 228 || 50
|-
|16||12497 / 12498|| [[Shan-e-Punjab Express]] ||New Delhi–Amritsar|| 448 || 58
|-
|17||22105 / 22106|| [[Indrayani Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Pune|| 192 || 55
|-
|18||11007 / 11008|| [[Deccan Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Pune|| 192 || 46
|-
|19||11029 / 11030|| [[Koyna Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Kolhapur SCSMT|| 516 || 44
|-
|20||11009 / 11010|| [[Sinhagad Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Pune|| 192 || 45
|-
|21||12125 / 12126|| [[Pragati Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Pune|| 186 || 54
|-
|22||12123 / 12134|| [[Deccan Queen Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Pune|| 192 || 58
|-
|23||16215 / 16216|| [[Chamundi Express]] ||Mysuru–Bengaluru City|| 138 || 50
|-
|24||12607 / 12608|| [[Lal Bagh Express]] ||Chennai Central–Bengaluru City|| 359 || 60
|-
|25||16089 / 16090|| [[Yelagiri Express]] ||Chennai Central–Jolarpettai|| 214 || 48
|-
|26||16023 / 16024|| [[Malgudi Express]] ||Mysuru–Yesvantpur|| 143 || 45
|-
|27||12613 / 12614|| [[Tippu Express]] ||Mysuru–Bengaluru City|| 138 || 55
|-
|28||12639 / 12640|| [[Brindavan Express]] ||Chennai Central–Bengaluru City|| 358 || 58
|-
|29||16057 / 16058|| [[Sapthagiri Express]] ||Chennai Central–Tirupati|| 146 || 45
|-
|30||12605 / 12606|| [[Pallavan Superfast Express]] ||Chennai Egmore–Karaikkudi|| 426 || 64
|-
|31||17407 / 17408|| [[Pamani Express]] ||Tirupati–Mannargudi|| 464 || 43
|-
|32||14227 / 14228|| [[Varanasi–Lucknow Charbagh Varuna Express|Varuna Express]] ||Varanasi–Lucknow Charbagh|| 283 || 56
|-
|33||14215 / 14216|| [[Ganga Gomti Express]] ||Prayagraj Sangam–Lucknow|| 201 || 48
|-
|34||10103 / 10104|| [[Mandovi Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Madgaon|| 750 || 50
|-
|35||14095 / 14096|| [[Himalayan Queen Express]] ||Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Kalka|| 298 || 48
|-
|36||14795 / 14796|| [[Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express|Ekta Express]] ||Bhiwani–Kalka|| 330 || 45
|-
|37||17239 / 17240|| [[Simhadri Express]] ||Guntur–Vishakhapatnam|| 382 || 37
|-
|38||12747 / 12748|| [[Palnadu Express]] ||Guntur–Vikarabad|| 353 || 55
|-
|39||12341 / 12342|| [[Agniveena Express]] ||Howrah–Asansol|| 200 || 62
|-
|40||12339 / 12340|| [[Coalfield Express]] ||Howrah–Dhanbad|| 260 || 60
|-
|41||22387 / 22388|| [[Black Diamond Express]] ||Howrah–Dhanbad|| 272 || 55
|-
|42||14519 / 14520|| [[Kisan Express]] ||Delhi–Bathinda|| 341 || 45
|-
|43||14633 / 14634|| [[Ravi Express]] ||Amritsar–Pathankot|| 107 || 43
|-
|44||17023 / 17024|| [[Tungabhadra Express]] ||Secunderabad–Kurnool City|| 244 || 49
|-
|45||17027 / 17028|| [[Hundry Express]] ||Secunderabad–Kurnool City|| 244 || 52
|-
|46||17687 / 17688|| [[Marathwada Express]] ||Manmad–Dharmabad|| 421 || 46
|-
|47||17617 / 17618|| [[Tapovan Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–HS Nanded|| 606 || 52
|-
|48||12109 / 12110|| [[Panchvati Express]] ||Mumbai CSMT–Manmad|| 257 || 56
|-
|49||12117 / 12118|| [[Godavari Superfast Express|Godavari Express]] ||Mumbai LTT–Manmad|| 240 || 54
|-
|50||13233 / 13234|| [[Rajgriha Express]] ||Rajgir–Danapur|| 108 || 28
|-
|51||24227 / 24228|| [[Kanpur–Varanasi Varuna Express|Varuna Express]] ||Varanasi–Kanpur|| 355 || 52
|-
|52||12805 / 12806|| [[Janmabhoomi Express]] ||Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad|| 689 || 55
|-
|53||12711 / 12712|| [[Pinakini Express]] ||Vijayawada–Chennai Central|| 430 || 61
|-
|54||12713 / 12714|| [[Satavahana Express]] ||Vijayawada–Secunderabad|| 349 || 63
|-
|55||17201 / 17202|| [[Golconda Express]] ||Guntur–Secunderabad|| 380 || 49
|-
|56||14043 / 14044|| [[Garhwal Express]] ||Kotdwar–Delhi|| 239 || 33
|-
|57||14629 / 14630|| [[Sutlej Express]] ||Chandigarh–Firozpur|| 235 || 43
|-
|58||14231 / 14232|| [[Manwar Sangam Express]] ||Prayagraj Sangam–Basti|| 260 || 37
|-
|59||16301 / 16302|| [[Venad Express]] ||Shoranur–Thiruvananthapuram|| 327 || 40
|-
|60||16649 / 16650|| [[Parasuram Express]] ||Mangaluru Central–Nagercoil|| 702 || 45
|-
|61||16303 / 16304|| [[Vanchinad Express]] ||Ernakulam Jn–Thiruvananthapuram Central|| 220 || 45
|-
|62||16605 / 16606|| [[Ernad Express]] ||Mangaluru Central–Nagercoil|| 691 || 43
|-
|63||12675 / 12676|| [[Kovai Express]] ||Chennai Central–Coimbatore|| 496 || 65
|-
|64||16791 / 16792|| [[Palaruvi Express]] ||Tirunelveli Jn–Palakkad|| 477 || 33
|-
|65||12883 / 12884|| [[Rupashi Bangla Express]] ||Kolkata Santragachi–Purulia|| 315 || 56
|-
|66||13301 / 13302|| [[Swarnarekha express|Swarna Rekha Express]] ||Dhanbad–Tatanagar|| 188 || 32
|-
|67||12885 / 12886|| [[Aranyak Express]] ||Kolkata Shalimar–Bhojudih|| 322 || 61
|-
|68||12813 / 12814|| [[Steel Express]] ||Howrah–Tatanagar|| 250 || 63
|-
|69||12857 / 12858|| [[Tamralipta Express]] ||Howrah–Digha|| 185 || 56
|-
|70||22897 / 22898|| [[Kandari Express]] ||Howrah–Digha|| 185 || 55
|-
|71||12865 / 12866|| [[Lalmati Express]] ||Howrah–Purulia|| 340 || 60
|-
|72||13205 / 13206|| [[Janhit Express]] ||Saharsa–Danapur|| 224 || 30
|-
|73||22321 / 22322|| [[Hool Express]] ||Howrah–Siuri|| 242 || 56
|-
|74||12717 / 12718|| [[Ratnachal Express]] ||Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam|| 349 || 61
|-
|75||18801 / 18802|| [[Hasdeo Express|Hasdeo Express LHB]] || Korba–Raipur || 200 || 51
|-
|76||18803 / 18804|| [[Hasdeo Express|Hasdeo Express ICF]] || Korba–Raipur || 200 || 51
|-
|77||12635 / 12636|| [[Vaigai Superfast Express]] || Chennai Egmore–Madurai || 497 || 68
|-
|}

=={{anchor|Current running status}}Normal Intercity Express trains==
Intercity Express routes are (round-trip, unless noted):
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
!style="background:blue;"|{{color|white|Sr no}}
!style="background:blue;"|{{color|white|Train number}}
!style="background:blue;"|{{color|white|Route}}
!style="background:blue;"|{{color|white|km}}
!style="background:blue;"|{{color|white|Avg speed (km/h)}}
|-
| 1 || 14211 / 14212 || [[Agra Cantt–New Delhi Intercity Express|Agra Cantt–New Delhi]] || 195 || 45
|-
| 2 || 12195 / 12196 || [[Agra Fort–Ajmer Intercity Express|Agra Fort–Ajmer]] || 375 || 56
|-
| 3 || 19411 / 19412 || [[Sabarmati–Ajmer Intercity Express|Sabarmati (Ahmedabad)–Ajmer]] || 492 || 51
|-
| 4 || 19119 / 19120 || [[Ahmedabad–Somnath Intercity Express|Ahmedabad–Somnath]] || 437 || 47
|-
| 5 || 15771 / 15772 || [[Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express|Alipurduar–Kamakhya]] || 298 || 42
|-
| 6 || 15769 / 15770 || [[Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express|Alipurduar–Lumding]] || 446 || 42
|-
| 7 || 14525 / 14526 || [[Ambala Cantonment–Shri Ganganagar Intercity Express|Ambala Cantt–Shri Ganganagar]] || 328 || 49
|-
| 8 || 12119 / 12120 || [[Amravati–Ajni Intercity Express|Amravati–Ajni (Nagpur)]] || 178 || 65
|-
| 9 || 15463 / 15464 || [[Balurghat–Siliguri Intercity Express|Balurghat–Siliguri]] || 323 || 48
|-
| 10 || 12935 / 12936 || [[Bandra Terminus–Surat Intercity Express|Bandra T (Mumbai)–Surat]] || 252 || 58
|-
| 11 || 12677 / 12678 || [[Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express|Bangalore City - Ernakulam]] || 587 || 55<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010618/train-coach-derails-at-ernakulam-railway-station.html | title= Train coach derails at Ernakulam railway station | newspaper=Deccan Chronicle | date=1 June 2018 | access-date=17 July 2019 }}</ref>
|-
| 12 || 16201 / 16202 || [[Bangalore City–Talaguppa Intercity Express| Bangalore City - Talaguppa]] || 371 || 52
|-
| 13 || 22617 / 22618 || [[Bangalore City–Tirupati Intercity Express|Bangalore City–Tirupati]] || 334 || 56
|-
| 14 || 13401 / 13402 || [[Bhagalpur–Danapur Intercity Express|Bhagalpur–Danapur]] || 231 || 33
|-
| 15 || 12197 / 12198 || [[Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express|Bhopal–Gwalior]] || 485 || 55
|-
| 16 || 19323 / 19324 || [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Bhopal Intercity Express|Bhopal–Indore]] || 231 || 50
|-
| 17 || 22819 / 22820 || [[Bhubaneshwar–Visakhapatnam Intercity Express|Bhubaneshwar–Visakhapatnam]] || 444 || 61
|-
| 18 || 17009 / 17010 || [[Bidar–Hyderabad Intercity Express| Bidar–Hyderabad]] || 163 || 46
|-
| 19 || 22471 / 22472 || [[Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express| Bikaner–Delhi Sarai Rohilla]] || 458 || 58
|-
| 20 || 12855 / 12856 || [[Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express| Bilaspur–Itwari Jn]] || 408 || 58
|-
| 21 || 18403 / 18404 || [[Rourkela–Barbil Intercity Express| Chakradharpur–Barbil]] || 123 || 48
|-
| 22 || 12411 / 12422 || [[Chandigarh–Amritsar Intercity Express|Chandigarh–Amritsar]] || 248 || 55
|-
| 23 || 12679 / 12680 || [[Chennai–Coimbatore Intercity Express|Chennai–Coimbatore]] || 494 || 64
|-
| 24 || 15105 / 15106 || [[Chhapra–Nautanwa Intercity Express|Chhapra–Nautanwa]] || 260 || 35
|-
| 25 || 15111 / 15112 ||[[Chhapra–Varanasi City Intercity Express|Chhapra–Varanasi City]] || 225 || 46
|-
| 26 || 14109 / 14110 ||[[Chitrakootdham (Karwi)–Kanpur Intercity Express|Chitrakootdham (Karwi)–Kanpur]] || 213 || 41
|-
| 27 || 22111 / 22112 ||[[Dadadham Intercity Express|Bhusawal–Nagpur]] || 605 || 57
|-
| 28 || 14521 / 14522 ||[[Delhi–Ambala Cantonment Intercity Express|Delhi–Ambala Cantt]] || 263 || 47
|-
| 29 || 14731 / 14732 ||[[Delhi–Fazilka Intercity Express|Delhi–Fazilka]] || 522 || 49
|-
| 30 || 12481 / 12482 ||[[Delhi–Sri Ganganagar Intercity Express|Delhi–Sri Ganganagar]] || 423 || 56
|-
| 31 || 14625 / 14626 ||[[Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Firozpur Intercity Express|Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Firozpur]] || 381 || 51
|-
| 32 || 13319 / 13320 ||[[Deoghar–Ranchi Intercity Express|Deoghar–Ranchi]] || 333 || 41
|-
| 33 || 13305 / 13306 ||[[Dhanbad–Gaya Intercity Express|Dhanbad–Gaya]] || 199 || 51
|-
| 34 || 13331 / 13332 ||[[Dhanbad–Patna Intercity Express|Dhanbad–Patna]] || 369 || 36
|-
| 35 || 13303 / 13304 ||[[Dhanbad–Ranchi Intercity Express|Dhanbad–Ranchi]] || 166 || 39
|-
| 36 || 16305 / 16306 ||[[Ernakulam–Kannur Intercity Express|Ernakulam–Kannur]] || 282 || 49
|-
| 37 || 14221 / 14222 ||[[Faizabad–Kanpur Anwarganj Intercity Express|Faizabad–Kanpur Anwarganj]] || 202 || 39
|-
| 38 || 15069 / 15070 ||[[Gorakhpur–Badshahnagar Intercity Express|Gorakhpur–Aishbagh]] || 335 || 55
|-
| 39 || 12531 / 12532 ||[[Gorakhpur–Lucknow Intercity Express|Gorakhpur–Lucknow]] || 277 || 55
|-
| 40 || 15103 / 15104 ||[[Gorakhpur–Manduadih Intercity Express|Gorakhpur–Manduadih]] || 234 || 41
|-
| 41 || 11307 / 11308 ||[[Gulbarga–Hyderabad Intercity Express|Gulbarga–Hyderabad]] || 222 || 48
|-
| 42 || 12705 / 12706 ||[[Guntur–Secunderabad Intercity Express|Guntur–Secunderabad]] || 380 || 56
|-
| 43 || 16341 / 16342 ||[[Guruvayur–Thiruvananthapuram Intercity Express|Guruvayur–Thiruvananthapuram]] || 303 || 47
|-
| 44 || 15617 / 15618 ||[[Naharlagun–Guwahati Donyi Polo Express|Guwahati–Naharlagun]] || 332 || 34
|-
| 45 || 15717 / 15718 ||[[Guwahati–Mariani Intercity Express|Guwahati–Mariani]] || 404 || 35
|-
| 46 || 22187 / 22188 ||[[Adhartal–Habibganj Intercity Express| Adhartal (Jabalpur)–Habibganj (Bhopal)]] || 331 || 54
|-
| 47 || 15033 / 15034 ||[[Haridwar–Ramnagar Intercity Express| Haridwar–Ramnagar]] || 244 || 48
|-
| 48 || 14711 / 14712 ||[[Haridwar–Shri Ganganagar Intercity Express| Haridwar–Shri Ganganagar]] || 485 || 49 <ref>[https://www.patrika.com/sri-ganganagar-news/ac-coach-standing-one-lakh-rupees-loss-2890896/ AC Coach Standing one lakh rupees loss], ''patrika.com'',02 June 2018</ref>
|-
| 49 || 13011 / 13012 ||[[Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express| Howrah–Malda Town]] || 343 || 46
|-
| 50 || 22891 / 22892 ||[[Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express| Howrah–Ranchi]] || 463 || 56
|-
| 51 || 13053 / 13054 ||[[Kulik Intercity Express| Howrah - Radhikapur]] || 481 || 43
|-
| 52 || 17011 / 17012 ||[[Hyderabad–Sirpur Kaghaznagar Intercity Express| Hyderabad–Sirpur Kaghaznagar]] || 306 || 50
|-
| 53 || 12415 / 12416 ||[[Indore–New Delhi Intercity Express| Indore–New Delhi]] || 826 || 61<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-railways-shifts-terminals-of-18-train/articleshow/64253859.cms Indian Railways Shifts Terminals of 18 Trains], ''Times of India'', 21 May 2018</ref>
|-
| 54 || 11265 / 11266 ||[[Madan Mahal–Ambikapur Intercity Express|Madan Mahal–Ambikapur]] || 436 || 47
|-
| 55 || 11701 / 11702 ||[[Jabalpur–Indore Intercity Express|Jabalpur–Indore]] || 756 || 51
|-
| 56 || 22189 / 22190 ||[[Madan Mahal–Rewa Intercity Express|Madan Mahal–Rewa]] || 242 || 55
|-
| 57 || 11651 / 11652 ||[[Madan Mahal–Singrauli Intercity Express|Madan Mahal–Singrauli]] || 355 || 47
|-
| 58 || 19717 / 19178 ||[[Jaipur–Daulatpur Chowk Intercity Express|Jaipur–Daulatpur Chowk]] || 756 || 45
|-
| 59 || 15283 / 15284 ||[[Janaki Intercity Express|Manihari–Jaynagar]] || 396 || 32
|-
| 60 || 15549 / 15550 ||[[Jaynagar–Patna Intercity Express|Jaynagar–Patna]] || 244 || 32
|-
| 61 || 13225 / 13226 ||[[Jaynagar–Rajendra Nagar Terminal Intercity Express|Jaynagar–Rajendranagar Terminal]] || 263 || 28
|-
| 62 || 11109 / 11110 ||[[Jhansi–Lucknow Intercity Express|Jhansi–Lucknow]] || 292 || 49
|-
| 63 || 22477 / 22478 ||[[Jaipur–Jodhpur Intercity Express|Jodhpur–Jaipur]] || 310 || 64
|-
| 64 || 17639 / 17640 ||[[Kacheguda–Akola Intercity Express|Kacheguda–Akola]] || 515 || 45
|-
| 65 || 17641 / 17642 ||[[Kacheguda–Narkhed Intercity Express|Kacheguda–Narkher]] || 732 || 46
|-
| 66 || 15815 / 15816 ||[[Kamakhya–Dekargaon Intercity Express|Kamakhya–Dekargaon]] || 183 || 38
|-
| 67 || 15605 / 15606 ||[[Guwahati–Dibrugarh Intercity Express|Guwahati–Dibrugarh]] || 552 || 37
|-
| 68 || 15603 / 15604 ||[[Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express|Guwahati–Ledo ]] || 571 || 40
|-
| 69 || 15613 / 15614 ||[[Kamakhya–Murkongselek Lachit Express|Kamakhya–Murkongselek ]] || 490 || 44
|-
| 70 || 22441 / 22442 ||[[Chitrakootdham (Karwi)–Kanpur Intercity Express (via Allahabad)|Chitrakootdham (Karwi)–Kanpur (via Allahabad)]] || 325 || 57<ref>[https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-intercity-goes-to-chitrakoot-17544703.html Allahabad City Intercity goes to Chitrakoot],''jagran.com'',19 Feb 2018</ref>
|-
| 71 || 15713 / 15714 ||[[Katihar–Patna Intercity Express|Katihar–Patna]] || 290 || 42–
|-
| 72 || 15719 / 15720 ||[[Katihar–Siliguri Intercity Express|Katihar–Siliguri]] || 203 || 39<ref>[https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/katihar/story-intercity-left-behind-becoming-burning-train-1980667.html Intercity left behind becoming burning train], ''livehindustan.com'', 27 May 2018</ref>
|-
| 73 || 22875 / 22876 ||[[Kharagpur–Purulia Intercity Express|Kharagpur–Purulia]] || 218 || 56
|-
| 74 || 12363 / 12364 ||[[Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express|Kolkata–Haldibari]] || 627 || 56
|-
| 75 || 15059 / 15060 ||[[Lalkuan–Anand Vihar Terminal Intercity Express|Lalkuan–Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi)]] || 262 || 40
|-
| 76 || 12179 / 12180 ||[[Lucknow–Agra Fort Intercity Express|Lucknow–Agra Fort]] || 325 || 54
|-
| 77 || 14209 / 14210 ||[[Lucknow–Vindhyachal Intercity Express|Prayagraj Sangam–Lucknow]] || 197 || 48
|-
| 78 || 22635 / 22636 ||[[Madgaon–Mangaluru Intercity Express|Madgaon–Mangaluru Central]] || 319 || 55
|-
| 79 || 13409 / 13410 ||[[Malda Town–Jamalpur Intercity Express|Malda Town–Jamalpur]] || 235 || 43
|-
| 80 || 22609 / 22610 ||[[Mangaluru–Coimbatore Intercity Express|Mangaluru Central–Coimbatore]] || 407 || 56
|-
| 81 || 12127 / 12128 ||[[Mumbai–Pune Intercity Express|Mumbai CSMT–Pune]] || 190 || 58
|-
| 82 || 12459 / 12460 ||[[New Delhi–Amritsar Intercity Express|New Delhi–Amritsar]] || 448 || 55
|-
| 83 || 14315 / 14316 ||[[Bareilly–New Delhi Intercity Express|Bareilly–New Delhi]] || 256 || 45
|-
| 84 || 14681 / 14682 ||[[Jalandhar City–New Delhi Intercity Express|New Delhi–Jalandhar]] || 438 || 50
|-
| 85 || 14323 / 14324 ||[[New Delhi–Rohtak Intercity Express| New Delhi–Rohtak]] || 71 || 30
|-
| 86 || 18413 / 18414 ||[[Paradeep–Puri Intercity Express|Paradeep–Puri]] || 173 || 38
|-
| 87 || 12529 / 12530 ||[[Patliputra–Lucknow Intercity Express|Patliputra–Lucknow]] || 520 || 48
|-
| 88 || 25201 / 25202 ||[[Patliputra–Narkatiaganj Intercity Express|Patliputra–Narkatiaganj]] || 235 || 34<ref>[https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-narkatiaganj-intercity-express-accident-in-muzaffarpur-in-bihar-17547341.html Muzaffarpur Narkatiaganj Intercity Express Accident],''jagran.com'', 20 Feb 2018</ref>
|-
| 89 || 15201 / 15202 ||[[Patliputra–Raxaul Intercity Express|Patliputra–Raxaul]] || 204 || 28
|-
| 90 || 13249 / 13250 ||[[Patna–Bhabua Road Intercity Express|Patna–Bhabua Road]] || 194 || 38
|-
| 91 || 13243 / 13244 ||[[Patna–Bhabua Road Intercity Express (via Gaya)|Patna–Bhabua Road (via Gaya)]] || 243 || 42
|-
| 92 || 14123 / 14124 ||[[Pratapgarh–Kanpur Intercity Express|Pratapgarh–Kanpur]] || 245 || 48
|-
| 93 || 12169 / 12170 ||[[Pune–Solapur Intercity Express|Pune–Solapur]] || 262 || 66
|-
| 94 || 12527 / 12528 ||[[Ramnagar–Chandigarh Intercity Express|Ramnagar–Chandigarh]] || 396 || 50
|-
| 95 || 18619 / 18620 ||[[Ranchi–Dumka Intercity Express|Ranchi–Dumka]] || 411 || 42
|-
| 96 || 22839 / 22840 ||[[Rourkela–Bhubaneswar Intercity Express|Rourkela–Bhubaneswar]] || 419 || 57
|-
| 97 || 23225 / 23226 ||[[Saharsa–Rajendra Nagar Terminal Intercity Express|Saharsa–Rajendranagar Terminal]] || 214 || 32
|-
| 98 || 13235 / 13236 ||[[Sahibganj–Danapur Intercity Express|Sahibganj–Danapur]] || 305 || 33
|-
| 99 || 18303 / 18304 ||[[Sambalpur–Puri Intercity Express|Sambalpur–Puri]] || 342 || 52
|-
| 100 || 18301 / 18302 ||[[Sambalpur–Rayagada Intercity Express|Sambalpur–Rayagada]] || 323 || 49
|-
| 101 || 12373 / 12374 ||[[Sealdah–Rampurhat Intercity Express|Sealdah–Rampurhat]] || 214 || 58
|-
| 102 || 12383 / 12384 ||[[Sealdah–Asansol Intercity Express|Sealdah–Asansol]] || 220 || 56
|-
| 103 || 12725 / 12726 ||[[Siddhaganga Intercity Express|Bangalore City–Hubballi]] || 470 || 57
|-
| 104 || 14811 / 14812 ||[[Sikar–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express|Sikar–Delhi Sarai Rohilla]] || 291 || 44
|-
| 105 || 15767 / 15768 ||[[Siliguri–Alipurduar Intercity Express|Siliguri–Alipurduar]] || 161 || 34
|-
| 106 || 15765 / 15766 ||[[Siliguri–Dhubri Intercity Express|Siliguri–Dhubri]] || 261 || 40
|-
| 107 || 18007 / 18008 ||[[Simlipal Intercity Express|Kolkata Shalimar–Bhanjpur]] || 266 || 50
|-
| 108 || 11423 / 11424 ||[[Solapur–Hubballi Intercity Express|Solapur–Hubballi]] || 359 || 44
|-
| 109 || 22961 / 22962 ||[[Surat–Hapa Intercity Express|Surat–Hapa]] || 551 || 57
|-
| 110 || 22959 / 22960 ||[[Surat–Jamnagar Intercity Express|Surat–Jamnagar]] || 560 || 55
|-
| 111 || 16205 / 16206 ||[[Talaguppa–Mysore Intercity Express|Talguppa–Mysore]] || 373 || 48
|-
| 112 || 22627 / 22628 ||[[Tiruchirappalli–Thiruvananthapuram Intercity Express|Tiruchirappalli - Thiruvananthapuram]] || 457 || 55
|-
| 113 || 22615 / 22616 ||[[Tirupati–Coimbatore Intercity Express|Tirupati–Coimbatore]] || 470 || 60
|-
| 114 || 12991 / 12992 ||[[Udaipur City–Jaipur Intercity Express|Udaipur City–Jaipur]] || 435 || 58
|-
| 115 || 19035 / 19036 ||[[Vadodara–Ahmedabad Intercity Express|Vadodara–Ahmedabad]] || 99 || 44
|-
| 116 || 12929 / 12930 ||[[Valsad–Dahod Intercity Superfast Express|Valsad–Dahod]] || 346 || 56
|-
| 117 || 14213 / 14214 ||[[Varanasi–Gonda Intercity Express|Varanasi–Gonda]] || 254 || 42
|-
| 118 || 14203 / 14204 ||[[Varanasi–Lucknow Intercity Express|Varanasi–Lucknow]] || 301 || 52
|-
| 119 || 14219 / 14220 ||[[Varanasi–Lucknow Intercity Express (via Pratapgarh)|Varanasi–Lucknow (via Pratapgarh)]] || 301 || 48
|-
| 120 || 23345 / 23346 ||[[Varanasi–Shaktinagar Terminal Intercity Express|Varanasi–Shaktinagar Terminal]] || 229 || 29
|-
| 121 || 13345 / 13346 ||[[Varanasi–Singrauli Intercity Express|Varanasi–Singrauli]] || 210 || 32
|-
| 122 || 12795 / 12796 ||[[Vijayawada–Lingampalli Intercity Express|Vijayawada–Lingampalli]] || 336 || 58
|-
| 123 || 18511 / 18512 ||[[Visakhapatnam–Koraput Intercity Express|Koraput–Visakhapatnam]] || 359 || 51
|-
| 124 || 16577 / 16578 ||[[Yesvantpur–Harihar Intercity Express|Yesvantpur–Harihar]] || 333 || 46
|-
| 125 || 22679 / 22680 ||[[Yesvantpur–Hassan Intercity Express|Yesvantpur–Hassan]] || 174 || 55
|-
| 126 || 16579 / 16580 ||[[Yesvantpur–Shivamogga Town Intercity Express|Yesvantpur–Shivamogga Town]] || 268 || 47
|-
| 127 || 12893 / 12894 ||[[Bhubaneswar–Bolangir Intercity Superfast Express|Bhubaneswar–Bolangir]] || 397 || 55
|-
| 128 || 19151 / 19152 ||[[Palanpur–Bhuj Intercity Express|Palanpur–Bhuj]] || 359 || 46
|-
| 129 || 14101 / 14102 ||[[Prayag Ghat–Kanpur Intercity Express|Prayagraj Sangam–Kanpur Central]] || 212 || 45
|-
| 130 || 13465 / 13466 ||[[Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express (via Azimganj)|Howrah–Malda Town (via Azimganj)]] || 332 || 48
|-
| 131 || 13241 / 13242 ||[[Banka–Rajendra Nagar Terminal Intercity Express|Banka–Rajendranagar Terminal (Patna)]] || 272 || 35
|-
| 132 || 19203 / 19204 ||[[Gandhinagar Capital–Bhavnagar Terminus Intercity Express|Gandhinagar Capital–Bhavangar]] || 310 || 50
|-
| 133 || 14819 / 14820 ||[[Bhagat Ki Kothi–Sabarmati Intercity Express| BGKT (Jodhpur)–Sabarmati (Ahmedbabad)]] || 454 || 49
|-
| 134 || 11125 / 11126 ||[[Ratlam–Gwalior Intercity Express|Ratlam–Gwalior]] || 680 || 46
|}

==Incidents==
On 13 Feb 2015, at least 9 passengers were dead and over 100 passengers were injured when the [[Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express]] derailed between Anekal Road and Hosur on Bangalore City–Salem section which lies between the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu State, In suspected some technical issue in the engine. The train was heading towards Ernakulam. <ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/several-injured-as-bangalore-ernakulam-express-derails-near-karnataka-border-739217 "Several Injured as Bangalore Ernakulam Express derails near Karnataka Border"], NDTV, 13 February 2015</ref>

On 30 January 2016, [[Ratnachal Express]] (12717) from Vishakhapatnam to Vijayawada was burnt in protest of reservation for Kapu community leaving no one injured according to the railway sources.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Kapu-stir-Railways-loses-a-whopping-41-crore-at-Tuni/articleshow/50814081.cms Kapu Stir Railways loses a Whopping 41 Crore at Tuni], ''Times of India'', 2 February 2016, Retrieved 20 October 2020</ref>

{{Commons category|Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains}}

== See also ==
* [[Duronto Express]]
* [[List of named passenger trains in India]]
* [[Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Express trains in India]]
* [[Rajya Rani Express]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://indiarailinfo.com/trains?date=undefined&drev=undefined&arev=undefined&q=Intercity List of Indian Intercity Express Trains]

{{Indian Railways}}

[[Category:Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains|*]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India|*]]

Agra Cantt–New Delhi Intercity Express

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183.82.162.23: Intercity Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox rail service
| name = Agra Cantt New Delhi Intercity Express
| image= Gomti Express.jpg
| caption =
| type = [[Intercity Express (Indian Railways)|Intercity]] Mumbai to New Delhi
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[North Central Railway zone|North Central Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]]
| stops = 14
| end = [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]
| distance = {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journey time = 4 hours 20 minutes as 14211 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''', 4 hours 25 minutes as 14212 [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] '''Intercity Express'''
| frequency = Daily
| class = [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 1st Class]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 2 tier]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC Chair Car]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|2nd Class seating]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|General Unreserved]]
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = No [[Dining car|Pantry Car Coach]] attached
| observation = Rake Sharing with 12419 / 20 [[Gomti Express]]
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| other facilities=
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 14211 / 14212
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} Maximum Speed {{convert|44.57|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}, including halts
| map = [[File:(Agra - New Delhi) Intercity Express route map.png|290px|(Agra - New Delhi) Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad Intercity Express route map]]
| map_state =
}}

The 14211 / 12 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''' is an [[Express train|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] - [[North Central Railway zone]] that runs between [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] and [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] in [[India]].

It operates as train number 14211 from [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] to [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] and as train number 14212 in the reverse direction serving the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]] & [[Delhi]]. Intercity Express Mumbai to New Delhi

==Coaches==

The 14211 / 12 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''' has 1 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC First Class]] cum [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 2 tier]], 2 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC Chair Car]], 15 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Second Class seating]], 4 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|General Unreserved]] & 2 EOG (End of Generating car) coaches. It does not carry a [[Dining car|Pantry car coach]].

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of [[Indian Railways]] depending on demand.

==Service==

The 14211 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''' covers the distance of 195 kilometres in 4 hours 20 mins (45.00 km/hr) & in 4 hours 25 mins as 14212 [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] '''Intercity Express''' (44.15 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is below {{convert|55|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, as per [[Indian Railways]] rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

==Route==

The 14211 / 12 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''' runs from [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] via [[Mathura Junction railway station|Mathura Junction]], [[Ballabgarh]], [[Faridabad railway station|Faridabad]], [[Tughlakabad railway station|Tughlakabad]], [[Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station|Hazrat Nizamuddin]] to [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]].

==Traction==

As the entire route is fully electrified, a [[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur]] based [[WAP 7]] powers the train for its entire journey.

==Timings==

14211 [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] '''Intercity Express''' leaves [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] on a daily basis at 06:00 hrs IST and reaches [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] at 10:20 hrs IST the same day.

14212 [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] '''Intercity Express''' leaves [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] on a daily basis at 17:35 hrs IST and reaches [[Agra Cantonment railway station|Agra Cantt]] at 22:05 hrs IST the same day.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Gomti Express - AC First cum AC 2 tier coach.jpg|Intercity Express - [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC First cum AC 2 tier]] coach
File:Gomti Express at New Delhi with its Kanpur based WAP 4 engine.jpg|Intercity Express at [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] with its [[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur]] based [[WAP 4]] engine
File:Gomti Express - AC Chair Car coach.jpg|Intercity Express - [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC Chair Car]] coach
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Gatimaan Express]]
* [[Lucknow - Agra Cantt. Superfast Intercity Express]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

* https://www.flickr.com/photos/43144819@N05/4444160922/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPoBWAIAskM
* http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=87360
* http://www.flickriver.com/places/India/Uttar+Pradesh/Agra+Cantt/search/

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in |title=Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry |publisher=indianrail.gov.in |accessdate=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |archivedate=8 April 2014 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irctc.co.in|title=IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System|publisher=irctc.co.in|accessdate=2014-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303131207/http://www.irctc.co.in/|archive-date=3 March 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=irfca.org|accessdate=2014-04-05}}

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Poorva Express (via Patna)

2026-09-21T05:47:28Z

183.82.162.23: Poorjvar Express

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Poorva Express
| image = File:Poorva Exp.jpg
|caption =
| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]]
| locale = [[Delhi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] & [[West Bengal]] Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1956|10|02}}
| last =
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Howrah Junction railway station|Howrah]] '''(HWH)'''
| stops = 22
| end = [[New Delhi Railway Station|New Delhi]] '''(NDLS)'''
| distance = {{convert|1531|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 21 hours 50 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = [[Indian Railways coaching stock|First AC]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Second AC]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Third AC]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Sleeper Class]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|General Unreserved]]
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack = Yes
| catering = [[Dining car|Pantry]] car attached, On-board Catering, E-Catering
| observation = Large windows
| entertainment =
| baggage = Available
| otherfacilities =
| stock = [[LHB Coaches/ICF Coaches]]
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 12303 / 12304
| speed =
{{convert|69|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average with halts
| map_state =
}}

The 12303 / 12304 '''Poorva Express''' are daily [[Superfast Express trains in India|superfast]] express trains of [[Indian Railways]] running between [[Howrah Junction railway station|Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], and [[New Delhi]], the capital city of [[India]]. The name ''Poorva'' signifies the eastern part of [[India]], and the train attracts travellers from [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] & [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,1,283,362,1488,1496|title=Sanction for regular operation|accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/Raising_210318.pdf|title=Raising maximum permissible speed of sections.|accessdate=19 November 2019}}</ref>

==History==
Prior to the introduction of the [[Rajdhani Express]], the Deluxe Express was the premium category superfast trains of India. Fully air conditioned and superfast, they were given the highest priority in Indian Railways. There were two of them. One use to imply between [[Amritsar]] and [[Bandra]], and another from [[Amritsar]] to [[Howrah]]. Both of them use to carry the ICF Rajdhani liveried coaches. Later with due course of time the Deluxe Express till Bandra was renamed as [[Paschim Express]] while the Deluxe Express till Howrah Express was renamed as [[Poorva Express]].

With due course of time, the "fully Air Conditioned" was stripped off from its name to accommodate additional Non-AC sleeper Coaches and was subsequently terminated till [[New Delhi]]. And with the launch of trains like [[Udyan Abha Toofan Express]] and [[Howrah Rajdhani Express]], it lost its grandeur and subsequently its priority. It was relegated to Maroon-cream coloured Coaches first and then to Standard Blue ICF Coaches later before getting refurbished to LHB Coaches in April 2013.

Though it suffered with time, but its popularity never ceased. Due to its huge demand, Indian Railways introduced a second pair of Poorva Express on 1 August 1971 via Patna. Not only that, during its peak time it was one of the longest train with a load of 24 coaches and was used to be hauled by twin WDM-2 engines between [[Mughalsarai]] and [[Chittaranjan]].

==Coach composition==
The train has standard LHB rakes/ICF rakes with a max speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:
* 1HA (1st AC cum 2A)
* 2 AC II Tier
* 5 AC III Tier
* 9 Sleeper Coaches
* 1 Pantry Car
* 2 General Unreserved
* 2 HOG

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:12303 Poorva Express - EOG.jpg|alt=Poorva SF Express|''12304 Poorva Express - [[Diesel generator|EOG]]''
File:12303 Poorva Express - Sleep Class coach.jpg|''12304 Poorva Express - [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Sleeper Class]] coach''
File:Poorva Express at New Delhi.jpg|''Poorva Express at [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]''
File:Poorva Express at New Delhi with Ghaziabad based WAP 7.jpg|''Poorva Express at New Delhi with a [[Ghaziabad Junction railway station|Ghaziabad]] based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP 7]]''
File:Ghaziabad based WAP 7 ready to haul the Poorva Express.jpg|''[[Ghaziabad Junction railway station|Ghaziabad]] based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP 7]] ready to haul the Poorva Express ''
</gallery>

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|-
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|-
|[[File:BSicon LDER.svg|25px]]
||EOG||GS||GS||S1||S2||S3||S4||S5||S6||S7||S8||S9||PC||HA1||B1||B2||B3||B4||B5||A1||A2||EOG
|}

==Route & Halts==
* 12303/12304 '''Poorva Express''' runs from {{rws|Howrah}} via {{rws|Bardhaman Junction}}, {{rws|Durgapur}}, {{rws|Asansol}}, {{rws|Madhupur}}, {{rws|Jasidih}}, {{rws|Jhajha}}, {{rws|Jamui}}, {{rws|Kiul}}, {{rws|Mokama}}, {{rws|Barh}}, {{rws|Patna Junction}}, {{rws|Danapur}}, {{rws|Ara Junction}}, {{rws|Buxar}}, {{rws|Mughalsarai Junction||Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction}}, {{rws|Allahabad Junction||Prayagraj Junction}}, {{rws|Kanpur Central}}, {{rws|Tundla}}, {{rws|Aligarh}} to {{rws|New Delhi}}.

==Traction==
It is regularly hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah Loco Shed]] based [[WAP 7]] ('''HOG''') equipped locomotive on its entire journey.

==Rake Sharing==
The train shares its rake with 12381/12382 [[Poorva Express (via Gaya)]].

==Train detail==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Detail of Poorva Express'''
|-
!Pair
!Train No.
!style="width:200px;"|Sector
!style="width:50px;"|Departure
!style="width:50px;"|Arrival
!style="width:80px;"|Frequency
!style="width:50px;"|Average Speed
!style="width:270px;"|Stops
!Distance
|-
|rowspan=2|'''1'''||12303<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12303|title=Train Time Table - POORVA EXPRESS (12303) : etrain.info|website=etrain.info|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref>||Howrah – New Delhi Via Patna ||08:00||06:05 (reaches NEW DELHI 2.5 hrs of average delay) ||Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat||70 km||rowspan=2|BWN, DGR, ASN, CRJ, MDP, JSME, JAJ, JMU, KIUL, MKA, BARH, BKP, PNBE, DNR, ARA, BXR, DDU, ALD, CNB, ETW, TDL,ALJN ||rowspan=2|1531 km
|-
|12304<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12304|title=Train Time Table - POORVA EXPRESS (12304) : etrain.info|website=etrain.info|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref>||New Delhi – Howrah Via Patna||17:35||17:15 ( reaches HOWRAH Jn. 2 hrs of Average delay)||Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun ||65 km
|-
|rowspan=2|'''2'''||12381<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12381|title=Train Time Table - POORVA EXPRESS (12381) : etrain.info|website=etrain.info|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref>||Howrah – New Delhi Via Gaya ||08:15||06:05 ||Sun, Wed, Thu||66 km|| rowspan=2|ALJN, TDL, ETW, CNB, ALD, BSB, DDU, BBU,SSM, DOS, ABUR, RFG, GAYA, KQR, PNME, DHN, ASN, DGR, BWN ||rowspan=2|1449 km
|-
|12382<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12382|title=Train Time Table - POORVA EXPRESS (12382) : etrain.info|website=etrain.info|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref>||New Delhi – Howrah Via Gaya||17:35||17:15||Mon, Tue, Fri ||62 km
|-
|}

==Accidents and incidents==
On 14 December 2014 the 12381 UP Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Express derailed at 8.27 am after leaving Howrah at 8.15 am.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141215/jsp/calcutta/story_3677.jsp#.VN_eYF2t-o8|title=Train jumps tracks like a toy|website=telegraphindia.com|accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref> 11 sleeper coaches and a pantry car (AC Hot Buffet Car) of the New Delhi-bound Poorva Express derailed at [[Liluah]] shortly after leaving Howrah station. There were no casualties or injuries to any passengers, railway officials said. The train was moving at a slow speed when it derailed, the officials said, adding that the reasons for the mishap were being examined. What saved the passengers was the speed of the train. "The Poorva Express was moving at 10 to 15 km/h when the accident occurred. The average speed of the train is 63 km/h, though it can travel at 120 km/h. Derailment at higher speeds would have been catastrophic," an official said.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12303 Poorva Express/12303]
*[http://etrain.info/in?TRAIN=12304 Poorva Express/12304]
*[https://onlinetrainstatus.com/?live=12304-running-status Poorva Express]

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Udyan Abha Toofan Express

2026-09-21T05:44:26Z

183.82.162.23:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Udyan Abha Toofan Express
| image= 13007 Udyan Abha Toofan Express.jpg
| caption =
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1930|06|01}}
| status = Discontinued on 19 May 2020
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railways]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Howrah}} (HWH)
| stops = 110 as 13007 107 as 13008
| end = {{stnlnk|Shri Ganganagar Junction}} (SGNR)
| distance = {{convert|1978|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 45 hours 25 minutes as 13007, 46 hours 20 minutes as 13008
| frequency = Daily
| class = [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 3 tier]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 2 tier]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Sleeper class]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|General Unreserved]]
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = Available but no [[pantry car]] attached
| baggage = Available
| other facilities=
| stock = [[ICF coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 13007 / 13008
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum, {{convert|44|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
average including halts
| map =
| map_state =
}}

The 13007 / 13008 '''Howrah–Shri Ganganagar Junction Udyan Abha Toofan Express''' was an [[Express trains in India|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] – [[Eastern Railway zone]] that used to run between {{stnlnk|Howrah}} and [[Sri Ganganagar]] in India. Mumbai to New Delhi

It operated as train number 13007 from Howrah to Sri Ganganagar and as train number 13008 in the reverse direction, serving the 8 states of [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Rajasthan]]. Eastern Railway cancelled its operations permanently from 19 May 2020.

==Coaches==
The 13007 / 08 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express had 2 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 3 tier]], 1 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 2 tier]], 9 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Sleeper class]], 3 [[Indian Railways coaching stock|General Unreserved]] & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It did not have a [[pantry car]]. In addition, it could carry up to 4 High Capacity Parcel Coaches.

==Service==
The 13007 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express covered the distance of 1978 kilometres in 45 hours 25 mins (43.55 km/hr) & in 46 hours 20 mins as 13008 Sri Ganganagar–Howrah Udyan Abha Toofan Express (42.69 km/hr).

[[File:13007 Udyan Abha Toofan Express - AC 3 tier coach.jpg|thumb|13007 Udyan Abha Toofan Express – [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 3 tier coach]]]]
[[File:13007 Udyan Abha Toofan Express - Sleeper Class coach.jpg|thumb|13007 Udyan Abha Toofan Express – [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Sleeper class coach]]]]

==Routeing==
The 13007 / 13008 Howrah –Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express ran from Howrah Junction via {{stnlnk|Bardhaman Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Asansol Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Mokama Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Barh}}, {{stnlnk|Patna Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Mughalsarai Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Allahabad Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}, {{stnlnk|Mathura Junction}}, {{stnlnk|New Delhi}}, [[Rohtak|Rohtak Junction]], [[Bhatinda|Bhatinda Junction]] to Sri Ganganagar.

It reversed direction of travel at {{stnlnk|Agra Cantonment}}.

==Traction==
As the route is partly electrified, a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah]]-based [[WAP-4]] hauled the train from Howrah Junction up to {{stnlnk|Bathinda Junction}} handing over to a [[Diesel Loco Shed, Ludhiana|Ludhiana]]-based [[WDM-3A]] which powered the train for the remainder of the journey.

==Timings==

*13007 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express left Howrah Junction on a daily basis and reached Sri Ganganagar on the 3rd day.
*13008 Sri Ganganagar–Howrah Udyan Abha Toofan Express left Sri Ganganagar on a daily basis and reached Howrah Junction on the 3rd day.

== References ==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw_SwpRlR0|title=Udyan Abha Toofan Express passes through Bhuteshwar station – YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speednewsshow/24676192.cms|title=Trains-cancelled:Train 13007 Udayan Abha Toofan express which runs between Ho|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://eprahaar.in/tag/udyan-abha-toofan-express/|title=Udyan Abha Toofan Express | Latest Breaking News from Mumbai, Maharashtra, Kokan – Prahaar|publisher=eprahaar.in|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/46085415@N05/4516983947/|title=Udyan Abha Toofan Express | Flickr – Photo Sharing!|publisher=flickr.com|access-date=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=891&id=0,4,268|title=Northern Railways / Indian Railways Portal|publisher=nr.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2014-05-30}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in |title=Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry |publisher=indianrail.gov.in |access-date=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |archive-date= 8 April 2014 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.irctc.co.in|title=IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System|publisher=irctc.co.in|access-date=2014-04-05}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2014-04-05}}

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Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express

2026-09-21T05:29:58Z

183.82.162.23: 12409 Ragrh Gondwana Express

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox rail service
| name = Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express Mumbai to Ahmedabad New Delhi
| image= File:Gondwana exp.jpg
| caption =
| type = [[Superfast Express trains Mumbai to Ahmedabad in India|Superfast]]
| locale = [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[Delhi]]
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Hazrat Nizamuddin}} (NZM)
| stops = 33
| end = {{stnlnk|Raigarh}} (RIG)
| distance = {{convert|1631|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 27 hours 55 minutes
| frequency = 5 days a week
| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = On-board catering, E-catering
| observation = Rake sharing with 12405/12406 [[Bhusaval–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express]]
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| otherfacilities =
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| el =
| trainnumber = 12409 / 12410
| speed = {{convert|58.51|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts
| map = [[File:Gondwana Express (Nizamuddin - Raigarh) Route map.png|300px]]
| map_state =
}}

The 12409 / 12410 '''Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express''' is a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] that runs between [[Raigarh]] and {{stnlnk|Hazrat Nizamuddin}} in India. It is a 5-day service. It operates as train number 12409 from Raigarh to Hazrat Nizamuddin and as train number 12410 in the reverse direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etrainroute.in/trains/12409-gondwana-express |title=Gondwana Express Route (12409) Raigarh To Hazrat Nizamuddin |publisher=etrainroute.in |date= |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref>

==Coaches==

The 12409/12410 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 2 AC 3 tier, 13 Sleeper class & 5 General Unreserved coaches.

As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

==Service==

The 12409 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express covers the distance of 1626 kilometers in 27 hours and 55 mins (58.24 km/hr) & 27 hours 40 mins as 12410 Nizamuddin–Raigarh Gondwana Express (58.77 km/hr).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleartrip.com/trains/12410 |title=Gondwana Express Time Table |publisher=cleartrip.com |date= |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref>

As its average speed in both directions is above 55 km/hr as per Indian Railways rules, its fare has a Superfast surcharge. In addition, it gets priority over local (commuter) trains, standard express, passenger trains and most freight trains.

[[File:12409 Raigarh Nizamuddin Gondwana Express - Sleeper Class.jpg|thumb|12409 Raigarh–Nizamuddin Gondwana Express – Sleeper class]]
[[File:12409 Raigarh Nizamuddin Gondwana Express - AC 3 tier coach.jpg|thumb|12409 Raigarh–Nizamuddin Gondwana Express – AC 3 tier coach]]
[[File:12409 Raigarh Nizamuddin Gondwana Express - Coach S1.jpg|thumb|12409 Raigarh–Nizamuddin Gondwana Express – Coach S1]]

==Route & halts==
The train runs from Raigarh via {{stnlnk|Champa Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Akaltara}}, {{stnlnk|Bilaspur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bhatapara}}, {{stnlnk|Raipur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Durg Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Rajnandgaon}}, {{stnlnk|Gondia Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Nagpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Betul}}, {{stnlnk|Itarsi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bhopal Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bina Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Jhansi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Gwalior Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Agra Cantonment}} to Hazrat Nizamuddin.

==Traction==

Its longest halt is at Nagpur with 40 minutes, where it reverses the direction. It is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Bhusawal|Bhusaval]]-based [[WAP-4]] locomotive from RIG to NGP. From NGP to NZM it is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Tuglakabad|Tughlakabad]]- based [[WAP-7]] locomotive and vice versa.

==Time-Table==

* 12409 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express leaves Raigarh every day excluding Tuesday & Sunday at 03:30 hrs IST and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin at 07:25 hrs IST the next day.
* 12410 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Raigarh Gondwana Express leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin every day excluding Friday & Sunday at 15:25 hrs IST and reaches Raigarh at 19:05 hrs IST the next day.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Station code
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Station name
!scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"|
'''12409 – Raigarh to Hazrat Nizamuddin'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/Raigarh_Nizamuddin-12409-train.html|title=Gondwana Express - 12409|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Distance from source in km
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Day
!scope="col" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"|
'''12410 – Hazrat Nizamuddin to Raigarh'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timeline/edits-Gondwana-express-12410-nzm-to-rig/459/297/65|title=Gondwana Express 12410|accessdate=18 Oct 2012}}</ref>
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Distance from source in km
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:gold;"| Day
|-
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Arrival
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Departure
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Arrival
!scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:gold;"|Departure
|-
| valign="center" | RIG
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Raigarh}}
| valign="center" | '''Source'''
| valign="center" | '''03:30'''
| valign="center" | 0
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | '''19:05'''
| valign="center" | '''Destination'''
| valign="center" | 1626
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | BSP
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Bilaspur Junction}}
| valign="center" | 05:40
| valign="center" | 05:55
| valign="center" | 133
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 16:45
| valign="center" | 17:00
| valign="center" | 1494
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | R
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Raipur Junction}}
| valign="center" | 07:35
| valign="center" | 07:45
| valign="center" | 243
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 14:05
| valign="center" | 14:15
| valign="center" | 1383
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | NGP
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Nagpur Junction}}
| valign="center" | 12:45
| valign="center" | 13:05
| valign="center" | 544
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 09:00
| valign="center" | 09:40
| valign="center" | 1083
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | ET
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Itarsi Junction}}
| valign="center" | 17:45
| valign="center" | 17:50
| valign="center" | 841
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 03:55
| valign="center" | 04:00
| valign="center" | 786
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | BPL
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Bhopal Junction}}
| valign="center" | 19:45
| valign="center" | 19:50
| valign="center" | 932
| valign="center" | 1
| valign="center" | 02:05
| valign="center" | 02:10
| valign="center" | 694
| valign="center" | 2
|-
| valign="center" | JHS
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Jhansi Junction}}
| valign="center" | 00:31
| valign="center" | 00:41
| valign="center" | 1223
| valign="center" | 2
| valign="center" | 21:55
| valign="center" | 22:05
| valign="center" | 403
| valign="center" | 1
|-
| valign="center" | NZM
| valign="center" | {{stnlnk|Hazrat Nizamuddin}}
| valign="center" | '''07:25'''
| valign="center" | '''Destination'''
| valign="center" | 1626
| valign="center" | 2
| valign="center" | '''Source'''
| valign="center" | '''15:25'''
| valign="center" | 0
| valign="center" | 1
|}

==Rake sharing==
The train shares its rake with 12405/12406 [[Bhusaval–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express]].

==Incidents and accidents==

===Bombs on the train===
In January 2015, a bag containing eight crude bombs was discovered in Gondwana Express, after a train ticket checker noticed it around 3PM. The train was halted at Sihora Road Station, the low intensity bombs were defused, after which the journey was resumed. Later, a 40 year old engineer Vineet Kumar from Bihar was held for planting these bombs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/crude-bombs-recovered-from-delhi-bound-gondwana-express-725750 |title=Crude Bombs Recovered From Delhi Bound Gondwana Express |publisher=ndtv.com |date= |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/MP-Engineer-held-for-planting-bomb-in-Gondwana-express/articleshow/45919071.cms |title=MP: Engineer held for planting bomb in Gondwana express |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref>

=== Train running status ===
Gondwana Express has a history of being delayed regularly by a few hours. However, once the train was delayed by 17 hours during a fog that hit Bhopal in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-flights-delayed-trains-run-late-by-several-hours/982230 |title=Bhopal: Flights delayed, trains run late by several hours |publisher=freepressjournal.in |date= |accessdate=9 September 2017}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Indian Railways]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express

2026-09-21T05:18:21Z

183.82.162.23: Ajmer Express

{{short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad
| image =
| image_width =
| caption =
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| locale =
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|2012|03|15}}
| last =
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Bhagalpur Junction}} (BGP)
| stops = 19
| end = {{stnlnk|Ajmer Junction}} (AII)
| distance = {{convert|1749|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 34h 50m
| frequency = Weekly
| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
| seating = No
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = On-board catering E-catering
| observation = Rake sharing with 12349/12350 [[Bhagalpur–New Delhi Weekly Superfast Express]]
| entertainment =
| baggage = No
| otherfacilities = Below the seats
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}
| electrification =
| trainnumber = 13423 / 13424
| speed = {{convert|51|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts
| map = [[File:(Ajmer - Bhagalpur) Express Route map.jpg|300px]]
| map_state =
}}

The 13423 / 13424 '''Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express''' is an [[Express trains in India|Express]] train belonging to [[Eastern Railway zone]] that runs between {{stnlnk|Bhagalpur Junction}} and {{stnlnk|Ajmer Junction}} in India. It is currently being operated with 13423/13424 train numbers on a weekly basis.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Patna/SMS-web-based-housekeeping-service-on-8-trains/articleshow/50634021.cms SMS, web-based housekeeping service on 8 trains ]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Railway-passengers-experience-changes-from-scorn-to-smile/articleshow/50637191.cms Railway passengers experience changes from ‘scorn to smile’]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/five-trains-to-stop-at-sultanganj-station/articleshow/59584281.cms Five trains to stop at Sultanganj station]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/move-to-find-alternative-route-for-cancelled-dc-trains.html Move to Find Alternative for Cancelled DC Trains]</ref>

== Service==

The 13423/Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express has an average speed of 50 km/hr and covers 1749 km in 34h 50m. The 13424/Ajmer–Bhagalpur Weekly Express has an average speed of 49 km/hr and covers 1749 km in 35h 35m. The 13424 is the only train which doesn't stop at Allahabad Chheoki junction.

==Route & halts==

The important halts of the train are:

* '''{{stnlnk|Bhagalpur Junction}}'''
* {{stnlnk|Jamalpur Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Kiul Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Mokama Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Patna Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Mughalsarai Junction||Pandit Deen Dayal upadhyay Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Allahabad Chheoki Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Satna Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Katni Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Damoh}}
* {{stnlnk|Saugor}}
* {{stnlnk|Guna Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Kota Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Chanderiya}}
* {{stnlnk|Bhilwara}}
* {{stnlnk|Bijainagar}}
* {{stnlnk|Nasirabad}}
* '''{{stnlnk|Ajmer Junction}}'''
* '''Note''':- 13423 has no stoppage at {{stnlnk|Mokama}} going towards Ajmer Junction.

==Coach composition==

The train has advanced LHB rakes with max speed of 160 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches:

* 2 AC II Tier
* 3 AC III Tier
* 11 Sleeper coaches
* 4 General
* 2 EOGs

== Traction==

Both trains are hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah Loco Shed]]-based [[WAP-7]] locomotive from Bhagalpur to Ajmer Junction and vice versa.

== Direction reversal==

Train reverses its direction 2 times:

* {{stnlnk|Chanderiya}}
* {{stnlnk|Kota Junction}}

== Rake sharing ==

The train shares its rake with 12349/12350 [[Bhagalpur–New Delhi Weekly Superfast Express]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/17079 13423/Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express] India Rail Info
* [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/17107 13424/Ajmer-Bhagalpur Express] India Rail Info

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Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express

2026-09-21T04:51:59Z

183.82.162.23: Lucknow to New Delhi Shatabdi Express

{{Short description|12003 Lucknow to New Delhi subah 6:10 per chalenge of Indian Railways}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = ''Luckn 12003 Lucknow to New Delhi Shatabdi Express''
| image= Lkoshat.jpg
| caption =
| type = [[Shatabdi Express]]
| locale = [[Delhi]] & [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] of [[Indian Railways]]
| ridership =
| start =
| stops = 5
| end =
| distance = 513 kilometers
| journeytime = 6 hours 30 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class =A.C Executive Anubhuti Chair Car A.C. First Class Chair Car A.C. Chair Car
| seating = Chair Car
| sleeping = Not available
| autorack =
| catering = [[Vegetarian food]] [[Non-vegetarian|Non-Vegetarian food]] [[Jain vegetarianism|Jain food]]
| observation =
| entertainment =
| baggage = Overhead luggage shelves
| otherfacilities=
| stock = [[Alstom]] [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|lk=on}}
| trainnumber = 12003 & 12004
| speed = Maximum: 130 km/h between Chipyana Buzrung and Kanpur. Average: 80 km/h
| map = [[File:(New Delhi - Lucknow) Swarna Shatabdi Express Route map.jpg|250px]]
| map_state =
}}

'''''Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express''''' is one of the [[Shatabdi Express]] trains operated by [[Indian Railways]] that connects the capital of India, {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} to state capital of [[Uttar Pradesh]], {{stnlnk|Lucknow Junction}}.
<ref>{{cite news | url=https://trainsofindia.travel.blog/2020/05/25/lucknow%e2%87%8cnew-delhi-swarna-shatabdi-express/|title=Lucknow ⇌ New Delhi Swarna Shatabdi Express(12003⇌12004)|work=[[Trains Of India]]|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==Overview==
This train is a ''Swarna'' category [[Shatabdi Express]] train, ''Swarna'' is a Sanskrit word meaning [[gold]]. Swarna Shatabdi means that it caters better amenities to passengers and also generates better revenue for [[Indian Railways]] as compared to other Shatabdi Express trains. Not every train in Indian Railways carries ''Swarna'' tag. It is hauled by an [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad]] [[WAP-7]] or [[WAP-5]] Locomotive.

==History==
Earlier this train used to run between {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}} and New Delhi non-stop, a 435 km stretch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia-old.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Trivia|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2018-03-20}}</ref> After the gauge conversion in 1993, it was extended and previous terminal, Kanpur Central was converted to its only halt and later halted at Aligarh. Later on, it was also given halt at Ghaziabad and Etawah.
Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express is the first train in [[Indian Railways]] to get [[LHB coaches]] on trial basis.

==Initiatives==
Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi has been awarded the ISO certification.

==Routes==
===Swarna Shatabdi Express===
'''12003 – [[Lucknow Junction railway station]] to [[New Delhi]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station code
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station name
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Arrival
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Departure
|-
| valign="top" | LJN
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|Lucknow Junction}}
| valign="top" | Starting station
| valign="top" | 15:35
|-
| valign="top" | CNB
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}
| valign="top" | 16:50
| valign="top" | 16:55
|-
| valign="top" | ETW
| valign="top" | Etawah
| valign="top" | 18:09
| valign="top" | 18:11
|-
| valign="top" | TDL
| valign="top" | Tundla Junction
| valign="top" | 19:20
| valign="top" | 19:22
|-
| valign="top" | ALJN
| valign="top" | Aligarh Junction
| valign="top" | 20:08
| valign="top" | 20:10
|-
| valign="top" | GZB
| valign="top" | Ghaziabad Junction
| valign="top" | 21:33
| valign="top" | 21:35
|-
| valign="top" | NDLS
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|New Delhi}}
| valign="top" | 22:15
| valign="top" | Destination station
|}

'''12004 – New Delhi to Lucknow Junction'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station code
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Station name
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Arrival
!! style="background-color:#FFD700" | Departure
|-
| valign="top" | NDLS
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|New Delhi}}
| valign="top" | Starting Station
| valign="top" | 06:10
|-
| valign="top" | GZB
| valign="top" | Ghaziabad Junction
| valign="top" | 06:48
| valign="top" | 06:50
|-
| valign="top" | ALJN
| valign="top" | Aligarh Junction
| valign="top" | 07:50
| valign="top" | 07:52
|-
| valign="top" | TDL
| valign="top" | Tundla Junction
| valign="top" | 08:49
| valign="top" | 08:51
|-
| valign="top" | ETW
| valign="top" | Etawah
| valign="top" | 09:42
| valign="top" | 09:44
|-
| valign="top" | CN
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}
| valign="top" | 11:20
| valign="top" | 11:25
|-
| valign="top" | LJN
| valign="top" | {{stnlnk|Lucknow Junction}}
| valign="top" | 12:40
| valign="top" | Destination station
|}
Temporary coaches that may/may not be attached depending on demand. Coach compositions are as follows-
* 12003- LOCO-EOG-C16-C15-C14-C13-C12-C11-C10-C9-C8-C7-C6-C5-C4-C3-C2-C1-E2-E1-EOG.
* 12004- LOCO-EOG-E1-E2-C1-C2-C3-C4-C5-C6-C7-C8-C9-C10-C11-C12-C13-C14-C15-C16-EOG.

==Speed==
Its all coaches are of air conditioned [[LHB coaches]] type which is capable of reaching 160 kmph but it does not touch. Sometimes people become confused because according to Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual (IRPWM) on Indian Railways website or Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering website, the BG (Broad Gauge) lines have been classified into six groups ‘A’ to ‘E’ on the basis of the future maximum permissible speeds but it may not be same as present speed.

The maximum permissible speed is 130 kmph except two parts - first 29 km of journey or New Delhi (NDLS) – Chipyana Buzrung (CYZ) part where Railway is trying to raise maximum permissible sectional speed to 130 kmph from 110 kmph [https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/2019/Raising%20of%20sectionl%20speed%20to%20130%20kmph%20%20(dated%2017_12_2019).pdf] and after leaving route towards Howrah, last 72 km of journey or Kanpur (CNB) – Lucknow NE Jn (LJN) route has sectional speed of 110 kmph but speed of about first 2 Kms, under North Central Railway of this route is unknown - it is as per System Map of Northern Railway (as on 31.03.2021) [https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1630992607026-Final%20NR%20Divnl%20Book%2031%2003%202021%20(Complete).pdf]

Railway board has approved the speed policy which envisages operation of passenger trains at 160 kmph on Delhi – Howrah (incl CNB-LKO that is Kanpur - Lucknow NR) route and this train leaves route towards Howrah from Kanpur and then passes through Kanpur (CNB) – Lucknow NE Jn (LJN) route which is about same as Kanpur (CNB) – Lucknow NR (LKO) route but it is still unclear what will its impact on this train in future like increasing of speed but not up to 160 kmph or up to 160 kmph [https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/2020/12032020.pdf]

==See also==
*[[Lucknow Charbagh railway station]] (LKO)
*[[Kanpur Shatabdi]]
*[[Aligarh Junction railway station]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Shatabdi Express}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130723014914/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/shatabdi_trn_list.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130723014914/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/shatabdi_trn_list.html]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025147/http://hindi.indiarailinfo.com/train/1521/664/336 Lucknow Shatabdi Timetable] in Hindi

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Ministry of Railways (India)

2026-09-21T04:33:34Z

183.82.162.23: Sprite Tejas Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{Short description|Government ministry of India}} is price Mumbai to New Delhi
{{Redirect|Railway Board|the former British board|British Railways Board}} Sprite Tejas Express Mumbai to New Delhi
{{For|the minister responsible|Minister of Railways (India)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Ministry of Railways
| seal = Government of India logo.svg
| seal_width = 100px
| seal_caption = Branch of Government of India
| native_name =
| native_name_a =
| native_name_r =
| type = [[Ministry (government department)|Ministry]]
| logo = Ministry of Railways India.svg
| logo_width = 250px
| logo_caption = Ministry of Railways
| image = Rail Bhavan in New Delhi 05.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = [[Rail Bhavan]] in New Delhi, the seat of the Ministry of Railways
| formed = {{Start date|1905|03||df=y}}
| preceding1 =
| dissolved =
| superseding1 =
| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters = [[Rail Bhavan]] 1, Raisina Road, [[New Delhi]], Mumbai [[India]]
| coordinates = 
| motto =
| employees = 1,212,882 (2022)<ref name="IRYB">{{cite report|url=https://iritm.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1680252282408-PDF%20Year%20Book%202021-22-English.pdf|title=Indian Railways Year Book 2021–22|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>kyunki Mera 15000 ka mobile chori ho gaya hai Sprite Tejas Express ka root aur Badal dijiye main Kisi Ko sunane wala nahin hun Mera pura ka pura 20000 doob Gaya yah gadiyan Lucknow Se kabhi nahin chalegi main main Jahan Kan pakad raha hun main gadi mein kabhi Yatra hi nahin karunga
| budget = {{INRConvert|299059|c}} (2025–26)
| minister1_name = [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-30-ashwini-vaishnaw-gets-railways-ib-ministry-432744-2024-06-10|title=Modi Cabinet 3.0: Ashwini Vaishnaw retains Railways and IT, gets I&B Ministry|date=10 June 2024|access-date=11 June 2024|newspaper=Business Today}}</ref>
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| deputyminister1_name = [[V. Somanna]]
| deputyminister1_pfo = [[Minister of State]]
| deputyminister2_name = [[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]
| deputyminister2_pfo = [[Minister of State]]
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The '''Ministry of Railways''' is a ministry in the [[Government of India]], responsible for the [[rail transport in India|country's rail transport]]. The [[Indian Railways]] is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by the ministry. The ministry along with the Railway Board is housed inside [[Rail Bhawan]] in [[New Delhi]]. It is headed by the [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is one of the world's [[List of companies by employees|largest]] employers. Sprite Lucknow Tejas Express ka root jo hai badla jaaye Mumbai to New Delhi 6: 55 minut per chalegi Ahmedabad Pune Firozabad makkhanpur aur Hasanpur se takrar loot rahega

== History ==
The first [[railway track]] was operational in [[Chennai|Madras]] in 1837 and the first passenger train ran in [[Bombay]] in 1853.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/indias-1st-train-when-sahib-sindh-sultan-blew-steam/articleshow/19717248.cms?from=mdr|title=When India's first train blew steam|date=25 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="FR">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/apr/16/chennai-the-track-record-1801999.html|title=Chennai: The track record|date=16 April 2018|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> But the earlier railways were operated by private companies with the earliest being the [[Madras Railway]] established in 1845 and the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]] incorporated in 1849.<ref name="Hist">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/Heritage/2021/PDF/3%20Presentation%20Shradha%20Arora%20IRICEN%202019.pdf|title=Understanding Indian Railway Heritage|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|page=6|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> In October 1901, the Secretary of State for India in Council appointed Thomas Robertson as a special commissioner for Indian Railways to prepare a report on the administration of Indian Railways.<ref name="IR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/irfc1/chapter%20-%201%20(R).pdf|title=IRFC|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> In his report in 1903, Thomas recommended setting up of a three-member Railway Board headed by a chief commissioner.<ref name="IR"/> In March 1905, the railway branch of the [[Central Public Works Department|Public Works Department]] was transferred to the newly established railway board under the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry|department of commerce and industry]] by the Indian Railway Board Act.<ref>{{cite act|url=https://lddashboard.legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1905-4.pdf|title=The Indian Railway Board Act, 1905|legislature=Parliament of India|year=1905}}</ref> In 1908, the set up was re-organized on the recommendations of the Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the railway board headed by a president as a separate department.<ref name="IR"/> Pursuant to the [[William Mitchell Acworth|Acworth]] committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and the other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic.<ref name="IR"/>

In 1929, an additional member was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters.<ref name="IRFCA">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In 1944, all the railway companies were taken over by the Government.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm|title=Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The ministry of railways was part of the Ministry of Transport after the independence in 1947 and [[John Mathai]] served as its first minister from 1947 till 1948.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/initial_compositions_of_council_of_ministers/english/1_Upload_2027.pdf|title=Council of Ministers, 1947|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=15 August 1947|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123204431/https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/initial_compositions_of_council_of_ministers/english/1_Upload_2027.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RB2"/> On 22 September 1948, [[N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar]] was appointed as the minister of the newly renamed Ministry of Railways and Transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmml.nic.in/downloadIndividual/855|title=N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=15 August 1947|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922161937/http://pmml.nic.in/downloadIndividual/855|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 April 1957, [[Jagjivan Ram]] became the first to head the standalone Minister of Railways.<ref name="MR"/>

In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organising Indian Railways into six [[Zones and divisions of Indian Railways|regional zones]] and re-constituting the railway board to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://nair.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1430369298618-general%20overview.pdf|title=Overview of Indian Railways|publisher=National Academy of Indian Railways|access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="IRFCA1">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In October 1954, the chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with the status of a principal secretary to the [[Government of India]] with an additional member added.<ref name="IRFCA1"/>

The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and a further member responsible for health in 1976.<ref name="IRFCA2">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref>

The Ministry of Railways was merged with the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Ministry of Shipping and Transport]] and the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Department of Civil Aviation]] on 25 September 1985 to form the [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Ministry of Transport]] and [[Bansi Lal]], who served as the Railways Minister prior to the merger became the first holder of the new office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/councilofministers/english/1_Upload_2288.pdf|title=Council of Ministers, 1985|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=25 September 1985|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707092659/https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/councilofministers/english/1_Upload_2288.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Railways was again separated into an independent ministry and has been the same since then.<ref name="MR"/><ref name="JJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-railways-ministers-of-india-1497879511-1|title=List of Railway Ministers of India|date=26 November 2021 |publisher=[[Jagran Josh]]|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526175339/https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-railways-ministers-of-india-1497879511-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively.<ref name="IRFCA3">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In December 2019, the [[Cabinet of India|Union Cabinet]] decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cabinet-approves-restructuring-of-railway-board-11577181494500.html|title=Cabinet approves restructuring of Railway Board|date=24 December 2019|work=Livemint|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

=== Railway Budget ===
{{Main|Railway budget of India}}
The first [[Railway budget of India|railway budget]] was presented in 1924.<ref name="Hist"/> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the [[Union budget of India|union budget]] by the Railway Minister till 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=After 92 years, Rail Budget is history|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard|date=22 September 2016|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025440/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The last [[Railway Budget]] was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|title=Railway budget to be merged with General budget from 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 August 2016|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=13 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613070953/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|url-status=live}}</ref> The railway budget was estimated to be {{INRConvert|264600|c}} for the financial year 2023–24.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|title=Railway Receipts and Expenditure|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=1 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701140420/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
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|[[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
|[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
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|[[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of State, Railways]]
|[[V. Somanna]], [[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]
|-
|[[Chairman Railway Board (India)|Chairman and CEO of Railway Board]]
|Satish Kumar
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The ministry has a [[Minister of Railways (India)|union minister]] and one or more [[Minister of State|ministers of state]].<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway board reports to the union ministry with the directorates of [[Railway electric traction|traction]], [[Railway engineering|engineering]], [[traffic]], [[rolling stock]], [[Railway signalling|signalling]], [[materials]], [[human resources|personnel]], [[Railway Protection Force]] (RPF), [[finance]], [[health]] and [[safety]] reporting to the board.<ref name="ZR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/Year_Book/Org_Chart_1.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> [[Indian Railways]] is a statutory body that reports to [[Parliament of India|parliament]] and is under the [[ownership]] of ministry of railways.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roy|first=Debasish|title=Why isn't the Railways a PSU?|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/why-isnt-the-railways-a-psu/articleshow/7584262.cms?from=mdr|date=27 February 2019|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> Indian Railways is further divided into 18 administrative zones (17 operational), headed by general managers who report to the board along with the heads of other institutions and undertakings owned by the Indian Railways.<ref name="ZR"/> The railway board consists of a [[Chairman Railway Board (India)|chairman]], four members responsible for operations & business development, traction & rolling stock, infrastructure and finance respectively.<ref name="RB">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,365|title=Railway Board|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> Also part of the board are four director generals responsible for human resources, health, RPF and safety respectively.<ref name="RB"/>

===Statutory Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings===
*[[Rail India Technical and Economic Service]]
*[[Rail Land Development Authority]]
*[[IRCON International]]
*IRCON Renewable Power Limited
*[[Rail Vikas Nigam Limited]]
*[[Indian Railways Finance Corporation]]
*SIDCUL CONCOR Infra Company Ltd., a JV of SIDCUL and CONCOR
*Krishnapatnam Railway Company Limited, a JV of RVNL, Sagarmala Development Company, NMDC, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, etc.
*[[Centre for Railway Information Systems]]

===Society===
*Indian Railway Welfare Organisation

== Railway Budget ==
{{Main|Railway budget of India}}
The first [[Railway budget of India|railway budget]] was presented in 1924.<ref name="Hist"/> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the [[Union budget of India|union budget]] till 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=After 92 years, Rail Budget is history|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard|date=22 September 2016|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> The last [[Railway Budget]] was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|title=Railway budget to be merged with General budget from 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 August 2016|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway budget is estimated to be {{INRConvert|264600|c}} for the financial year 2023–24.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|title=Railway Receipts and Expenditure|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

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The '''Minister of Railways''' ([[Hindi]]: {{transliteration|hi|'''Rail Mantrī'''}}) is the head of the ministry and a member of the [[Union Council of Ministers (India)|union council of ministers]] of India. The position of the Minister of Railways is usually held by a minister of cabinet rank and is often assisted by one or two junior Ministers of State.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212154019/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[John Mathai]] was the first Minister of Railways.<ref name="RB2">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/budget-2024-how-india-s-railway-budget-has-changed-over-the-years-123122000872_1.html|title=Budget 2024: How India's Railway Budget has changed over the years|date=20 December 2023|access-date=1 June 2024|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|archive-date=18 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518205105/https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/budget-2024-how-india-s-railway-budget-has-changed-over-the-years-123122000872_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] who served as the Minister of Railways and Transport from 1952 until 1956 became the second [[Prime Minister of India]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-lal-bahadur-shastri/|title=Lal Bahadur Shastri|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617080922/https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-lal-bahadur-shastri/|url-status=live}}</ref> Four prime ministers, namely [[Rajiv Gandhi]], [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] (twice) and [[Manmohan Singh]] (twice) have briefly held the portfolio of the Minister of Railways during their premiership.<ref name="MR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/secretary_branches/OM/2021/List_MR.pdf|title=List of Ministers of Railways|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402054829/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/secretary_branches/OM/2021/List_MR.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mohsina Kidwai]] was the first female to hold the charge of the ministry (as Minister of Surface Transport) while [[Mamata Banerjee]] is the first female to have served as the Minister of Railways.<ref name="MR"/> [[Madhavrao Scindia]] and [[Ram Naik]] are the only people to have served as Ministers of State for Railways with an Independent charge. [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]] is the only cabinet minister to die in office after being assassinated in a bomb blast in 1975,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/family-wants-union-ministers-assassination-to-be-reinvestigated|title=Family wants Union Minister's assassination to be reinvestigated|date=31 December 2023|access-date=1 June 2024|newspaper=The Sunday Guardian|archive-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112191419/https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/family-wants-union-ministers-assassination-to-be-reinvestigated|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Suresh Angadi]] is the only minister of state to die in office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/india-mos-railways-suresh-angadi-dies-of-covid-19|title=India Mos Railways Suresh Angadi dies of Covid-19|date=23 September 2020|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Guwahati Plus|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162001/https://guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/india-mos-railways-suresh-angadi-dies-of-covid-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

The current Minister of Railways is [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who has been in office since 7 July 2021 while [[V. Somanna]] and [[Ravneet Singh]] are the ministers of state for railways.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Portfolios_of_the_Union_Council_of_Ministers_10_june_2024.pdf|title=Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers|date=10 June 2024|access-date=1 June 2024|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611043852/https://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Portfolios_of_the_Union_Council_of_Ministers_10_june_2024.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Cabinet Ministers ===
*'''Key:''' {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
*'''Note:''' MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)

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|+ Indian Railway Ministers<ref name="MR"/><ref name="JJ"/><ref name="List">{{cite report|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|title=IRFCA link of railways ministers|work=IRFCA|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809042850/http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Full List of Railway Ministers of India|url=https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|work=Notes Press|date=25 August 2023|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=1 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101200419/https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Full List of Railway Ministers of India|url=https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|work=Notes Press|date=25 August 2023|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|title=IRFCA link of railways ministers|work=IRFCA|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:19em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:John Mathai.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[John Mathai]]''' {{small|(1886{{ndash}}1959)}}
|{{small|15 August}} 1947
|{{small|22 September}} 1948
!{{ayd|1947|8|15|1948|9|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport and Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar]]''' {{small|(1882{{ndash}}1953) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Interim)}}
|{{small|22 September}} 1948
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1948|9|22|1952|5|13}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]''' {{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
|{{small|7 December}} 1956
!{{ayd|1952|5|13|1956|12|7}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagjivan Ram]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986) MP for [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency#1952-1957|Shahabad South]]}}
|{{small|7 December}} 1956
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1956|12|7|1957|4|17}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagjivan Ram]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986) MP for [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram]]}}
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
|{{small|10 April}} 1962
!{{ayd|1957|4|17|1962|4|10}}
|rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Swaran Singh]]''' {{small|(1907{{ndash}}1994) MP for [[Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency|Jullundur]]}}
|{{small|10 April}} 1962
|{{small|1 September}} 1963
!{{ayd|1962|4|10|1963|9|1}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:H. C. Dasappa official portrait.gif|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[H. C. Dasappa]]''' {{small|(1894{{ndash}}1964) MP for Bangalore}}
|{{small|1 September}} 1963
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1963|9|1|1964|6|9}}
|-
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="3"| [[File:Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="3"| '''[[S. K. Patil]]''' {{small|(1898{{ndash}}1981) MP for [[Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South]]}}
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|1964|6|9|1967|3|13}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="9"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C M Poonacha.gif|70px]]
|'''[[C. M. Poonacha]]''' {{small|(1910{{ndash}}1990) MP for [[Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency|Mangalore]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|14 February}} 1969
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1969|2|14}}
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Subhag Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]}}
|{{small|14 February}} 1969
|{{small|4 November}} 1969
!{{ayd|1969|2|14|1969|11|4}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:P. Govinda Menon official portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]''' {{small|(1906{{ndash}}1970) MP for [[Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Mukundapuram]]}}
|{{small|4 November}} 1969
|{{small|18 February}} 1970
!{{ayd|1969|11|4|1970|2|18}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]''' {{small|(1898{{ndash}}1998) MP for [[Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency|Kurukshetra]]}}
|{{small|18 February}} 1970
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1970|2|18|1971|3|18}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[File:Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore City]]}}
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
|{{small|22 July}} 1972
!{{ayd|1971|3|18|1972|7|22}}
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:T. A. Pai photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[T. A. Pai]]''' {{small|(1922{{ndash}}1981) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}
|{{small|22 July}} 1972
|{{small|5 February}} 1973
!{{ayd|1972|7|22|1973|2|5}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_1976_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]''' {{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975) MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]}}
|{{small|5 February}} 1973
|{{small|3 January}} 1975{{ref label|†|†|†}}
!{{ayd|1973|2|5|1975|1|3}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]''' {{small|(1905{{ndash}}1990) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|10 February}} 1975
|{{small|23 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1975|2|10|1977|3|23}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white"|
| [[File:Madhu Dandavate Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhu Dandavate]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2005) MP for [[Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency|Rajapur]]}}
|{{small|26 March}} 1977
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
!{{ayd|1977|3|26|1979|7|28}}
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}; color:white"|
|[[File:T. A. Pai photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[T. A. Pai]]''' {{small|(1922{{ndash}}1981) MP for [[Udupi Lok Sabha constituency|Udipi]]}}
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
!{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]''' {{small|(1905{{ndash}}1990) MP for [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi]]}}
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
|{{small|12 November}} 1980
!{{ayd|1980|1|14|1980|11|12}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kedar Pandey.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kedar Pandey]]''' {{small|(1920{{ndash}}1982) MP for [[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]}}
|{{small|12 November}} 1980
|{{small|15 January}} 1982
!{{ayd|1980|11|12|1982|1|15}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]''' {{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996) MP for [[Indore Lok Sabha constituency|Indore]]}}
|{{small|15 January}} 1982
|{{small|2 September}} 1982
!{{ayd|1982|1|15|1982|9|2}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Indian Minister Ghani Khan.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Malda Lok Sabha constituency|Malda]]}}
|{{small|2 September}} 1982
|{{small|31 October}} 1984
!{{ayd|1982|9|2|1984|10|31}}
|-
|{{small|4 November}} 1984
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
!{{ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Bansi_Lal_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bansi Lal]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwani]]}}
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
!{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Bansi_Lal_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bansi Lal]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwani]]}}
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
|{{small|4 June}} 1986
!{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|6|4}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]''' {{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991) MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|4 June}} 1986
|{{small|24 June}} 1986
!{{ayd|1986|6|4|1986|6|24}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohsina Kidwai]]''' {{small|(born 1932) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|24 June}} 1986
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
!{{ayd|1986|6|24|1986|10|22}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}} (MoS, I/C)
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
|{{small|2 December}} 1989
!{{ayd|1986|10|22|1989|12|2}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"|
|[[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[George Fernandes]]''' {{small|(1930{{ndash}}2019) MP for [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]}}
|{{small|6 December}} 1989
|{{small|10 November}} 1990
!{{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|11|10}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[File:Janeshwar Mishra Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Janeshwar Mishra]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
|{{small|21 November}} 1990
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
!{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Veteran Leader Ck jaffer Sharief on a Hartal (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
|{{small|17 August}} 1995
!{{ayd|1991|6|21|1995|8|17}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]''' {{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|18 August}} 1995
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
!{{ayd|1995|8|18|1996|5|16}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
|{{small|1 June}} 1996
!{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|Self
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]''' {{small|(1946{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur]]}}
|{{small|1 June}} 1996
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|6|1|1998|3|19}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Nitish Kumar]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]}}
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|{{small|5 August}} 1999
!{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|8|5}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Naik]]''' {{small|(born 1934) MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}} (MoS, I/C)
|{{small|6 August}} 1999
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
!{{ayd|1999|5|5|1999|10|13}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Calcutta South]]}}
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
|{{small|16 March}} 2001
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2001|3|16}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|16 March}} 2001
|{{small|20 March}} 2001
!{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}; color:white"|
|[[File:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Nitish Kumar]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]}}
|{{small|20 March}} 2001
|{{small|22 May}} 2004
!{{ayd|2001|3|20|2004|5|22}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; color:white"|
|[[File:Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Chapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|22 May}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="10"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2009
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
!{{ayd|2009|5|23|2011|5|19}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|rowspan="9" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' {{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
!{{ayd|2011|5|19|2011|7|12}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Dinesh trivedi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Dinesh Trivedi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency|Barrackpore]]}}
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
|{{small|19 March}} 2012
!{{ayd|2011|7|12|2012|3|19}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Roy.png|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Roy]]''' {{small|(1954–2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[West Bengal]]}}
|{{small|20 March}} 2012
|{{small|22 September}} 2012
!{{ayd|2012|3|20|2012|9|22}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[C. P. Joshi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhilwara]]}}
|{{small|22 September}} 2012
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2012|9|22|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]]}}
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
|{{small|11 May}} 2013
!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2013|5|11}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[C. P. Joshi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhilwara]]}}
|{{small|11 May}} 2013
|{{small|15 June}} 2013
!{{ayd|2013|5|11|2013|6|15}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' {{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|15 June}} 2013
|{{small|17 June}} 2013
!{{ayd|2013|6|15|2013|6|17}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mallikarjun Kharge.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]''' {{small|(born 1942) MP for [[Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency|Gulbarga]]}}
|{{small|17 June}} 2013
|{{small|26 May}} 2014
!{{ayd|2013|6|17|2014|5|26}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:D.V. Sadananda Gowda.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sadananda Gowda|D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|27 May}} 2014
|{{small|9 November}} 2014
!{{ayd|2014|5|27|2014|11|9}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Prabhu]]''' {{small|(born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Haryana]], till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]], from 2016}}
|{{small|9 November}} 2014
|{{small|3 September}} 2017
!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2017|9|3}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Piyush Goyal crop.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Piyush Goyal]]''' {{small|(born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|{{small|3 September}} 2017
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2017|9|3|2021|7|7}}
|-
|{{small|31 May}} 2019
|{{small|7 July}} 2021
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2"bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan=2|[[File:Ashwini Vaishnaw cropped.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan=2|'''[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]''' {{small|(born 1970) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
| 7 July 2021
| 9 June 2024
| rowspan=2|'''{{ayd|2021|7|7}}'''
|-
| 10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
| style="background:#FFA551;|[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}

===Ministers of State===
*'''Key:''' {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Ministers of State<ref name="MR"/><ref name="List"/>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Transport and Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[K. Santhanam]]''' {{small|(1895{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Constituent Assembly)}}
|{{small|1 October}} 1948
|{{small|29 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1948|10|1|1952|5|29}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Railways
|-
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="5"| [[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="5"| '''[[Ram Subhag Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]}}
|{{small|13 May}} 1964
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="5"| {{ayd|1964|5|13|1967|3|13}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[Parimal Ghosh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1985) MP for [[Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency|Ghatal]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|17 October}} 1969
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1969|10|17}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]''' {{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016) MP for [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
|{{small|23 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|23}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Surendra Pal Singh (politician)|Surendra Pal Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}2009) MP for [[Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency|Bulandshahr]]}}
|{{small|23 December}} 1976
|{{small|24 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1976|12|23|1977|3|24}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Sheo Narain]]''' {{small|(1913{{ndash}}1987) MP for [[Basti Lok Sabha constituency|Basti]]}}
|{{small|14 August}} 1977
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
!{{ayd|1977|8|14|1979|7|28}}
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Veteran Leader Ck jaffer Sharief on a Hartal (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
|{{small|31 October}} 1984
!{{ayd|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
!{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Transport {{ndash}} Department of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
!{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|10|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|
|'''[[Bhakta Charan Das]]''' {{small|(born 1958) MP for [[Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency|Kalahandi]]}}
|{{small|21 November}} 1990
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
!{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]''' {{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002) MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
|{{small|18 January}} 1993
!{{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|18}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="4"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kahnu Charan Lenka (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kahnu Charan Lenka]]''' {{small|(born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
|{{small|18 January}} 1993
|{{small|2 April}} 1994
!{{ayd|1993|1|18|1994|4|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]''' {{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002) MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
|{{small|21 August}} 1995
|{{small|19 September}} 1995
!{{ayd|1995|8|21|1995|9|19}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Kalmadi 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Kalmadi]]''' {{small|(1944{{ndash}}2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|{{small|15 September}} 1995
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
!{{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Shri Satpal Maharaj.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Satpal Maharaj]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency|Garhwal]]}}
|{{small|6 July}} 1996
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|7|6|1997|6|9}}
|rowspan="2"| [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
|{{small|9 June}} 1997
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Naik]]''' {{small|(born 1934) MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}}
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|{{small|6 August}} 1999
!{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|8|6}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="8"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]}}
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
|{{small|22 July}} 2001
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2001|7|22}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|rowspan="7" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Bangaru Laxman]]''' {{small|(1939{{ndash}}2014) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|{{small|22 November}} 1999
|{{small|31 August}} 2000
!{{ayd|1999|11|22|2000|8|31}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:O Rajagopal.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[O. Rajagopal]]''' {{small|(born 1929) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|31 August}} 2000
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
!{{ayd|2000|8|31|2002|7|1}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]}}
|{{small|1 August}} 2001
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
!{{ayd|2001|8|1|2002|7|1}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:A. K. Moorthy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[A. K. Moorthy]]''' {{small|(born 1964) MP for [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]}}
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
|{{small|15 January}} 2004
!{{ayd|2002|7|1|2004|1|15}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bandaru Dattatreya]]''' {{small|(born 1947) MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
|{{small|8 September}} 2003
!{{ayd|2002|7|1|2003|9|8}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Basangouda Patil Yatnal]]''' {{small|(born 1963) MP for [[Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency|Bijapur]]}}
|{{small|8 September}} 2003
|{{small|22 May}} 2004
!{{ayd|2003|9|8|2004|5|22}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Naranbhai Rathwa releasing a Gujarati version of PIB Booklet on Achievements of UPA Government - 4 years at a press (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Naranbhai Rathwa]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency|Chhota Udaipur]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|22 May}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="8"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:R. Velu addressing addressing at the Closing Ceremony of the 56th Senior National Kabaddi Championship (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[R. Velu]]''' {{small|(born 1940) MP for [[Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency|Arakkonam]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|29 March}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|3|29}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}; color:white"|
|[[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[E. Ahamed]]''' {{small|(1938{{ndash}}2017) MP for [[Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency|Malappuram]]}}
|{{small|28 May}} 2009
|{{small|19 January}} 2011
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2011|1|19}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri K.H. Muniyappa.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[K. H. Muniyappa]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Kolar Lok Sabha constituency|Kolar]]}}
|{{small|28 May}} 2009
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Bharatsinh Solanki assuming office as MoS, Railways in January 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bharatsinh Solanki]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Anand Lok Sabha constituency|Anand]]}}
|{{small|19 January}} 2011
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Roy.png|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Roy]]''' {{small|(1954–2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[West Bengal]]}}
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
!{{ayd|2011|5|19|2011|7|12}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy taking charge as the Minister of State for Railways, in New Delhi on October 29, 2012.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Kurnool]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|28 October}} 2012
|rowspan="2"| {{small|26 May}} 2014
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]]''' {{small|(born 1956) MP for [[Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency|Baharampur]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Manoj Sinha.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manoj Sinha]]''' {{small|(born 1959) MP for [[Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency|Ghazipur]]}}
|{{small|27 May}} 2014
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!{{ayd|2014|5|27|2019|5|30}}
|rowspan="7"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="7"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Rajen Gohain assuming office as Minister of State, Railways (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajen Gohain]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]}}
|{{small|5 July}} 2016
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!{{ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Angadi assuming office in May 2019.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Angadi]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum]]}}
|{{small|31 May}} 2019
|{{small|23 September}} 2020{{ref label|†|†|†}}
!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2020|9|23}}
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on March 05, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Raosaheb Danve]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Jalna Lok Sabha constituency|Jalna]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|7 July}} 2021
|rowspan="2"| {{small|9 June}} 2024
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Darshana Jardosh with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Darshana Jardosh]]''' {{small|(born 1961) MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:V. Somanna in 2024.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[V. Somanna]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency|Tumkur]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|10 June}} 2024
|rowspan="2"| ''Incumbent''
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2024|6|10}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Ravneet Singh Bittu2.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]''' {{small|(born 1975) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
|-
|}

===Deputy Ministers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| No.
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Transport and Railways
|-
!1
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[B. V. Keskar]]''' {{small|(1903{{ndash}}1984) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Constituent Assembly)}}
|{{small|10 March}} 1952
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1952|3|10|1952|5|13}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:O. V. Alagesan Lok Sabha image.gif|70px]]
|'''[[O. V. Alagesan]]''' {{small|(1911{{ndash}}1992) MP for [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]}}
|{{small|12 August}} 1952
|{{small|16 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1952|8|12|1957|4|16}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|20 September}} 1956
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1956|9|20|1957|4|17}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Railways
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
|rowspan="2"| {{small|10 April}} 1962
!{{ayd|1957|4|17|1962|4|10}}
|rowspan="11"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|{{small|2 April}} 1958
!{{ayd|1958|4|2|1962|4|10}}
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|16 April}} 1962
|rowspan="2"| {{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1962|4|16|1964|5|27}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|-
!(4)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|27 May}} 1964
|rowspan="2"| {{small|9 June}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1964|5|27|1964|6|9}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
!(4)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|-
!rowspan="3"| 5
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"| '''Sham Nath''' {{small|MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|{{small|15 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|1964|6|15|1967|3|13}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[S. C. Jamir]]''' {{small|(born 1931) MP for [[Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency|Nagaland]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|14 November}} 1967
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1967|11|14}}
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
!7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[Rohanlal Chaturvedi]]''' {{small|(1919{{ndash}}?) MP for [[Etah Lok Sabha constituency|Etah]]}}
|{{small|14 November}} 1967
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1967|11|14|1971|3|18}}
|-
!8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Governor of Bihar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Yunus Saleem]]''' {{small|(1912{{ndash}}2004) MP for [[Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalgonda]]}}
|{{small|27 June}} 1970
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1970|6|27|1971|3|18}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
!9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]''' {{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016) [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
|{{small|2 May}} 1971
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
!{{ayd|1971|5|2|1974|10|10}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
!10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Buta Singh (headshot).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Buta Singh]]''' {{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021) MP for [[Ropar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar]]}}
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
|{{small|23 December}} 1976
!{{ayd|1974|10|10|1976|12|23}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Railways
|-
!11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mahabir Prasad addressing the third meeting of the National Khadi and Village Industries Board (NKVIB), in New Delhi on July 16, 2008.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mahaveer Prasad]]''' {{small|(1939{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Bansgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Bansgaon]]}}
|{{small|14 February}} 1988
|{{small|4 July}} 1989
!{{ayd|1988|2|14|1989|7|4}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|
|'''[[Ajay Singh (diplomat)|Ajay Singh]]''' {{small|(1950{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Agra Lok Sabha constituency|Agra]]}}
|{{small|23 April}} 1990
|{{small|10 November}} 1990
!{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|10}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!colspan="10"| {{nobold|''Position not in use since 10 November 1990''}}
|-
|}

== Criticism and controversies ==
On 14 February 2008, [[Westinghouse Air Brake Company|Westinghouse Air Brake]], admitted to a US federal court of violating [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]] (FCPA) regulations by making improper payments from its subsidiary Pioneer Friction based in [[Kolkata]], to government officials of the [[Indian railway board]] to obtain and retain business with the Railway Board and curb taxes.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/February/08_crm_116.html|title=Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation Agrees to Pay $300,000 Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Violations in India|publisher= Department of Justice, Government of United States|date=14 February 2008|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

On 3 May 2013, the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] arrested then minister of railways [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]'s nephew, Vijay Singla for accepting an alleged bribe of {{INRConvert|9|m}} from a middleman for the appointment of a particular person to the railway board.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/railway-minister-pawan-bansals-nephew-arrested-by-cbi-for-allegedly-accepting-bribe-521096|title=Railway Minister Pawan Bansal's nephew arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe|work=[[NDTV]]|date=3 May 2013|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway board clarified that no rules had been broken during the appointment and suspended Mahesh, the person concerned.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-mahesh-kumar-suspended-what-about-pawan-kumar-bansal-4254759-NOR.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509043249/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-mahesh-kumar-suspended-what-about-pawan-kumar-bansal-4254759-NOR.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2013|title=Mahesh suspended, nephew arrested; What about Pawan Kumar Bansal?|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|date=4 May 2013|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Ministers of Railways of India}}
* [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in Official website of the Ministry of Railways]

{{Indian Railways}}
{{Union ministries of India}}
{{Railway Ministers of India}}
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
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Ministry of Railways (India)

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The '''Ministry of Railways''' is a ministry in the [[Government of India]], responsible for the [[rail transport in India|country's rail transport]]. The [[Indian Railways]] is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by the ministry. The ministry along with the Railway Board is housed inside [[Rail Bhawan]] in [[New Delhi]]. It is headed by the [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is one of the world's [[List of companies by employees|largest]] employers. Sprite Lucknow Tejas Express ka root jo hai badla jaaye Mumbai to New Delhi 6: 55 minut per chalegi Ahmedabad Pune Firozabad makkhanpur aur Hasanpur se takrar loot rahega

== History ==
The first [[railway track]] was operational in [[Chennai|Madras]] in 1837 and the first passenger train ran in [[Bombay]] in 1853.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/indias-1st-train-when-sahib-sindh-sultan-blew-steam/articleshow/19717248.cms?from=mdr|title=When India's first train blew steam|date=25 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="FR">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/apr/16/chennai-the-track-record-1801999.html|title=Chennai: The track record|date=16 April 2018|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> But the earlier railways were operated by private companies with the earliest being the [[Madras Railway]] established in 1845 and the [[Great Indian Peninsular Railway]] incorporated in 1849.<ref name="Hist">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/Heritage/2021/PDF/3%20Presentation%20Shradha%20Arora%20IRICEN%202019.pdf|title=Understanding Indian Railway Heritage|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|page=6|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> In October 1901, the Secretary of State for India in Council appointed Thomas Robertson as a special commissioner for Indian Railways to prepare a report on the administration of Indian Railways.<ref name="IR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/irfc1/chapter%20-%201%20(R).pdf|title=IRFC|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> In his report in 1903, Thomas recommended setting up of a three-member Railway Board headed by a chief commissioner.<ref name="IR"/> In March 1905, the railway branch of the [[Central Public Works Department|Public Works Department]] was transferred to the newly established railway board under the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry|department of commerce and industry]] by the Indian Railway Board Act.<ref>{{cite act|url=https://lddashboard.legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1905-4.pdf|title=The Indian Railway Board Act, 1905|legislature=Parliament of India|year=1905}}</ref> In 1908, the set up was re-organized on the recommendations of the Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the railway board headed by a president as a separate department.<ref name="IR"/> Pursuant to the [[William Mitchell Acworth|Acworth]] committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and the other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic.<ref name="IR"/>

In 1929, an additional member was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters.<ref name="IRFCA">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In 1944, all the railway companies were taken over by the Government.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm|title=Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The ministry of railways was part of the Ministry of Transport after the independence in 1947 and [[John Mathai]] served as its first minister from 1947 till 1948.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/initial_compositions_of_council_of_ministers/english/1_Upload_2027.pdf|title=Council of Ministers, 1947|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=15 August 1947|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123204431/https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/initial_compositions_of_council_of_ministers/english/1_Upload_2027.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RB2"/> On 22 September 1948, [[N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar]] was appointed as the minister of the newly renamed Ministry of Railways and Transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmml.nic.in/downloadIndividual/855|title=N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=15 August 1947|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922161937/http://pmml.nic.in/downloadIndividual/855|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 April 1957, [[Jagjivan Ram]] became the first to head the standalone Minister of Railways.<ref name="MR"/>

In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organising Indian Railways into six [[Zones and divisions of Indian Railways|regional zones]] and re-constituting the railway board to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://nair.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1430369298618-general%20overview.pdf|title=Overview of Indian Railways|publisher=National Academy of Indian Railways|access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="IRFCA1">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In October 1954, the chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with the status of a principal secretary to the [[Government of India]] with an additional member added.<ref name="IRFCA1"/>

The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and a further member responsible for health in 1976.<ref name="IRFCA2">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref>

The Ministry of Railways was merged with the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Ministry of Shipping and Transport]] and the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Department of Civil Aviation]] on 25 September 1985 to form the [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Ministry of Transport]] and [[Bansi Lal]], who served as the Railways Minister prior to the merger became the first holder of the new office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/councilofministers/english/1_Upload_2288.pdf|title=Council of Ministers, 1985|publisher=[[Government of India]]|date=25 September 1985|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707092659/https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/councilofministers/english/1_Upload_2288.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Railways was again separated into an independent ministry and has been the same since then.<ref name="MR"/><ref name="JJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-railways-ministers-of-india-1497879511-1|title=List of Railway Ministers of India|date=26 November 2021 |publisher=[[Jagran Josh]]|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526175339/https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-railways-ministers-of-india-1497879511-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively.<ref name="IRFCA3">{{cite web|url=https://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html|title=History of Indian Railways|access-date=1 December 2023|work=IRFCA}}</ref> In December 2019, the [[Cabinet of India|Union Cabinet]] decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cabinet-approves-restructuring-of-railway-board-11577181494500.html|title=Cabinet approves restructuring of Railway Board|date=24 December 2019|work=Livemint|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

=== Railway Budget ===
{{Main|Railway budget of India}}
The first [[Railway budget of India|railway budget]] was presented in 1924.<ref name="Hist"/> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the [[Union budget of India|union budget]] by the Railway Minister till 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=After 92 years, Rail Budget is history|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard|date=22 September 2016|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025440/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The last [[Railway Budget]] was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|title=Railway budget to be merged with General budget from 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 August 2016|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=13 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613070953/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|url-status=live}}</ref> The railway budget was estimated to be {{INRConvert|264600|c}} for the financial year 2023–24.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|title=Railway Receipts and Expenditure|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=1 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701140420/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
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|-
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!Name
|-
|[[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
|[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
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|[[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of State, Railways]]
|[[V. Somanna]], [[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]
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|[[Chairman Railway Board (India)|Chairman and CEO of Railway Board]]
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The ministry has a [[Minister of Railways (India)|union minister]] and one or more [[Minister of State|ministers of state]].<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway board reports to the union ministry with the directorates of [[Railway electric traction|traction]], [[Railway engineering|engineering]], [[traffic]], [[rolling stock]], [[Railway signalling|signalling]], [[materials]], [[human resources|personnel]], [[Railway Protection Force]] (RPF), [[finance]], [[health]] and [[safety]] reporting to the board.<ref name="ZR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/Year_Book/Org_Chart_1.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> [[Indian Railways]] is a statutory body that reports to [[Parliament of India|parliament]] and is under the [[ownership]] of ministry of railways.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roy|first=Debasish|title=Why isn't the Railways a PSU?|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/why-isnt-the-railways-a-psu/articleshow/7584262.cms?from=mdr|date=27 February 2019|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> Indian Railways is further divided into 18 administrative zones (17 operational), headed by general managers who report to the board along with the heads of other institutions and undertakings owned by the Indian Railways.<ref name="ZR"/> The railway board consists of a [[Chairman Railway Board (India)|chairman]], four members responsible for operations & business development, traction & rolling stock, infrastructure and finance respectively.<ref name="RB">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,365|title=Railway Board|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> Also part of the board are four director generals responsible for human resources, health, RPF and safety respectively.<ref name="RB"/>

===Statutory Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings===
*[[Rail India Technical and Economic Service]]
*[[Rail Land Development Authority]]
*[[IRCON International]]
*IRCON Renewable Power Limited
*[[Rail Vikas Nigam Limited]]
*[[Indian Railways Finance Corporation]]
*SIDCUL CONCOR Infra Company Ltd., a JV of SIDCUL and CONCOR
*Krishnapatnam Railway Company Limited, a JV of RVNL, Sagarmala Development Company, NMDC, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, etc.
*[[Centre for Railway Information Systems]]

===Society===
*Indian Railway Welfare Organisation

== Railway Budget ==
{{Main|Railway budget of India}}
The first [[Railway budget of India|railway budget]] was presented in 1924.<ref name="Hist"/> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the [[Union budget of India|union budget]] till 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=After 92 years, Rail Budget is history|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-92-years-rail-budget-is-history-116092100575_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard|date=22 September 2016|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> The last [[Railway Budget]] was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Railway-budget-to-be-merged-with-General-budget-from-2017/article14570182.ece1|title=Railway budget to be merged with General budget from 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 August 2016|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway budget is estimated to be {{INRConvert|264600|c}} for the financial year 2023–24.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2023-24/Statement%20of%20Railway%20Receipts%20and%20Expenditure%20Budget%202023-24.pdf|title=Railway Receipts and Expenditure|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

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The '''Minister of Railways''' ([[Hindi]]: {{transliteration|hi|'''Rail Mantrī'''}}) is the head of the ministry and a member of the [[Union Council of Ministers (India)|union council of ministers]] of India. The position of the Minister of Railways is usually held by a minister of cabinet rank and is often assisted by one or two junior Ministers of State.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|title=Organization Chart|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212154019/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/pdf/2022/Org_Str_22.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[John Mathai]] was the first Minister of Railways.<ref name="RB2">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/budget-2024-how-india-s-railway-budget-has-changed-over-the-years-123122000872_1.html|title=Budget 2024: How India's Railway Budget has changed over the years|date=20 December 2023|access-date=1 June 2024|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|archive-date=18 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518205105/https://www.business-standard.com/budget/news/budget-2024-how-india-s-railway-budget-has-changed-over-the-years-123122000872_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] who served as the Minister of Railways and Transport from 1952 until 1956 became the second [[Prime Minister of India]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-lal-bahadur-shastri/|title=Lal Bahadur Shastri|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617080922/https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-lal-bahadur-shastri/|url-status=live}}</ref> Four prime ministers, namely [[Rajiv Gandhi]], [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] (twice) and [[Manmohan Singh]] (twice) have briefly held the portfolio of the Minister of Railways during their premiership.<ref name="MR">{{cite report|url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/secretary_branches/OM/2021/List_MR.pdf|title=List of Ministers of Railways|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402054829/https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/secretary_branches/OM/2021/List_MR.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mohsina Kidwai]] was the first female to hold the charge of the ministry (as Minister of Surface Transport) while [[Mamata Banerjee]] is the first female to have served as the Minister of Railways.<ref name="MR"/> [[Madhavrao Scindia]] and [[Ram Naik]] are the only people to have served as Ministers of State for Railways with an Independent charge. [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]] is the only cabinet minister to die in office after being assassinated in a bomb blast in 1975,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/family-wants-union-ministers-assassination-to-be-reinvestigated|title=Family wants Union Minister's assassination to be reinvestigated|date=31 December 2023|access-date=1 June 2024|newspaper=The Sunday Guardian|archive-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112191419/https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/family-wants-union-ministers-assassination-to-be-reinvestigated|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Suresh Angadi]] is the only minister of state to die in office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/india-mos-railways-suresh-angadi-dies-of-covid-19|title=India Mos Railways Suresh Angadi dies of Covid-19|date=23 September 2020|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Guwahati Plus|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922162001/https://guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/india-mos-railways-suresh-angadi-dies-of-covid-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

The current Minister of Railways is [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who has been in office since 7 July 2021 while [[V. Somanna]] and [[Ravneet Singh]] are the ministers of state for railways.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Portfolios_of_the_Union_Council_of_Ministers_10_june_2024.pdf|title=Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers|date=10 June 2024|access-date=1 June 2024|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611043852/https://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Portfolios_of_the_Union_Council_of_Ministers_10_june_2024.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Cabinet Ministers ===
*'''Key:''' {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
*'''Note:''' MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Indian Railway Ministers<ref name="MR"/><ref name="JJ"/><ref name="List">{{cite report|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|title=IRFCA link of railways ministers|work=IRFCA|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809042850/http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Full List of Railway Ministers of India|url=https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|work=Notes Press|date=25 August 2023|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=1 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101200419/https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Full List of Railway Ministers of India|url=https://notespress.com/list-of-railway-minister-of-india/|work=Notes Press|date=25 August 2023|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/railway-ministers.html|title=IRFCA link of railways ministers|work=IRFCA|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:19em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:John Mathai.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[John Mathai]]''' {{small|(1886{{ndash}}1959)}}
|{{small|15 August}} 1947
|{{small|22 September}} 1948
!{{ayd|1947|8|15|1948|9|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport and Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar]]''' {{small|(1882{{ndash}}1953) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Interim)}}
|{{small|22 September}} 1948
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1948|9|22|1952|5|13}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]''' {{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
|{{small|7 December}} 1956
!{{ayd|1952|5|13|1956|12|7}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagjivan Ram]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986) MP for [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency#1952-1957|Shahabad South]]}}
|{{small|7 December}} 1956
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1956|12|7|1957|4|17}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagjivan Ram]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986) MP for [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram]]}}
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
|{{small|10 April}} 1962
!{{ayd|1957|4|17|1962|4|10}}
|rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Swaran Singh]]''' {{small|(1907{{ndash}}1994) MP for [[Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency|Jullundur]]}}
|{{small|10 April}} 1962
|{{small|1 September}} 1963
!{{ayd|1962|4|10|1963|9|1}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:H. C. Dasappa official portrait.gif|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[H. C. Dasappa]]''' {{small|(1894{{ndash}}1964) MP for Bangalore}}
|{{small|1 September}} 1963
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1963|9|1|1964|6|9}}
|-
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="3"| [[File:Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="3"| '''[[S. K. Patil]]''' {{small|(1898{{ndash}}1981) MP for [[Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South]]}}
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|1964|6|9|1967|3|13}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="9"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C M Poonacha.gif|70px]]
|'''[[C. M. Poonacha]]''' {{small|(1910{{ndash}}1990) MP for [[Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency|Mangalore]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|14 February}} 1969
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1969|2|14}}
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Subhag Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]}}
|{{small|14 February}} 1969
|{{small|4 November}} 1969
!{{ayd|1969|2|14|1969|11|4}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:P. Govinda Menon official portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]''' {{small|(1906{{ndash}}1970) MP for [[Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Mukundapuram]]}}
|{{small|4 November}} 1969
|{{small|18 February}} 1970
!{{ayd|1969|11|4|1970|2|18}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]''' {{small|(1898{{ndash}}1998) MP for [[Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency|Kurukshetra]]}}
|{{small|18 February}} 1970
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1970|2|18|1971|3|18}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[File:Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]''' {{small|(1908{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore City]]}}
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
|{{small|22 July}} 1972
!{{ayd|1971|3|18|1972|7|22}}
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:T. A. Pai photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[T. A. Pai]]''' {{small|(1922{{ndash}}1981) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}
|{{small|22 July}} 1972
|{{small|5 February}} 1973
!{{ayd|1972|7|22|1973|2|5}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_1976_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]''' {{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975) MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]}}
|{{small|5 February}} 1973
|{{small|3 January}} 1975{{ref label|†|†|†}}
!{{ayd|1973|2|5|1975|1|3}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]''' {{small|(1905{{ndash}}1990) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|10 February}} 1975
|{{small|23 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1975|2|10|1977|3|23}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white"|
| [[File:Madhu Dandavate Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhu Dandavate]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2005) MP for [[Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency|Rajapur]]}}
|{{small|26 March}} 1977
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
!{{ayd|1977|3|26|1979|7|28}}
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}; color:white"|
|[[File:T. A. Pai photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[T. A. Pai]]''' {{small|(1922{{ndash}}1981) MP for [[Udupi Lok Sabha constituency|Udipi]]}}
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
!{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]''' {{small|(1905{{ndash}}1990) MP for [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi]]}}
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
|{{small|12 November}} 1980
!{{ayd|1980|1|14|1980|11|12}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kedar Pandey.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kedar Pandey]]''' {{small|(1920{{ndash}}1982) MP for [[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]}}
|{{small|12 November}} 1980
|{{small|15 January}} 1982
!{{ayd|1980|11|12|1982|1|15}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]''' {{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996) MP for [[Indore Lok Sabha constituency|Indore]]}}
|{{small|15 January}} 1982
|{{small|2 September}} 1982
!{{ayd|1982|1|15|1982|9|2}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Indian Minister Ghani Khan.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Malda Lok Sabha constituency|Malda]]}}
|{{small|2 September}} 1982
|{{small|31 October}} 1984
!{{ayd|1982|9|2|1984|10|31}}
|-
|{{small|4 November}} 1984
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
!{{ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Bansi_Lal_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bansi Lal]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwani]]}}
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
!{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Transport
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Bansi_Lal_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bansi Lal]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2006) MP for [[Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwani]]}}
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
|{{small|4 June}} 1986
!{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|6|4}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]''' {{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991) MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|4 June}} 1986
|{{small|24 June}} 1986
!{{ayd|1986|6|4|1986|6|24}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohsina Kidwai]]''' {{small|(born 1932) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|24 June}} 1986
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
!{{ayd|1986|6|24|1986|10|22}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}} (MoS, I/C)
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
|{{small|2 December}} 1989
!{{ayd|1986|10|22|1989|12|2}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}}; color:white"|
|[[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[George Fernandes]]''' {{small|(1930{{ndash}}2019) MP for [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]}}
|{{small|6 December}} 1989
|{{small|10 November}} 1990
!{{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|11|10}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[File:Janeshwar Mishra Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Janeshwar Mishra]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
|{{small|21 November}} 1990
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
!{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Veteran Leader Ck jaffer Sharief on a Hartal (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
|{{small|17 August}} 1995
!{{ayd|1991|6|21|1995|8|17}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="2"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]''' {{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|18 August}} 1995
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
!{{ayd|1995|8|18|1996|5|16}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
|{{small|1 June}} 1996
!{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|Self
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Ram Vilas Paswan (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]''' {{small|(1946{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur]]}}
|{{small|1 June}} 1996
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|6|1|1998|3|19}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Nitish Kumar]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]}}
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|{{small|5 August}} 1999
!{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|8|5}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Naik]]''' {{small|(born 1934) MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}} (MoS, I/C)
|{{small|6 August}} 1999
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
!{{ayd|1999|5|5|1999|10|13}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Calcutta South]]}}
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
|{{small|16 March}} 2001
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2001|3|16}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|16 March}} 2001
|{{small|20 March}} 2001
!{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}; color:white"|
|[[File:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Nitish Kumar]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]}}
|{{small|20 March}} 2001
|{{small|22 May}} 2004
!{{ayd|2001|3|20|2004|5|22}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; color:white"|
|[[File:Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Chapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|22 May}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="10"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2009
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
!{{ayd|2009|5|23|2011|5|19}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|rowspan="9" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' {{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
!{{ayd|2011|5|19|2011|7|12}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Dinesh trivedi.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Dinesh Trivedi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency|Barrackpore]]}}
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
|{{small|19 March}} 2012
!{{ayd|2011|7|12|2012|3|19}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Roy.png|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Roy]]''' {{small|(1954–2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[West Bengal]]}}
|{{small|20 March}} 2012
|{{small|22 September}} 2012
!{{ayd|2012|3|20|2012|9|22}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[C. P. Joshi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhilwara]]}}
|{{small|22 September}} 2012
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2012|9|22|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]]}}
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
|{{small|11 May}} 2013
!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2013|5|11}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:C P Joshi UNDP 2010.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[C. P. Joshi]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhilwara]]}}
|{{small|11 May}} 2013
|{{small|15 June}} 2013
!{{ayd|2013|5|11|2013|6|15}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' {{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}} (Prime Minister)
|{{small|15 June}} 2013
|{{small|17 June}} 2013
!{{ayd|2013|6|15|2013|6|17}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mallikarjun Kharge.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]''' {{small|(born 1942) MP for [[Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency|Gulbarga]]}}
|{{small|17 June}} 2013
|{{small|26 May}} 2014
!{{ayd|2013|6|17|2014|5|26}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:D.V. Sadananda Gowda.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sadananda Gowda|D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|27 May}} 2014
|{{small|9 November}} 2014
!{{ayd|2014|5|27|2014|11|9}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Prabhu]]''' {{small|(born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Haryana]], till 2016 Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]], from 2016}}
|{{small|9 November}} 2014
|{{small|3 September}} 2017
!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2017|9|3}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Piyush Goyal crop.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Piyush Goyal]]''' {{small|(born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|{{small|3 September}} 2017
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2017|9|3|2021|7|7}}
|-
|{{small|31 May}} 2019
|{{small|7 July}} 2021
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|rowspan="2"bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan=2|[[File:Ashwini Vaishnaw cropped.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan=2|'''[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]''' {{small|(born 1970) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
| 7 July 2021
| 9 June 2024
| rowspan=2|'''{{ayd|2021|7|7}}'''
|-
| 10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
| style="background:#FFA551;|[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}

===Ministers of State===
*'''Key:''' {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Ministers of State<ref name="MR"/><ref name="List"/>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Transport and Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[K. Santhanam]]''' {{small|(1895{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Constituent Assembly)}}
|{{small|1 October}} 1948
|{{small|29 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1948|10|1|1952|5|29}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Railways
|-
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="5"| [[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="5"| '''[[Ram Subhag Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1980) MP for [[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]}}
|{{small|13 May}} 1964
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="5"| {{ayd|1964|5|13|1967|3|13}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|{{small|27 May}} 1964
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|9 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[Parimal Ghosh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1985) MP for [[Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency|Ghatal]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|17 October}} 1969
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1969|10|17}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]''' {{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016) MP for [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
|{{small|23 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|23}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Surendra Pal Singh (politician)|Surendra Pal Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}2009) MP for [[Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency|Bulandshahr]]}}
|{{small|23 December}} 1976
|{{small|24 March}} 1977
!{{ayd|1976|12|23|1977|3|24}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Sheo Narain]]''' {{small|(1913{{ndash}}1987) MP for [[Basti Lok Sabha constituency|Basti]]}}
|{{small|14 August}} 1977
|{{small|28 July}} 1979
!{{ayd|1977|8|14|1979|7|28}}
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Veteran Leader Ck jaffer Sharief on a Hartal (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018) MP for [[Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore North]]}}
|{{small|14 January}} 1980
|{{small|31 October}} 1984
!{{ayd|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|{{small|31 December}} 1984
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
!{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Transport {{ndash}} Department of Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001) MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|{{small|25 September}} 1985
|{{small|22 October}} 1986
!{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|10|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Minister of State for Railways
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|
|'''[[Bhakta Charan Das]]''' {{small|(born 1958) MP for [[Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency|Kalahandi]]}}
|{{small|21 November}} 1990
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
!{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]''' {{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002) MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
|{{small|21 June}} 1991
|{{small|18 January}} 1993
!{{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|18}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="4"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kahnu Charan Lenka (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kahnu Charan Lenka]]''' {{small|(born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
|{{small|18 January}} 1993
|{{small|2 April}} 1994
!{{ayd|1993|1|18|1994|4|2}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Mallikarjun Goud]]''' {{small|(1941{{ndash}}2002) MP for [[Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Mahabubnagar]]}}
|{{small|21 August}} 1995
|{{small|19 September}} 1995
!{{ayd|1995|8|21|1995|9|19}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Kalmadi 2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Kalmadi]]''' {{small|(1944{{ndash}}2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|{{small|15 September}} 1995
|{{small|16 May}} 1996
!{{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Shri Satpal Maharaj.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Satpal Maharaj]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency|Garhwal]]}}
|{{small|6 July}} 1996
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|7|6|1997|6|9}}
|rowspan="2"| [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|{{small|21 April}} 1997
|{{small|9 June}} 1997
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Naik]]''' {{small|(born 1934) MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}}
|{{small|19 March}} 1998
|{{small|6 August}} 1999
!{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|8|6}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="8"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]}}
|{{small|13 October}} 1999
|{{small|22 July}} 2001
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2001|7|22}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|rowspan="7" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Bangaru Laxman]]''' {{small|(1939{{ndash}}2014) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|{{small|22 November}} 1999
|{{small|31 August}} 2000
!{{ayd|1999|11|22|2000|8|31}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:O Rajagopal.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[O. Rajagopal]]''' {{small|(born 1929) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|{{small|31 August}} 2000
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
!{{ayd|2000|8|31|2002|7|1}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]}}
|{{small|1 August}} 2001
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
!{{ayd|2001|8|1|2002|7|1}}
|[[Samata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:A. K. Moorthy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[A. K. Moorthy]]''' {{small|(born 1964) MP for [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]}}
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
|{{small|15 January}} 2004
!{{ayd|2002|7|1|2004|1|15}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bandaru Dattatreya]]''' {{small|(born 1947) MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
|{{small|1 July}} 2002
|{{small|8 September}} 2003
!{{ayd|2002|7|1|2003|9|8}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Basangouda Patil Yatnal]]''' {{small|(born 1963) MP for [[Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency|Bijapur]]}}
|{{small|8 September}} 2003
|{{small|22 May}} 2004
!{{ayd|2003|9|8|2004|5|22}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Naranbhai Rathwa releasing a Gujarati version of PIB Booklet on Achievements of UPA Government - 4 years at a press (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Naranbhai Rathwa]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency|Chhota Udaipur]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|22 May}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="8"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|[[File:R. Velu addressing addressing at the Closing Ceremony of the 56th Senior National Kabaddi Championship (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[R. Velu]]''' {{small|(born 1940) MP for [[Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency|Arakkonam]]}}
|{{small|23 May}} 2004
|{{small|29 March}} 2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|3|29}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}; color:white"|
|[[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[E. Ahamed]]''' {{small|(1938{{ndash}}2017) MP for [[Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency|Malappuram]]}}
|{{small|28 May}} 2009
|{{small|19 January}} 2011
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2011|1|19}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri K.H. Muniyappa.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[K. H. Muniyappa]]''' {{small|(born 1948) MP for [[Kolar Lok Sabha constituency|Kolar]]}}
|{{small|28 May}} 2009
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Bharatsinh Solanki assuming office as MoS, Railways in January 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bharatsinh Solanki]]''' {{small|(born 1953) MP for [[Anand Lok Sabha constituency|Anand]]}}
|{{small|19 January}} 2011
|{{small|28 October}} 2012
!{{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Roy.png|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Roy]]''' {{small|(1954–2026) Rajya Sabha MP for [[West Bengal]]}}
|{{small|19 May}} 2011
|{{small|12 July}} 2011
!{{ayd|2011|5|19|2011|7|12}}
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy taking charge as the Minister of State for Railways, in New Delhi on October 29, 2012.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy]]''' {{small|(born 1951) MP for [[Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Kurnool]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|28 October}} 2012
|rowspan="2"| {{small|26 May}} 2014
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]]''' {{small|(born 1956) MP for [[Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency|Baharampur]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Manoj Sinha.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Manoj Sinha]]''' {{small|(born 1959) MP for [[Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency|Ghazipur]]}}
|{{small|27 May}} 2014
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!{{ayd|2014|5|27|2019|5|30}}
|rowspan="7"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="7"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Rajen Gohain assuming office as Minister of State, Railways (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajen Gohain]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]}}
|{{small|5 July}} 2016
|{{small|30 May}} 2019
!{{ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Suresh Angadi assuming office in May 2019.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Suresh Angadi]]''' {{small|(1955{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum]]}}
|{{small|31 May}} 2019
|{{small|23 September}} 2020{{ref label|†|†|†}}
!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2020|9|23}}
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on March 05, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Raosaheb Danve]]''' {{small|(born 1955) MP for [[Jalna Lok Sabha constituency|Jalna]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|7 July}} 2021
|rowspan="2"| {{small|9 June}} 2024
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Darshana Jardosh with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Darshana Jardosh]]''' {{small|(born 1961) MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:V. Somanna in 2024.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[V. Somanna]]''' {{small|(born 1950) MP for [[Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency|Tumkur]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|10 June}} 2024
|rowspan="2"| ''Incumbent''
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2024|6|10}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Ravneet Singh Bittu2.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]''' {{small|(born 1975) Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
|-
|}

===Deputy Ministers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| No.
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister {{small|(Birth-Death) Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
!style="width:6em"| From
!style="width:6em"| To
!Period
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Transport and Railways
|-
!1
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[B. V. Keskar]]''' {{small|(1903{{ndash}}1984) MP for [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (Constituent Assembly)}}
|{{small|10 March}} 1952
|{{small|13 May}} 1952
!{{ayd|1952|3|10|1952|5|13}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:O. V. Alagesan Lok Sabha image.gif|70px]]
|'''[[O. V. Alagesan]]''' {{small|(1911{{ndash}}1992) MP for [[Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency|Chengalpattu]]}}
|{{small|12 August}} 1952
|{{small|16 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1952|8|12|1957|4|16}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|20 September}} 1956
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
!{{ayd|1956|9|20|1957|4|17}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Railways
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|{{small|17 April}} 1957
|rowspan="2"| {{small|10 April}} 1962
!{{ayd|1957|4|17|1962|4|10}}
|rowspan="11"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|{{small|2 April}} 1958
!{{ayd|1958|4|2|1962|4|10}}
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|16 April}} 1962
|rowspan="2"| {{small|27 May}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1962|4|16|1964|5|27}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|-
!(4)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Shah Nawaz Khan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shah Nawaz Khan (general)|Shah Nawaz Khan]]''' {{small|(1914{{ndash}}1993) MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|rowspan="2"| {{small|27 May}} 1964
|rowspan="2"| {{small|9 June}} 1964
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1964|5|27|1964|6|9}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
!(4)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[S. V. Ramaswamy]]''' {{small|MP for [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]}}
|-
!rowspan="3"| 5
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"| '''Sham Nath''' {{small|MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|{{small|15 June}} 1964
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|1964|6|15|1967|3|13}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|{{small|11 January}} 1966
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (acting)
|-
|{{small|24 January}} 1966
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[S. C. Jamir]]''' {{small|(born 1931) MP for [[Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency|Nagaland]]}}
|{{small|13 March}} 1967
|{{small|14 November}} 1967
!{{ayd|1967|3|13|1967|11|14}}
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
!7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|'''[[Rohanlal Chaturvedi]]''' {{small|(1919{{ndash}}?) MP for [[Etah Lok Sabha constituency|Etah]]}}
|{{small|14 November}} 1967
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1967|11|14|1971|3|18}}
|-
!8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Governor of Bihar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Yunus Saleem]]''' {{small|(1912{{ndash}}2004) MP for [[Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalgonda]]}}
|{{small|27 June}} 1970
|{{small|18 March}} 1971
!{{ayd|1970|6|27|1971|3|18}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
!9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]''' {{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016) [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
|{{small|2 May}} 1971
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
!{{ayd|1971|5|2|1974|10|10}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|-
!10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Buta Singh (headshot).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Buta Singh]]''' {{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021) MP for [[Ropar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar]]}}
|{{small|10 October}} 1974
|{{small|23 December}} 1976
!{{ayd|1974|10|10|1976|12|23}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Deputy Minister for Railways
|-
!11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mahabir Prasad addressing the third meeting of the National Khadi and Village Industries Board (NKVIB), in New Delhi on July 16, 2008.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mahaveer Prasad]]''' {{small|(1939{{ndash}}2010) MP for [[Bansgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Bansgaon]]}}
|{{small|14 February}} 1988
|{{small|4 July}} 1989
!{{ayd|1988|2|14|1989|7|4}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|
|'''[[Ajay Singh (diplomat)|Ajay Singh]]''' {{small|(1950{{ndash}}2020) MP for [[Agra Lok Sabha constituency|Agra]]}}
|{{small|23 April}} 1990
|{{small|10 November}} 1990
!{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|10}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!colspan="10"| {{nobold|''Position not in use since 10 November 1990''}}
|-
|}

== Criticism and controversies ==
On 14 February 2008, [[Westinghouse Air Brake Company|Westinghouse Air Brake]], admitted to a US federal court of violating [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]] (FCPA) regulations by making improper payments from its subsidiary Pioneer Friction based in [[Kolkata]], to government officials of the [[Indian railway board]] to obtain and retain business with the Railway Board and curb taxes.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/February/08_crm_116.html|title=Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation Agrees to Pay $300,000 Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Violations in India|publisher= Department of Justice, Government of United States|date=14 February 2008|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

On 3 May 2013, the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] arrested then minister of railways [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]'s nephew, Vijay Singla for accepting an alleged bribe of {{INRConvert|9|m}} from a middleman for the appointment of a particular person to the railway board.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/railway-minister-pawan-bansals-nephew-arrested-by-cbi-for-allegedly-accepting-bribe-521096|title=Railway Minister Pawan Bansal's nephew arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe|work=[[NDTV]]|date=3 May 2013|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> The railway board clarified that no rules had been broken during the appointment and suspended Mahesh, the person concerned.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-mahesh-kumar-suspended-what-about-pawan-kumar-bansal-4254759-NOR.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509043249/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-mahesh-kumar-suspended-what-about-pawan-kumar-bansal-4254759-NOR.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2013|title=Mahesh suspended, nephew arrested; What about Pawan Kumar Bansal?|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|date=4 May 2013|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Ministers of Railways of India}}
* [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in Official website of the Ministry of Railways]

{{Indian Railways}}
{{Union ministries of India}}
{{Railway Ministers of India}}
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
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[[Category:Railways ministries|India]]

Tejas Express

2026-09-21T03:47:06Z

183.82.162.23: Spy ke just Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{Short description|Series of Indian Semi-high speed train}}
{{Further|Tejas-Rajdhani Express}} Bhuvneshwar
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Tejas Express Mumbai to New Delhi Ahmedabad Pune 4:30 baje nikalegi yahan se
| color = FFA500
| image = The rake of the TEJAS Train, being inspected by the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, at Safdarjung Railway Station, in New Delhi on May 19, 2017.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = Brand new Tejas Express coaches at Delhi Safdarjung railway station.
| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]]
| status = Active
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|2017|05|24}}
| operator = [[Indian Railways]] (Public) [[IRCTC]] (Corporate)
| website = https://indianrail.gov.in
| line_used = 4
| class = {{plainlist|
* [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Executive chair car (EC)]]
* AC chair car (CC)
}}
| access =
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| catering = On-board catering, Tea and coffee vending machines, Local cuisine, Celebrity chef menu
| observation = Large windows in all carriages; services operated by both state and corporate operators.
| entertainment = Magazines, Electric outlets, On-board Wi-Fi
| baggage = Overhead racks on Chair car rake
Underneath storage of the bearths on Sleeper car rake
| otherfacilities = Automatic doors, Smoke alarms, CCTV cameras, Hand dryers, Odour control system, Sensor based water taps, Bio-vacuum toilets, Water level indicators, Fire and smoke detection, Suppression system.
| stock = LHB-Tejas Rake
| gauge = [[5 ft 6 in gauge railway|Indian gauge]] {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
| electrification = 25 kV AC at 50 Hz
| speed = {{convert|130|km/h|abbr=on}}; Tested speed: {{convert|200|km/h|abbr=on}}
}}

The '''Tejas Express''' is a [[Higher-speed rail|semi-high speed]] [[Air conditioning|fully air-conditioned train]] introduced by [[Indian Railways]] to connect major cities within a short time, skipping most of the stops, completing the journey before night. It features modern onboard facilities with doors which are operated automatically. Tejas means "sharpness", "lustre", or "brilliance" in many Indian languages. It is one of 3 [[Higher-speed rail|semi-high speed trains]] running in [[India]], the others being the [[Vande Bharat Express]] and the [[Gatimaan Express]].<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/luxury-train-tejas-express-running-without-safety-clearance-736179 Luxury train Tejas Express running without safety clearance], ''ibtimes.com'', 27 July 2017</ref>Bhubaneswar Lucknow Sprite ke gas Express ka bhi roj Badal Diya jaaye Mumbai to New Delhi

==History==
The inaugural run of Tejas Express was on 24 May 2017 from [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]], [[Maharashtra]] to [[Karmali railway station|Karmali]], [[Goa]]. It covered 552 km in 8 hours and 30 minutes.<ref name = "dna1">{{cite web|title=Mumbai-Goa route gets Railways' premium train Tejas|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mumbai-goa-route-gets-railways-premium-train-tejas-2260090|website=dna|access-date=15 October 2016|date=30 September 2016}}</ref> On 1 March 2019, the second Tejas Express of the country was flagged off between [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]] and [[Madurai Junction]] by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/new-trains-2019-tejas-express-chennai-egmore-madurai-train-no-22672-22671-schedule/1502482/|title=Madurai-Chennai Tejas Express flagged off! After Vande Bharat, it's the swankiest Indian Railways train|date=1 March 2019|website=The Financial Express|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> It covered 497 km in 6 hours and 30 minutes.

The [[Lucknow Junction railway station|Lucknow]] – [[New Delhi]] route (currently running) has been included in the current Trains at Glance, the official train time-table booklet, with "Date of Introduction to be declared" condition. At the same time news websites have quoted railway officials saying a hold of three years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/2-months-on-high-speed-tejas-express-on-chandigarh-delhi-route-yet-to-hit-the-tracks/story-vZEyz5Dc3KKMZ6hCtnahzK.html|title=2 months on, high speed Tejas Express on Chandigarh-Delhi route yet to hit the tracks|date=12 October 2018|website=hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/delhi-chandigarh-tejas-express-timings-2018-time-table-indian-railways-route-features/1283757/|title=Delhi to Chandigarh in 3 hours! This luxury train in Indian Railways new time-table will make it possible|date=17 August 2018|website=The Financial Express|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG/Antyodaya_Uday_Train.pdf|title=Trains at Glance|website=Indian Railways|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/tejas-express-from-lucknow-is-also-running-three-years/articleshow/67587417.cms| title=Tejas Express from Lucknow to Delhi flagged by CM Yogi Aditya Nath|website=The Times of India| date=18 January 2019|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref> Meanwhile, the train service which was expected to be launched on [[Mumbai]] – [[Surat]] and [[New Delhi]]- [[Jalandhar]] route has also been put on hold.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/surat-mumbai-tejas-train-not-feasible/articleshow/62907431.cms|title='Surat-Mumbai Tejas train not feasible' – Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=14 February 2018 |access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>

[[Lucknow – New Delhi Tejas Express]], which was inaugurated on 4 October 2019, is India's first train operated by private operators, [[IRCTC]], a subsidiary of [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/delhi-lucknow-tejas-express-set-to-be-first-train-to-be-run-by-private-operators-1562591525201.html|work=Livemint |date=21 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India's first private train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express flagged off today |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-s-first-private-train-lucknow-delhi-tejas-express-starts-today-key-things-11570164891093.html|work=Livemint |date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

The [[Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central Tejas Express|Ahmedabad – Mumbai Tejas]] express, also operated by IRCTC, was inaugurated on 17 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express to be Flagged off Today |url=https://www.railpost.in/ahmedabad-mumbai-tejas-express-to-be-flagged-off-today/|work=Railpost.in |date=17 January 2020}}</ref>

==Technical specifications==
[[File:Inner view of the TEJAS Train, being inspected by the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, at Safdarjung Railway Station, in New Delhi on May 19, 2017.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Tejas Express,|left|261x261px]]
The coaches of the first Tejas Express of India, which runs between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai and Karmali are manufactured at [[Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala]] in Kapurthala district of Punjab. The coaches of the second Tejas express, which runs between Chennai Egmore and Madurai, were manufactured at [[Integral Coach Factory]], [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/icf-rolls-out-modern-coaches-for-tejas-express/article25636642.ece|title= ICF rolls out modern coaches for Tejas Express|newspaper= The Hindu Businessline |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> The train is designed to run at a maximum speed of {{convert|200|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} but the maximum operating speed allowed is {{convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} due to track and safety constraints.<ref>[http://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/230517/indias-1st-high-speed-train-tejas-makes-debut.html India’s first high-speed train Tejas makes debut], ''asianage.com'', 23 May 2017</ref> Presently, the train runs at an average speed of {{convert|65|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>[https://indiarailinfo.com/trains/tejas], indianrailinfo.com</ref>

There are 14 non-executive chair cars and they can seat up to 72 passengers each in 3+2 configuration. The coaches have energy-efficient LED lights and digital destination display boards. It also has two executive chair cars in 2+2 configuration. The executive chair cars have a seating capacity of 56 passengers with adjustable head-rests, arm support and leg support. The leg support is not available in non-executive chair cars. The seats on tejas express are also very comfortable in terms of height on the contrary of regular AC chair car seats. The Tejas Express also give it to [[Rajdhani Express]] trains replaces LHB red coaches and some Tejas Express trains run with [[WDP-4D]] , [[WDP-3A]] , [[WAP-5]] and [[WAP 7]]

Coaches have bio-vacuum toilets, water level indicators, tap sensors, hand dryers, integrated braille displays, LED TV for each passenger with phone sockets, local cuisine, celebrity chef menu, WiFi, tea & coffee vending machines, magazines, snack tables, CCTV cameras, fire & smoke detection and suppression system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luxurytrainindia.org/blog/tejas-express-digital-new-interiors-yummy-catering-onboard/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515182800/http://www.luxurytrainindia.org/blog/tejas-express-digital-new-interiors-yummy-catering-onboard/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 May 2017|title=All about Tejas Express: Digital New Interiors, Yummy Catering Onboard – Orient Rail Journeys Blog|website=luxurytrainindia.org|date=23 June 2023 }}</ref> The fares will be 20% to 30% more than [[Shatabdi Express|Shatabdi]] fares.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/travel-on-tejas-trains-to-be-costlier-than-shatabdi-1454299|title=Travel on Tejas Trains To Be Costlier Than Shatabdi|publisher=ndtv.com}}</ref> The Tejas Express has redesigned seats with eco-leather. Toilets are equipped with soap dispensers, touch-less water taps, odour-control systems and occupancy indicators. Doors are centrally controlled.<ref>{{citation |title=Tejas trains to give passengers feel of world-class travel with personal video screens, Wi-Fi, coffee vending machines |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/tejas-trains-to-give-passengers-feel-of-world-class-travel-with-personal-video-screens-wi-fi-coffee-vending-machines/articleshow/53139221.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 July 2016 }}</ref>

==Routes==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | S. No.
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Train No.
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Originating Station
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Terminal Station
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Halts
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Frequency
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Distance
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Travel Time
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Average Speed
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Inauguration
! style="color: black; background-color: orange | Operator
|-
| 1
| [[Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon Tejas Express|22119/22120]]
| [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|CSMT Mumbai]]
| [[Madgaon Junction railway station|Madgaon Jn]]
| 7
| 5 Days/wk
| {{convert|580|km|abbr=on}}
| 09h 10m
| {{convert|63|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| 24 May 2017
| [[Indian Railways]]
|-
| 2
| [[Chennai Egmore–Madurai Tejas Express| 22671/22672]]
| [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai Egmore]]
| [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai Jn]]
| 3
| Except Thursday
| {{convert|493|km|abbr=on}}
| 06h 15m
| {{convert|79|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| 1 March 2019
| [[Indian Railways]]
|-
| 3
| [[Lucknow–New Delhi Tejas Express|82501/82502]]
| [[Lucknow Junction railway station|Lucknow]]
| [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]
| 3
| Except Tuesday
| {{convert|512|km|abbr=on}}
| 06h 15m
| {{convert|82|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| 4 October 2019
| [[Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation|IRCTC]]
|-
| 4
| [[Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Tejas Express| 82901/82902]]
| [[Ahmedabad Junction railway station|Ahmedabad]]
| [[Mumbai Central railway station|Mumbai Central]]
| 6
| Except Thursday
| {{convert|492|km|abbr=on}}
| 06h 25m
| {{convert|77|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| 17 January 2020
| [[Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation|IRCTC]]
|-
|}

==See also==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|AC Superfast Express]]
* [[Mumbai - Ahmedabad Bullet Train|Bullet train (Mumbai-Ahmedabad)]]
* [[Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Gatimaan Express]]
* [[Humsafar Express]]
* [[Mahamana Express]]
* [[Double Decker Express]]
* [[Duronto Express]]
* [[Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Jan Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Antyodaya Express]]
* [[Uday Express]]
* [[Yuva Express]]
* [[Ramayana Express]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://indianrail.gov.in/ Indian Railways] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601030217/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |date=1 June 2014 }}

{{Tejas Express}}
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{{Higher-speed rail}}
{{Authority control}}

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Tamil Nadu Express

2026-09-21T01:38:17Z

183.82.162.23: Tamilnadu Express

{{Short description|Train in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{italic title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox rail service
| color = FF0080
| name = Tamil Nadu Superfast Express
| image = Tn express.jpg
| logo = Tamil Nadu Express TB.png
| image_width = 350
| caption = Tamil Nadu Superfast Express Entering [[Itarsi Junction railway station]]
| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]]
| locale =
| first = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1976|08|07}}
| operator = [[Southern Railway Zone|Southern Railway]]
| ridership =
| start = {{rws|Chennai Central||MGR Chennai Central}} (MAS)
| stops = 10
| end = {{rws|New Delhi}} (NDLS)
| distance = {{convert|2182|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 32 hours (Approx.)
| frequency = Daily
| class = AC First Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, AC 3 Tier Economy, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = Available
| observation = Large windows
| entertainment =
| baggage = Available
| otherfacilities = Below the seats
| stock = [[LHB coach]]
| gauge = [[Broad Gauge]] {{RailGauge|1676mm}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 12621 / 12622
| speed = {{convert|70|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts.
| map = [[File:Grand Trunk Express and Tamil Nadu Express (NDLS-MAS) Route map.jpg|250px]] Tamil Nadu Mumbai Pune Express route map
| map_state =
}}

The 12621 / 12622 '''Tamil Nadu Mumbai Pune Express''' is a [[Superfast Express trains in India|superfast express]] train of the [[Indian Railways]] connecting M.G. R Chennai Central - New Delhi . It is the fastest Non - AC train between New Delhi and [[Chennai]] covering the distance in 32 hours.

It only stops at [[Agra]], [[Gwalior]], [[Jhansi]], [[Bhopal]], [[Itarsi]], [[Nagpur]], [[Balharshah]], [[Warangal]], [[Khammam]] (since 09.10.2023) and [[Vijayawada]].

It has the non-stop continuous run between [[Vijayawada]] and [[Chennai Central railway station|Chennai Central]] of {{Convert|431|km}}.

earlier it was being hauled by [[WAP-4]]. Now It is hauled by a [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] from [[Royapuram]] shed end to end, since the whole route is [[Railway electrification|electrified]].

[[File:Tamil Nadu Express Mumbai Pune1.jpg|thumb|Tamil Nadu Express sleeper coach]]

==Accidents==
Tamil Nadu Express has traditionally been accident-prone, with many accidents occurring due to its speed. The top speed of the train was reduced after series of derailments and after major derailment of 14 coaches on 31 August 1981 at Asifabad Road Station in [[Telangana]], in which 15 persons were killed and 39 injured.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3704654.ece|title=Is Tamil Nadu Express jinxed?|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 July 2012|accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref> The following table enlists the accidents that happened on Tamil Nadu Express.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of Accidents on Tamil Nadu Express<ref name="thehindu"/>
|-
!scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Location
!scope="col" | Cause of Accident
!scope="col" | Casualties
|-
| 1977 || Vijayawada || Derailment || none
|-
| 1978 || Nagpur-Itarsi section || Derailment || none
|-
| 1981 || Asifabad Road Station || Derailment || 15 killed 39 injured
|-
| 1983 || [[Kazipet]] || Derailment || none
|-
| 1984 || Vijayawada || Derailment || none
|-
| 1984 || Delhi || Fire in one of the coaches || Two coaches partially damaged
|-
| 1986 || Agra-Gwalior Section || Fire in one of the first class coaches || 3 injured
|-
| 1987 || Amla-Nagpur || Derailment of 13 coaches || 2 killed 30 injured
|-
| 1990 || Mathura || Collision with an empty train || none
|-
| 2012 || Nellore || [[Nellore train fire|Fire in S11 coach]] || 32 killed 27 injured
|}

==See also==
* [[Dedicated Intercity trains of India]]
* [[The Grand Trunk Express]]
* [[Chennai Duronto|Chennai Duronto Express]]
* [[Chennai Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Kerala Express]]
* [[Karnataka Express]]
* [[Andhra Pradesh Express]]

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{IRI Train|1611|name=Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express}}
* {{IRI Train|1612|name=New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express}}

{{Railways in Southern India}}
{{Railways in Northern India}}

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Howrah–New Delhi Duronto Express

2026-09-21T01:32:09Z

183.82.162.23: Rajdhani Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{Short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox rail service
| color = 80FF00
| name = Howrah Junction – New Delhi ''Duronto Express''
| image = Howrah dur exp.jpg
| caption = Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express Arrived At Mumbai to New Delhi Junction railway station]]
| type = [[Duronto Express]]
| locale = [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Delhi]]
| first = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010|04|02}}
| status = Operating
| last =
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone]]
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Howrah}} (HWH),
West Bengal
| stops = 7
| end = {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} (NDLS),
Delhi
| distance = {{convert|1,531|km}}
| journeytime = 22 hrs
| frequency = Twice a week: 12273 – Mondays and Fridays; 12274 – Tuesdays and Saturdays
| class = First AC, Second AC, Third AC, Sleeper
| seating = Available
| sleeping = Available
| autorack =
| catering = Available
| observation = [[LHB coach]]
| entertainment =
| baggage = Available
| otherfacilities =
| stock = [[LHB coach]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| el = [[25 kV AC]] [[Utility frequency|50 Hz]]
| trainnumber = 12273/12274
| speed = Average – 70 km/h Maximum – 130 km/h
| map = {{Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

The '''Howrah–New Delhi–Howrah MumbaiDuronto Express''' is a [[Duronto Express|Duronto]] class train which operates between the capital of [[West Bengal]], [[Kolkata]] and the national capital [[New Delhi]]. It is the second Duronto Express connecting Delhi to Kolkata, the other one being the [[Sealdah–Bikaner Duronto Express]]. Most of the other Duronto trains take less travel time than their [[Rajdhani Express|Rajdhani]] counterparts. Therefore, before the introduction of the Howrah Duronto, it was expected to be the fastest service on the route by many Indian railfans. The Rajdhani Express gets top-most priority on the route, making it the fastest train in the Howrah–Delhi route. But, the Rajdhani continues to be the fastest as both trains cover the same distance and despite being a non-stop service, with no commercial halts, the Duronto takes more time than the Rajdhani. It has been running with modern [[LHB coach|LHB]] rakes since 2 July 2021, having a maximum permissible speed of 130 km/h, thus replacing the hybrid LHB Rakes which have a maximum permissible speed of 120 km/h.

==Change in route ==
Beginning 6 February 2018, the route of this train was changed from Grand Chord (via [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]]) to mainline (via [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna]]) on request of [[Godda]] MP [[Nishikant Dubey]]. Therefore, it now travels 1,531 km rather than 1,451 km. Due to this it takes more time than the Premium Rajdhanis and Sealdah Duronto Express from Kolkata to Delhi. Therefore, its average speed went down from 84 km/h to 70 km/h.

==Locomotive==
[[File:12273 Duronto Express led by WAP 5 standing on Platform 5, New Delhi, India.jpg|thumb|left|12273 Duronto Express led by WAP 5 standing on Platform 5 in New Delhi]]

It is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] end to end.<ref>{{cite web|title=India Rail info|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-howrah-new-delhi-duronto-express-12273/7993/1/664}}</ref>

[[File:Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express on Platform 6 of Mughalsarai Junction.jpg|thumb|Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express on Platform 6 of Mughalsarai Junction]]

== Route and halts ==

• [[Howrah railway station|Howrah Junction]]

• [[Asansol Junction railway station|Asansol Junction]]

• [[Jasidih Junction railway station|Jasidih Junction]]

• [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna Junction]]

• [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction]]

• [[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur Central]]

• [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]

== Coach composition ==

This train uses [[LHB coach|LHB coaches]].Coach Composition for this train is:

8 Sleeper coach

1 Pantry Car

7 AC 3 Tier

1 AC 3 Tier economy

2 AC 2 tier coach

1 AC 1 Tier coach

== Coach positioning ==

Coach Positioning of this train at [[Howrah railway station|Howarh Junction]] is:

LOCO-SLR-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-PC-H1-A1-A2-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7-M1-EOG

Vice Versa Coach positioning at [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi Railway station.]]

==Speed==
The maximum permissible speed of the train is up to 130 km/h except some parts. Its all coaches are of air conditioned LHB coach type which is capable of reaching 160 km/h but it does not touch. Sometimes people become confused because according to Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual (IRPWM) on Indian Railways website or Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering website, the BG (Broad Gauge) lines have been classified into six groups ‘A’ to ‘E’ on the basis of the future maximum permissible speeds but it may not be same as present speed.[https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/2019/Raising%20of%20sectionl%20speed%20to%20130%20kmph%20%20(dated%2017_12_2019).pdf]

The maximum permissible speed is 130 km/h except two small parts – 29 km long New Delhi (NDLS) – Chipyana Buzurg (CPYZ) part where Railway is trying to raise maximum permissible sectional speed to 130 km/h from 110 km/h and Jhajha – Madhupur part where trains pass through at a maximum permissible speed of 110 km/h. The trains also touch the speed of 100 km/h in a short stretch of approximately for this short distance.
[[File:12274 HWH Duronto at Asansol.jpg|thumb|An Air Conditioned 3 Tier coach (numbered B3) of 12274 New Delhi - Howrah Duronto Express standing at Asansol Junction]]
Railway Board has approved the speed policy which envisages operation of passenger trains at 160 km/h on Delhi–Howrah route but it is still unclear what will its impact on this train in future like increasing of speed but not up to 160 km/h or up to 160 km/h.
[https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/2020/12032020.pdf]

==Other trains==
Other trains for Kolkata to Delhi travel and vice versa are :-
# [[Howrah–Barmer Express]]
# [[Netaji Express]]
# [[Poorva Express (via Gaya)]]
# [[Poorva Express (via Patna)]]
# [[West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express]]
# [[Howrah–New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya)]]
# [[Howrah–New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Patna)]]
# [[Sealdah-Bikaner Duronto Express]]
# [[Sealdah Rajdhani Express]]
# [[Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express]]
# [[Jallianwalla Bagh Express]]
# Bikaner Howrah Weekly Superfast Express (via Lucknow)
# [[Santragachi–Anand Vihar Superfast Express]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Duronto Express}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{Railways in Northern India}}

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[[Category:Trains from Howrah railway station]]
[[Category:Delhi–Kolkata trains]]
[[Category:Duronto Express trains]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 2010]]

Allahabad–Haridwar Express

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183.82.162.23: Unchahar Express Mumbai to New Delhi

{{short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Prayag Ghat Haridwar Express
| image= Mumbai to New Delhi Haridwar Express.JPG
| caption =
| type = [[Express train|Express]]
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[North Central Railway zone|North Central Railways]]
| start = Prayag Ghat Railway station
| stops = 13
| end = [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]]
| distance = {{convert|725|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journey time = 14 hours 40 minutes as 14115 [[Mumbai to New Delhi Junction railway station]] Mumbai to New Delhi[[Haridwar railway Firozabad makkhanpur chalegistation|Haridwar]] Express, 15 hours 20 minutes as 14116 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Junction railway station|Ahmedabad Pune Firozabad makkhanpur Express.
| frequency = 3 days a week. 14115 [Ahmedabad Pune Junction railway station|Mumbai to New Delhi [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express – Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday. 14116 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Allahabad Junction railway station New Delhi] Express – Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, Second Class seating
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = No [[Dining car|Pantry car coach]] attached
| observation =
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| other facilities=
| stock = Standard [[Indian Railways]] coaches
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
| el =
| train number = 14115 / 14116
| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum {{convert|48.33|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts
| map =
| map_state =
}}

The 14115 / 16 [[Mumbai to New Delhi Junction railway station|Mumbai to New Delhi]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express is an [[Express train|Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] - [[North Central Railway zone]] that runs between [[Mumbai to New Delhi Junction railway station| Junction]] and [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] in India.

It operates as train number 14115 from [[Mumbai to New Delhi Junction railway station|Junction]] to [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] and as train number 14116 in the reverse direction serving the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[Uttarakhand]]. Mumbai to New Delhi

==Coaches==

14115 / 16 [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 6 Second Class seating & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not have a [[Dining car|Pantry car coach]].

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of [[Indian Railways]] depending on demand.

==Service==

The 14115 [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express covers the distance of 725 kilometres in 14 hours 40 mins (49.43 km/hr) & in 15 hours 20 mins as 14116 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad]] Express (47.28 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is below 55 km/hr, as per [[Indian Railways]] rules, its fare does not include a superfast surcharge.

==Routeing==

The 14115 / 16 Prayag Ghat [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express runs from Prayag Ghat Railway Station via [[Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station|Lucknow Junction]], [[Hardoi]], [[Shahjehanpur]], [[Bareilly railway station|Bareilly Junction]], [[Najibabad|Najibabad Junction]] to [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]].

==Traction==

As the route is yet to be electrified, a [[WDM 3A]] locomotive from the [[Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station|Lucknow]] shed powers the train for its entire journey.

==Timings==

14115 [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] Express leaves [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad Junction]] every Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 23:35 hrs IST and reaches [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] at 14:15 hrs IST the next day.

14116 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad]] Express leaves [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 16:25 hrs IST and reaches [[Allahabad Junction railway station|Allahabad Junction]] at 07:45 hrs IST the next day.

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in |title=Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry |publisher=indianrail.gov.in |accessdate=2014-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |archivedate=8 April 2014 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irctc.co.in|title=IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System|publisher=irctc.co.in|accessdate=2014-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303131207/http://www.irctc.co.in/|archive-date=3 March 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=irfca.org|accessdate=2014-04-05}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/haridwar-express-derails-near-lucknow/article5407752.ece|title=Haridwar Express derails near Lucknow - The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2014-05-30|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2013-11-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.metrojournalist.com/tag/allahabad-bound-haridwar-express/|title=Allahabad-Bound Haridwar Express | Metro Journalist|publisher=metrojournalist.com|accessdate=2014-05-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/print/news/railways-cancel-trains-from-dec-due-to-fog-12361-1.html|title=India TV >> Railways Cancel 28 Trains From Dec 1 Due To Fog|publisher=indiatvnews.com|accessdate=2014-05-30}}

{{Railways in Northern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allahabad - Haridwar Express}}
[[Category:Trains from Allahabad]]
[[Category:Trains from Haridwar]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 2004]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]