In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that as per network needs, trains are operated, and stoppages are provided.
Stoppage of trains is an ongoing process, said the minister, and added that is subject to traffic justification and operational feasibility.
Vaishnaw, on Wednesday, was responding to a question about not having any stoppage for 11 pairs of trains in Kerala’s Malappuram district on the Shornur-Mangalore railway line.
M P Abdussamad Samadani, a Member of Parliament from the Indian Union Muslim League, asked the minister whether the central government is conscious of the hardships faced by passengers due to 11 pairs of trains not having any stoppage in the Malappuram district on the Shornur-Mangalore line.
“As the Railway network straddles across state/district boundaries, trains are operated and stoppages are provided as per network requirements, across such boundaries,” said the Railway Minister.
Important railway stations like Kuttippuram, Tirunnavaya, Tirur, Tanur, Parapanangadi, and Vallikunnu stations, located in the Malappuram district, are being served by 41 trains, 12 trains, 87 trains, 26 trains, 39 trains, and 17 trains respectively, Vaishnaw added.