Indian Railways train punctuality: Indian Railways has been implementing various measures to improve train punctuality. In the ongoing financial year 2025-26 (April–October), the overall punctuality of Mail/Express trains stood at around 80 per cent. In comparison, the overall punctuality in FY 2024-25 was 77.12 per cent.
Train punctuality in India
In a written reply in Lok Sabha on December 3, 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said: “Overall punctuality of Mail/Express trains on Indian Railways during 2024-25 was 77.12% and during 2025-26 (April-October) was about 80%.” He was responding to questions raised by MPs over the details of the punctuality performance of Mail/ Express/Passenger trains during the last year along with the primary reasons for delays.
The Union Minister added that the Railways is making every possible effort to ensure trains run on time. He also outlined several factors responsible for the late running of trains, which include: foggy weather, path constraints, asset maintenance, alarm chain pulling, agitations, cattle run over and other unforeseen circumstances.
Introduction of new train services on any route/section depends on various factors which include:
- Capacity of that section
- Availability of path
- Availability of required rolling stock
- Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock
- Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other asset
Bullet train project in India
Vaishnaw further stated that the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is currently under execution with technical and financial assistance from the Government of Japan. “HSR projects are highly capital intensive and any decision for taking up new project is based on many factors such as technical feasibility, financial & economic viability, traffic demand and availability of funds & financing options etc,” he said.
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