Why do trains sometimes halt at stations or other points not marked as halts in the published timetables?

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rocks_life

could b many reasons

one could b that there is some operational work with the tracks some maintenance or some repair so rather than halting in middle of no where they halt at some station before that

sometimes train itself might b having some problem.... or doesnt have a green signal again due to any problems on track.... or due to a train comming from otherside

sometimes train might be running tooo early before its schedule time.... so may b its killing time ....lol

Manisha

To keep the travellers alert....to add an element of surprise to your otherwise boring journey

emsr2d2

Sometimes they are meant to be "set down only" stops. On busy lines they are not marked on the timetables to avoid people trying to get on them! Though how you're meant to know you can get off there when it's not on the timetable I don't know.
I only found out by accident when I lived near a small station and was on a train to the nearest large station one day. It unexpectedly stopped at my station so obviously I got off and asked the guard. He told me that train always stops at my station but they don't advertise is so people don't come to the station to try and get on.
Didn't make much sense but that was his explanation.

swati s

Apart from unscheduled or emergency stops, there are a number of technical halts provided in the operation of most trains. These are halts for the purposes of changing loco crew, changing locomotives, picking up food or water, etc. These halts do not show up on the normal published timetables, but they do appear in the working timetable which is used by the crew.
Example â€” The 2141/42 Kurla-Patna Superfast Express has many stops for operational/technical reasons, but only two commercial ones. It needs to halt at Kasara to attach bankers, at Igatpuri to detach bankers and change the locomotive, at Bhusaval for a crew change, at Itarsi for a locomotive change, at Satna for a crew change and to take on food, and at Chheoki for staff purposes. On the return trip to Mumbai, the Kasara halt is skipped by 2142 as bankers are not required downhill.
If a train makes good time on its journey and arrives early at a station, it will sometimes be detained at a point well outside the station limits until the platform / track section ahead is free for it. Sometimes this is even planned for in the schedule in the case of overnight trains that would otherwise arrive at the destination at an odd hour (e.g., the Bangalore Mail from Chennai in the early 1990's was often detained at the outskirts of Bangalore for an hour or more before arriving at the Bangalore City station at its scheduled time a little before 6am; leaving later from Chennai or arriving earlier at Bangalore was not convenient for the passengers).
There may be additional halts for crossings in single-line sections and precedence (overtake by another train). These are indicated in the working timetable only. However, in practice, they may change based on traffic on a particular day.

Lluvia

sometimes they get a call from other trains or stations telling them to wait a minute bc of delays

Dr. DeLight

Many reasons as stated below but also some are Mail Trains.

silverdaisy

They are waiting for clearance signal. you would have noticed that a signal is evident( usually light) at such stops.

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