Garib Rath Express

Garib rath Express
Overview
Main Operation(s) India 2005 -
Fleet size 26
Parent company Indian Railways
Website www.indianrail.gov.in

The Garib Rath[1] (literally: "Poor people's chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide subsidized price air-conditioned long-distance travel to passengers who could not afford standard fares of air-conditioned class in regular-fare trains. As the fares are less than two-thirds of the fares for air-conditioned classes in other trains, the distance between each seat or berth is less, the seats and berths are narrower and each coach has more seats and berths than in air-conditioned coaches in other trains.

Only seating and three-tier (78 seats) accommodation is provided in Garib Rath. The passengers are not provided with free bedding or food. It is significantly faster and has higher priority than super-fast express trains. The maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is 130Kmph which is at par with Rajdhani's and duronto.The maiden journey of the train started from Saharsa, Bihar to Amritsar, Punjab (Saharsa Amritsar Garib Rath Express).[2][3]

The series of these trains will be replaced by the series of Humsafar Express trains starting by replacing the Chennai Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express in late 2018.[4]

Current services

Anand Vihar Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express at Muzaffarpur Junction
Pune Nagpur Garib Rath Express
Bangalore-Puri Garibrath Express
Secunderabad-Yesvantpur Garibrath Express
New Delhi - Ranchi Garib Rath Express
Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Garibrath Express

There are 26 Garib Rath Express train services active in India. These have a 3:1 carriage seating arrangement. .[5] They are as follows :-

As of 24/6/2018 only Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Garib Rath runs daily among all other garib raths.

Name Train No. Destinations
Pune Nagpur Garib Rath Express12113Pune — Nagpur
12114Nagpur — Pune
Jabalpur-Mumbai Garibrath Express12187Jabalpur — Mumbai CST
12188Mumbai CST — Jabalpur
Mumbai LTT - Kochuveli Garib Rath Express12201[6]LTT/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Kochuveli
12202[7]Kochuveli -LTT/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
Saharsa Amritsar Garib Rath Express12203Saharsa — Amritsar
12204Amritsar — Saharsa
Jammu Tawi Kathgodam Garib Rath Express12207Kathgodam — Jammu Tawi
12208Jammu Tawi — Kathgodam
Kathgodam Kanpur Central Garib Rath Express12209Kanpur Central — Kathgodam
12210Kathgodam — Kanpur Central
Muzaffarpur Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express12211Muzaffarpur — Delhi Anand Vihar
12212Anand Vihar — Muzaffarpur
Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express12215Delhi Sarai Rohilla — Bandra Terminus
12216Bandra Terminus — Sarai Rohilla
Kochuveli Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express12257Yesvantpur — Kochuveli
12258Kochuveli — Yesvantpur
Kolkata Patna Garib Rath Express12359Kolkata — Patna
12360Patna — Kolkata
Kolkata - Guwahati Garib Rath Express12517Kolkata — Guwahati
12518Guwahati — Kolkata
Lucknow Raipur Garib Rath Express12535Lucknow — Raipur
12536Raipur — Lucknow
Jaynagar Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express12569Jainagar — Anand Vihar Terminal
12570Anand Vihar — Jainagar
Lucknow Bhopal Garib Rath Express12593Lucknow — Bhopal
12594Bhopal — Lucknow
Chennai Central Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express12611Chennai Central — Hazrat Nizamuddin
12612Hazrat Nizamuddin — Chennai Central
Secunderabad Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express12735Secunderabad — Yesvantpur
12736Yesvantpur — Secunderabad
Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath Express12739Visakhapatnam — Secunderabad
12740Secunderabad - Visakhapatnam
Dhanbad Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express12831Dhanbad — Bhubaneswar
12832Bhubaneswar — Dhanbad
Ranchi New Delhi Garib Rath Express12877Ranchi — New Delhi
12818New Delhi — Ranchi
Puri Howrah Garib Rath Express12881Howrah — Puri
12882Puri — Howrah
Bandra Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express12909Bandra Terminus — Hazrat Nizamuddin
12910Hazrat Nizamuddin — Bandra Terminus
Ajmer Chandigarh Garib Rath Express12983Ajmer — Chandigarh
12984Ajmer — Chandigarh
Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express22405Bhagalpur — Delhi Anand Vihar
22406Anand Vihar — Bhagalpur
Varanasi–Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express22407Varanasi — Delhi Anand Vihar
22408Anand Vihar — Varanasi
Gaya Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express22409Gaya — Delhi Anand Vihar
22410Anand Vihar — Gaya
Puri−Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express22883Puri — Yesvantpur
22884Yesvantpur — Puri

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction of Garib Rath trains". Government of India. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
  2. ↑ "Lalu's dream project 'Garib Rath' to roll out". Retrieved 3 October 2006.
  3. ↑ "Lalu flags off first low-fare 'Garib Rath' train". Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  4. ↑ "Humsafar Express premium AC-3 tier train to replace Garib Rath on Delhi-Chennai route of Indian Railways". Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Indian Railways (29 August 2015). "Train Coach Layout". checkpnrstatusirctc.in. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  6. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/train/mumbai-ltt-kochuveli-garib-rath-express-12201/485/466/1009
  7. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/train/kochuveli-mumbai-lokmanya-tilak-t-garib-rath-express-12202/486/1009/466
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