Garib Rath Express

The Garib Rath[1] (literally: poor chariot; implies: "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.

Garib Rath Express
BDTS - DEE Garib Rath Express
Overview
StatusOperating
First serviceOctober 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)
Current operator(s)Indian Railways
Websitehttp://indianrail.gov.in
On-board services
Class(es)3A
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Entertainment facilitiesElectric outlets (Limited)
Baggage facilitiesUnderseat
Other facilitiesRentable Bedrolls
Technical
Rolling stockICF rakes (Modified)
Track gaugeIndian Gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)Indian Railways

Only seating and three-tier (78 seats) accommodation is provided in these trains. 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 130 km/h 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]

Active Routes
Train No. Destinations Inauguarted on
12113/14Pune — Nagpur19th Jan 2009
12187/88Jabalpur Junction — Mumbai CSMT20th Feb 2009
12201/02Lokmanya Tilak Terminus — Kochuveli01st Feb 2008
12203/04Saharsa Junction — Amritsar Junction05th Oct 2006
12207/08Kathgodam — Jammu Tawi08th Apr 2008
12209/10Kanpur Central — Kathgodam16th Sep 2008
12211/12Muzaffarpur Junction — Anand Vihar Terminal11th Feb 2009
12215/16Delhi Sarai Rohilla — Bandra Terminus07th Feb 2008
12257/58Yesvantpur Junction — Kochuveli24th Feb 2009
12359/60Kolkata — Patna Junction24th Jan 2008
12517/18Kolkata — Guwahati Junction30th Mar 2008
12535/36Lucknow Charbagh — Raipur Junction23rd Feb 2008
12569/70Jaynagar — Anand Vihar Terminal29th Sep 2008
12593/94Lucknow Charbagh — Bhopal Junction19th Nov 2011
12611/12Chennai Central — Hazrat Nizamuddin21st Feb 2007
12735/36Secunderabad Junction — Yesvantpur Junction01st Feb 2008
12739/40Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad25th Oct 2008
12831/32Dhanbad Junction — Bhubaneswar08th Mar 2008
12877/78Ranchi Junction — New Delhi28th Jan 2009
12881/82Howrah — Puri06th Jan 2009
12909/10Bandra Terminus — Hazrat Nizamuddin24th Feb 2007
12983/84Ajmer Junction — Chandigarh14th Feb 2009
22405/06Bhagalpur Junction — Anand Vihar Terminal10th Feb 2011
22407/08Varanasi Junction — Anand Vihar Terminal03rd Mar 2009
22409/10Gaya Junction — Anand Vihar Terminal03rd July 2011
22883/84Puri — Yesvantpur Junction20th July 2012

Defunct Routes
# Previous Service Now running as
1 Yesvantpur–Puducherry Garib Rath Express Yesvantpur–Puducherry Weekly Express [4]


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. The Hindu, Retrieved 09 July 2020
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