Garib Rath
The Garib Rath (literally: "Poor Man's Chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide cheaper air-conditioned travel to passengers who could not afford normal fares of air conditioned class in normal 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 free bedding or food. It is faster than super-fast express trains. The maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is around 130 kmph, nearly same as Rajdhani's top speed.
The maiden journey of the train started from Saharsa, Bihar to Amritsar, Punjab.
Current services
Below is the list of all Garib Rath Express Trains:
- 06539 Yesvantpur Sainagar Shirdi Garib Rath Express
- 06540 Sainagar Shirdi Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
- 08469 Sachin Bangalore Garib Rath Express
- 08470 Bangalore Puri Garib Rath Express
- 02207 Ahmedabad Jammu Tawi Garib Rath Express
- 02208 Jammu Tawi Ahmedabad Garib Rath Express
- 12113 Pune Nagpur Garib Rath Express
- 12114 Nagpur Pune Garib Rath Express
- 12187 Jabalpur Mumbai Garib Rath Express
- 12188 Mumbai Jabalpur Garib Rath Express
- 12201 Lokmanyatilak Kochuveli Garib Rath Express
- 12202 Kochuveli Lokmanyatilak Garib Rath Express
- 12203 Saharsa Amritsar Garib Rath Express
- 12204 Amritsar Saharsa Garib Rath Express
- 12207 Kathgodam Jammu Tawi Garib Rath Express
- 12208 Jammu Tawi Kathgodam Garib Rath Express
- 12209 Kanpur Kathgodam Garib Rath Express
- 12210 Kathgodam Kanpur Garib Rath Express
- 12211 Bapudm Motihari Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express
- 12212 Anand Vihar Bapudam Motihari Garib Rath Express
- 12215 Delhi Bandra Garib Rath Express
- 12216 Bandra Delhi S Rohilla Garib Rath Express
- 12255 Yesvantpur Puducherry Garib Rath Express
- 12256 Puducherry Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
- 12257 Yesvantpur Kochuveli Garib Rath Express
- 12258 Kochuveli Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
- 12353 Bhagalpur H Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
- 12354 Anand Vihar Bhagalpur Garib Rath Express
- 12359 Kolkata Patna Garib Rath Express
- 12360 Patna Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- 12517 Kolkata - Guwahati Garib Rath Express
- 12518 Guwahati Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- 12535 Lucknow Raipur Garib Rath Express
- 12536 Raipur Lucknow Garib Rath Express
- 12551 Varanasi Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express
- 12552 Anand Vihar Varanasi Garib Rath Express
- 12569 Jaynagar H Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
- 12570 Anand Vihar Jaynagar Garib Rath Express
- 12593 Lucknow Bhopal Garib Rath Express
- 12594 Bhopal Lucknow Garib Rath Express
- 12611 Chennai H Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
- 12612 H Nizamuddin Chennai Garib Rath Express
- 12735 Secunderabad Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
- 12736 Yesvantpur Secunderabad Garib Rath Express
- 12739 Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad Garib Rath Express
- 12740 Secunderabad Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express
- 12831 Dhanbad Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express
- 12832 Bhubaneswar Dhanbad Garib Rath Express
- 12877 Ranchi New Delhi Garib Rath Express
- 12878 New Delhi Ranchi Garib Rath Express
- 12881 Howrah Puri Garib Rath Express
- 12882 Puri Howrah Garib Rath Express
- 12909 Bandra H Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
- 12910 H Nizamuddin Bandra Garib Rath Express
- 12983 Ajmer Chandigarh Garib Rath Express
- 12984 Chandigarh Ajmer Garib Rath Express
See also
- Indian Railways
- Shatabdi Express
- Jan Shatabdi Express
- Rajdhani Express
- Superfast Mail/Express, a category of fast Indian trains
