Garib Rath

The Garib Rath express train is one of the premierrunning electronic display which will exihibit the distance
trains which was introduced by the Indian Railways inwhich is left, the name of the next station and
2005 by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav to offeranticipated time to reach there. The compartments will
completely air-conditioned journey to those travelersalso be adorned with attractive paintings of Indian
who could not pay for the costly tickets of the fullyheritage.
air-conditioned posh and classy trains like RajdhaniThe coming up of the Train has led to more relations
Express and Shatabdi Express. Consequently, thebetween commercially significant routes, where these
Garib Rath, whose name denotes the train for thetrains run at a faster speed and make fewer
poor people, was launched with the services of beingstopages, such as the Bandra-Hazrat Nizammudin
wholly air-conditioned and moving at a faster paceExpress in comparison to the August Kranti Rajdhani
than normally other super-fast express trains movingExpress.
currently. The highest speed of trains is 130 km perPresently running Garib Rath services are:
hour which is the approximately the same asCurrently services are offered from these stations:
Rajdhani's highest speed. On the other hand, in trains,Jabalpur - Mumbai Central Garib Rath Special
travelers are not generally provided with blankets andExpress-Goes every week
pillow for sleeping and they have to shell out someJabalpur - Mumbai Garibrath Express which commutes
additional amount to get those.every two weeks
The primary voyage of the train commenced fromBhopal - Lucknow Garib Rath -Again a weekly train
Saharsa, Bihar to Amritsar, Punjab. Enemies andSaharsa - Amritsar via New Delhi & Lucknow
evaluators alike observed that the first journey wasWhich is a triweekly train
selected between two commercially insignificant routesKanpur - Kathogodam near Nainital
as numerous local Bihari people had transfered toHazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi - Bandra, Mumbai Tri Weekly
Punjab and Yadav's origination from Bihar made him toOld Delhi - Varanasi via Lucknow Tri Weekly
select this course for political benefits. Regardless ofJaipur - Chandigarh (Tri Weekly)
the criticism, has got positive accolades, with the trainPuri-Howrah and numerous others.
capacity reaching close to 100% in off-season timings.Seeing the success and popularity of these trains
Trains are also lined up to have many facilities such asGovernment is planning to start many more trains on
fridge, microwave oven... They will also have non stopdifferent routes.