- Garib Rath
The Garib Rath express train is one of the premier trains introduced by the
Indian Railways in 2005 by Railways MinisterLalu Prasad Yadav to provide fullyair-conditioned travel to those passengers who could not afford the expensive tickets of the fully air-conditionedRajdhani Express andShatabdi Express . Therefore, the Garib Rath, whose name means "Poor Man's Chariot", was introduced with the facilities of being fully air-conditioned and running faster than most other super-fast express trains running presently.The maiden journey of the train started from
Saharsa ,Bihar toAmritsar , Punjab. Critics and observers alike noted that the maiden journey was chosen between two commercially unimportant routes as many localBihari people had migrated to Punjab and Yadav's origination from Bihar led him to chose this route for political purpose. Despite the criticism, theGarib Rath has received positive reviews, with the train capacity reaching near 100% in off-season timings.The emergence of the Garib Rath has led to more connections between commercially important routes, where these trains run faster and make fewer stops, such as the
Bandra -Hazrat Nizammudin Express compared to theAugust Kranti Rajdhani Express .Current services
Currently services are offered from these stations:
# Lokmanya Tilak Terminus inMumbai - Kochuveli inThiruvananthapuram .
#Saharsa -Amritsar viaNew Delhi .
# Hazrat Nizamuddin inNew Delhi -Dehradun .
#Jammu Tawi - Kathogodam inNainital .
# Hazrat Nizamuddin inNew Delhi - Rajendra Nagar inBihar
#Kolkata -Patna
#Kolkata -Guwahati
#Lucknow -Raipur
# Hazrat Nizamuddin inNew Delhi -Chennai
#Secunderabad - Yesvantpur inBanglore
#Ranchi -Bhubaneswar
# Hazrat Nizamuddin inNew Delhi -Bandra inMumbai
#Jaipur -Bandra inMumbai Related Links
* [http://www.indianrail.gov.in INDIAN RAILWAYS PASSENGER RESERVATION ENQUIRY]
* [http://www.trainenquiry.com/indexNS.aspx Online Train running information]
* [http://hindi.indiarailinfo.com/trains/garibrath Garib Rath Express trains] in Hindi
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