First service 24 February 2009 Start Yesvantpur Junction | Current operator(s) South Western Railways Stops 16 | |
Service type Superfast, Garib Rath Express End Kochuveli railway station | ||
Garib Rath service was introduced in 2005 by former Indian railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. It is an air conditioned Superfast express train that can run at the same speed as Rajadhani Express or Shadabdi Express. The specialty of the service is the ticket fare is inexpensive compared to the other luxury trains and it is faster than other express trains.
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Kochuveli is a satellite terminal station in Thiruvananthapuram, capital city of Kerala and Yeshvantpur is a satellite terminal located in an industrial-cum-residential area in the north western part of Bangalore City, capital of Karnataka. Train Number 12257 runs between Yesvantpur and Kochuveli on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and Train Number 12258 runs between Kochuveli and Yesvantpur on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It is operated by the South Western Railway Zone.
About Garib Rath Express
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 cannot 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
Engine used
It is hauled by Krishnarajapuram WDM 3A / WDG3A
Coaches
The Kochuveli Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express has 16 AC 3 tier coaches. It does not have AC Chair Car coaches like some Garib Rath trains. The number of coaches is added / removed as per the demand on the train. There is no pantry car but catering is arranged on board the train.
Schedule
12257 Yesvantpur Kochuveli Garib Rath Express leaves Yesvantpur Junction on Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday and reaches the Kochuveli Terminus next day.
On return, the 12258 Kochuveli Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express leaves Kochuveli Terminus on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and reaches Yesvantpur Junction next day.