Garib Rath Trains

By
Thomas
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Garib Rath Express Train

The Garib Rath express train is one of the premier trains introduced by the Indian Railways in 2005 by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. 

Garib Rath introduced to provide fully air-conditioned travel to those passengers who could not afford the expensive tickets of the fully air-conditioned Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express.

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 maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is 130 km/hr which is the same as Rajdhani’s top speed. However, in Garib Rath trains, passengers are not normally provided with blankets and pillow and they have to pay extra to get those.  

  • The maiden journey of the train started from Saharsa, Bihar to Amritsar, Punjab.
  • Critics and observers alike noted that the maiden journey was chosen between two commercially unimportant routes as many local Bihari people had migrated to Punjab and Yadav’s origination from Bihar led him to choose this route for political purposes.
  • Despite the criticism, the Garib Rath has received positive reviews, with the train capacity reaching near 100% in off-season timings
  • Garib Rath trains are also slated to have many amenities such as fridge, microwave oven.
  • They will have continuous running electronic display which will show distance remaining, next station name and expected time to reach there. The coaches will also be decorated with beautiful paintings of Indian heritage artwork.
  • 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 the August Kranti Rajdhani Express.  

Fare of Garib Rath Express Trains

Here is the updated Base fare of Garib Rath Express Trains

Fare of Garib Rath Express Trains
Fare of Garib Rath Express Trains (As per 2022 – 2023 release)
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List of Garibrath Express Trains

There are 26 pairs of Garib Rath services operating on Indian Railways. These are very popular services as they facilitate AC travel at fares which are lower than the normal AC-3 tier fares.

List of Garibrath Express Trains
Train No.DestinationsInauguarted on
12203/04Saharsa Junction–Amritsar Junction5 Oct 2006
12113/14Pune–Nagpur19 Jan 2009
12187/88Jabalpur Junction–Mumbai CSMT20 Feb 2009
12201/02Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kochuveli1 Feb 2008
12207/08Kathgodam–Jammu Tawi8 Apr 2008
12209/10Kanpur Central – Kathgodam16 Sep 2008
12211/12Muzaffarpur Junction–Anand Vihar Terminal11 Feb 2009
12215/16Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bandra Terminus7 Feb 2008
12257/58Yesvantpur Junction–Kochuveli24 Feb 2009
12359/60Kolkata–Patna Junction24 Jan 2008
12517/18Kolkata–Guwahati Junction30 Mar 2008
12535/36Lucknow Charbagh–Raipur Junction23 Feb 2008
12569/70Jaynagar–Anand Vihar Terminal29 Sep 2008
12593/94Lucknow Charbagh–Bhopal Junction19 Nov 2011
12611/12Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin21 Feb 2007
12735/36Secunderabad Junction–Yesvantpur Junction1 Feb 2008
12739/40Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad25 Oct 2008
12831/32Bokaro Steel City–Bhubaneswar8 Mar 2008
12877/78Ranchi Junction–New Delhi28 Jan 2009
12881/82Kolkata Shalimar–Puri6 Jan 2009
12909/10Bandra Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin24 Feb 2007
12983/84Ajmer Junction – Chandigarh14 Feb 2009
22405/06Bhagalpur Junction–Anand Vihar Terminal10 Feb 2011
22407/08Varanasi Junction–Anand Vihar Terminal3 Mar 2009
22409/10Gaya Junction–Anand Vihar Terminal3 July 2011
22883/84Puri–Yesvantpur Junction20 July 2012
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25 COMMENTS

    • Thomas, I booked the ticket in garib rath through irctc e-ticket.
      But I missed to add bed -roll while booking. How I can get bed roll inside the train, and how much chance to get it.

    • Don't worry you will get the bed roll while entering the Train by paying a specified amount. if possible please ask to coach attender ASAP to get more chance to get the same.

    • No you can't book bed roll after the e-ticket booked. Don't worry you can able to buy Bed Roll while entering the train

  5. While reserving berth in Garib Rath I just forgot to add bed roll in e ticket. Can I add bed roll option in reserved berth in Garib Rath.

    • You can book the Garib rath trains ticket same as rule as per other trains too. Currently you can book the Advanced by 60 days and Tatkal Ticket 1 day in advance. For more information about the latest Advanced reservation booking details visit IRCTC Advanced Reservation Latest Details

    • hi Mr. Gandhi .. It is full fare instead of small fare.. Garib Rath is now AMIR RATH… no announcement done and fare has increased to same as luxury fare for similar train.. so one more way to earn from our pockets by RM

  8. Respected Railway Ministry/Administrator,

    We students travels regularly from MUMBAI to east MP( Satna Katni) and ALLAHABAD region. We students Humbly request and urging you to Kindly extend it to Allahabad to avoid railway loss. It will be more profitable if it would run up to Allahabad. GARIBRATH TRAIN(2188/2178)

    Kindly extend it to Allahabad

    Here are some losses calculated which railway bare in 9 to 10 month when train runs almost 40% to 50% empty to and from both way.
    If we shall calculate it like this way.
    Suppose 200 to 300 seats are not reserve then Railway loss.
    200*578 = 115600*2 = 231200 per trip loss.
    231200*9 = 2080800 (twenty lac eighty thousand eight hun.) per month loss.

    Twice in 2009 and 2010 Rail budget had been already announced to do extension but not implemented by railway department up till now.

    Please ! Do it Please As Soon As Possible

    Thanks & Regards

    Student's Groups (ALLAHABAD / SATNA, KATNI, MUMBAI)

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