The Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express is a superfast train of

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which connects

Bhagalpur Bhagalpur is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern banks of the river Ganges. It is the 2nd largest city of Bihar by population and also the headquarters of Bhagalpur district and Bhagalpur division. Known as the Si ...

, an important town of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

and

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

, the capital of India. Before inauguration, this train ran between Rajendra Nagar Terminal and

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

. The train is hauled from Bhagalpur Junction to Anand Vihar Terminal by a

WAP 5 The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is the name of a class of "High Speed" electric locomotives produced and used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of t ...

locomotive of

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Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 locomotive at Anand Vihar Terminal with the Anand Vihar-Bhagalpur Garib Rath Special train

Traction

As the route is fully electrified since June 2019 train is hauled by an

based

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-5 The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is the name of a class of "High Speed" electric locomotives produced and used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of th ...

electric locomotive throughout the journey, and vice versa.

Route & Halts

It commences its journey from the

Bhagalpur Junction railway station Bhagalpur Junction railway station (station code: BGP), is an A-1 category railway station serving the city of Bhagalpur in the Bhagalpur district of Indian state of Bihar. It comes under jurisdiction of Malda Railway Division of Eastern Railw ...

and travels through the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to reach

Anand Vihar Terminal Anand Vihar Terminal (station code: ANVT) is a railway station in the Anand Vihar locality of Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This station was offi ...

near

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Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 20 coaches: * 18 AC III Tier * 2 Sleeper cum EOG

Traction

Route & Halts

Coach composition

See also