The Bokaro Steel City - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express is a

Garib Rath The Garib Rath ("Poor's chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide subsidized price air-conditioned long-distance travel to passengers who could not afford standard fares of air-conditione ...

train belonging to the

East Coast Railway zone The East Coast Railway (abbreviated ECoR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. The headquarters of the zone are at Bhubaneswar, Odisha History Consequent upon the parliament's approval, Ea ...

that runs between Bokaro Steel City and

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

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. It is currently being operated with 12831/12832 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis. Earlier it started its journey from

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 33rd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with P ...

Junction but due to some track safety reasons in between of dhanbad and bokaro the route was reduced and the current route is now serving .3 DHANBAD-CHANDRAPURA TRAINS VIA TT LINE RESTORED
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Service

The 12831/Bokaro - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 51 km/hr and covers 726 km in 14h 20m. The 12832/Bhubaneswar - Bokaro Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 55 km/hr and covers 726 km in 12h 55m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * * *

Coach composite

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 12 coaches.

Traction

One train comprising 12 wagons is hauled by a Visakhapatnam electric loco shed based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

electric locomotive end to end.

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External links

12831/Bokaro - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express

12832/Bhubaneswar - Bokaro Garib Rath Express
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bokaro Steel City - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express Transport in Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express trains Rail transport in Odisha Rail transport in Jharkhand Railway services introduced in 2008