The Bhopal – Lucknow Garib Rath Express is

Garib Rath Express The Garib Rath ("Poor's chariot") is a No frills, 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-c ...

run by

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

, connecting

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

's capital

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

and

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

's capital

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

Route and halts

The train will go via Bina -

Jhansi Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative head ...

Rail Route. The important halts of the train are : *

Bhopal Junction Bhopal Junction railway station (station code: BPL) is a major railway junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This station also serves as a connecting point for various ...

Vidisha Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar in ancient times) is a city in central Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located 62.5 km northeast of the state capital, Bhopal. The name "Vidisha" is derived from th ...

* Bina Junction *

Jhansi Junction Jhansi Junction railway station (station code: VGLB), officially known as Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction railway station, is a major railway junction in the city of Jhansi in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the busies ...

Kanpur Central Kanpur Central (formerly known as Cawnpore North Barracks, station code: CNB) is a central and junction railway station in the city of Kanpur and is one of the five central Indian railway stations. It is third busiest in country after Howrah ...

* Lucknow JN

Coach composite

The train consists of 22 Coaches : * 20 AC III Tier * 2 Luggage/Generator Van

Average speed and frequency

The train runs with an average speed of 63 km/h The train runs on a Weekly basis.

Other trains from Bhopal to Lucknow

*12183/12184 Bhopal - Lucknow - Pratapgarh Express (Weekly)

Trivia

* The train goes via. Bina - Jhansi route * The sixth train announced in between Bhopal and Lucknow point to point.

Rake Sharing

The train shares its rake with Lucknow Raipur Garib Rath Express

Traction

As the route is yet to be fully electrified, a LDH based

WDM-3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M ...

locomotive powers the train

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucknow - Bhopal Garib Rath Express Transport in Bhopal Passenger trains originating from Lucknow Garib Rath Express trains Railway services introduced in 2011 Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh