The 12381 / 12382 Poorva Express is a Superfast train belonging to

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that runs between

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and

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. It is currently being operated with 12381/12382 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis.

History

Before the introduction of Rajdhani Express in 1969, Indian Railway use to run a series of train called as Deluxe Express. One Deluxe Express use to run between Amristar and Bombay and other between Amritsar and Howrah. Both of these trains were fully Air Conditioned trains and the passengers were provided elegant services. Later on with the introduction of trains like

Howrah Rajdhani Express ''Howrah Rajdhani Express'' (also known as ''Kolkata Rajdhani Express'') is a Rajdhani-class train of Indian Railways connects the capital of West Bengal, Cultural Capital of India,Captial before the British Kolkata to the National Capital of I ...

and

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, this train slowly lost its grandeur and popularity. Later on, in order to make this train more affordable to passengers further classes were added in this train, hence relegating it from fully air conditioned train to partial one. And later on with further standardization it was relegated to standard blue

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. But though it lost its grandeur, but its popularity never ceased. Due to its high popularity, a separate service was started from New Delhi to Howrah via Patna on 1 August 1971. Incidentally Poorva Express is the first train among the non-Rajdhani/Duronto class to be upgraded to

LHB coach Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostly ...

. It was upgraded to LHB coach on 30 April 2013.

Service

The 12381 Poorva Express has an average speed of 66.62 km/hr with halt and covers 1449 km in 21h 45m. The 12382 Poorva Express has an average speed of 62.2 km/hr with halt and covers 1449 km in 23h 20m.

Route & Halts

All 20 halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Coach composite and Traction

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches : * 1 First AC and AC II Tier Combined as HA1 * 2 AC II Tier * 5 AC III Tier * 9 Sleeper Coaches * 1 Pantry Car * 2 General Unreserved * 2 End-on Generator This train is hauled by Howrah or Ghaziabad based WAP7 in both directions.

Accident

The 12381 Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Express via Gaya, which left from Howrah on 19 April 2019 got derailed at Ruma Railway Station, near

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. At least 15 people were injured in this accident. As per PRO Kanpur Division, due to the modern LHB coach, something serious didn't happen. Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) of

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ordered a panel for enquiry in this accident.

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References

External links

12381/Poorva Express (via Gaya)

12382/Poorva Express (via Gaya)

Poorva Express/12381

Poorva Express/12382
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poorva Express Rail transport in Howrah Rail transport in Jharkhand Rail transport in Bihar Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh Delhi–Kolkata trains Railway services introduced in 1951 Express trains in India Named passenger trains of India