The Howrah–Anand Vihar Terminal Yuva Express was a
Yuva Express series train of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
, that connected Kolkata, the capital of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
to
Anand Vihar Terminal
Anand Vihar Terminal (station code: ANVT) is a railway station on the Indian Railways network, located in the Anand Vihar locality of Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of Ind ...
in Delhi, the national capital.
Eastern Railway cancelled its operations permanently from 19 May 2020.
History
The train was inaugurated by former railway minister
Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 2 ...
, to help the youths of both towns to ply in between. This train was considered to be the cheapest of all AC trains between the two cities. It started as a weekly service between and
Howrah
Howrah (; ; alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite to its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively ...
, but the train was shifted to Anand Vihar w.e.f. 13 December 2015.
Background
Sixty percent seats of the train were reserved for students, low-income groups & people belonging to the age group of 18-45yrs. To avail this facility, a traveller must had an age/income proof.
Composition
This train consisted of ten AC Chair Car coaches with five AC 3 Tier coaches and with two End-On-Generation Vans. This train ran with old
ICF coach
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach is a conventional Passenger railroad car, passenger coach used on the majority of Indian Railways (IR) lines. Between 1955 and 2018, more than 54,000 were produced and some were exported to other countries ...
es with a green and yellow livery which is themed on vibrant, contrasting and lively youth of the nation. As of 2020, the use of ICF coaches was risky due to their old condition, as old Rajdhani coaches are of the 90s, they are not capable of running at speed such as 130 KMPH, thus on 19 May 2020 its services were discontinued.
Locomotive
The train was regularly hauled by a
Howrah shed 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) l ...
or
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 ...
locomotive.
See also
*
Bandra Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin Yuva Express
References
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Yuva Express trains
Trains previously run from Howrah railway station
Rail transport in Jharkhand
Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh
Railway services introduced in 2009
Delhi–Kolkata trains