Lucknow Raipur Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath series belonging to

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- North Eastern Railway zone that runs between Lucknow NE and Raipur Junction in

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. It operates as train number 12535 from Lucknow NE to Raipur Junction and as train number 12536 in the reverse direction serving the states of

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Coaches

The train has 10 AC 3 tier & 2 End on Generator Coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.

Service

The service of the train covers a distance of in 16 hours at an average speed of on both ways.

Routeing

The train traverses through , , , , , and

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Traction

This train is hauled by a Gorakhpur based WAP 4 or a Gonda 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 ...

locomotive from Raipur to Lucknow and vice-versa.

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