Garib Rath

The Garib Rath express train is one of the premier trains introduced by the Indian Railways in 2005 by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav to provide fully air-conditioned travel to passengers who could not afford the expensive tickets of Rajdhani and Shatabdi express trains. The Garib Rath, whose name means "Poor Man's Chariot", was introduced with features of full air-conditioning and speed faster than most other super-fast express trains. The maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is 130 kmph which is the same as Rajdhani's top speed. However, in Garib Rath trains, passengers are not normally provided with blankets and pillows; and they have to pay extra to get them.

Garib Rath Express

The maiden journey of the train started from Saharsa, Bihar to Amritsar, Punjab. Critics and observers alike noted that the maiden journey was chosen between two commercially unimportant routes as many local Bihari people had migrated to Punjab and Yadav's origination from Bihar led him to choose this route for political purposes. Despite the criticism, the Garib Rath has received positive reviews, with the train capacity reaching near 100% in off-season timings.

Garib Rath Express

Garib Rath trains are also slated to have many amenities such as fridge, microwave oven, TV, cooler, fan, toaster. They have continuous running electronic display which will show distance remaining, next station name and expected time to reach there. The coaches also decorated with beautiful paintings of Indian heritage artwork.

The emergence of the Garib Rath has led to more connections between commercially important routes, where these trains run faster and make fewer stops, such as the Bandra-Hazrat Nizammudin Garib Rath compared to the August Kranti Rajdhani Express.

Future Services

Services likely to start shortly

1. Bhopal - Lucknow Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
2. Bhopal -Mumbai CST Garib Rath Express (Bi-Weekly)
3. Kochuveli Vikram Sarabhai Terminal- Secunderabad
4. Ajmer-Bhagalpur via Delhi Garib Rath Express (Bi-Weekly)
5. Yeswanthpur- Puri GR
6. Kochuveli VST/ Nagercoil Jn- Chennai Egmore GR weekly
7. Jammu Tawi-Darbhanga Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
8. Sitamarhi-Delhi Garib Rath Express via Patna (Weekly)
9. Kochuveli Vikran Sarabhai Terminal- Allepy-Yeshwanthpur

Current services

Train Number	Train Name	Source	Departure	Destination	Arrival
12113	Nagpur Garib Rath	Pune	17:40	Nagpur	09:25
12114	Pune Garib Rath	Nagpur	18:35	Pune	09:45
12187	MUMBAI GARIBRATH	JABALPUR	19:30	MUMBAI CST	12:15
12188	JBP GARIB RATH	MUMBAI CST	13:30	JABALPUR	06:00
12201	Kochuveli Garib Rath	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	16:55	Kochuveli	20:30
12202	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath	Kochuveli	08:50	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus	11:45
12203	GARIB RATH EXP	SAHARSA JN	15:00	AMRITSAR JN	20:45
12204	SHC GARIB RATH	AMRITSAR JN	04:40	SAHARSA JN	10:10
12207	JAMMU GARIB RATH	KATHGODAM	18:30	JAMMU TAWI	09:40
12208	KGM GARIB RATH	JAMMU TAWI	23:45	KATHGODAM	14:35
12209	KGM GARIB RATH	KANPUR CENTRAL	06:15	KATHGODAM	15:05
12210	CNB GARIB RATH	KATHGODAM	18:30	KANPUR CENTRAL	04:30
12211	ANVT GARIB RATH	MUZAFFARPUR JN	15:15	ANAND VIHAR TRM	12:25
12212	MKI GARIB RATH	ANAND VIHAR TRM	21:10	MUZAFFARPUR JN	17:55
12215	DEE BDTS G RATH	DELHI S ROHILLA	09:20	BANDRA TERMINUS	08:10
12216	DEE GARIBRATH	BANDRA TERMINUS	12:55	DELHI S ROHILLA	12:20
12247	BDTS NZM YUVA E	BANDRA TERMINUS	16:55	H NIZAMUDDIN	09:45
12248	NZM BDTS YUVA	H NIZAMUDDIN	15:40	BANDRA TERMINUS	09:20
12249	HWH NDLS YUVA E	HOWRAH JN	17:10	NEW DELHI	10:50
12250	NDLS HWH YUVA	NEW DELHI	16:10	HOWRAH JN	10:40
12255	PUDUCHERRY EXP	YESVANTPUR JN	23:15	PUDUCHERRY	09:40
12256	YESVANTPUR EXP	PUDUCHERRY	22:05	YESVANTPUR JN	08:25
12257	Kochuveli Garib Rath	Yesvantpur	21:00	Kochuveli	12:40
12258	Yesvantpur Garib Rath	Kochuveli	16:35	Yesvantpur	09:05
12359	PNBE GARIB RATH	KOLKATA	20:00	PATNA JN	05:30
12360	KOL GARIB RATH	PATNA JN	20:10	KOLKATA	05:15
12517	GHY GARIB RATH	KOLKATA	21:40	GUWAHATI	15:40
12518	KOL GARIB RATH	GUWAHATI	21:00	KOLKATA	15:00
12535	LJN R GARIBRATH	LUCKNOW NE	14:40	RAIPUR JN	07:15
12536	LJN GARIBRATH	RAIPUR JN	12:20	LUCKNOW NE	05:05
12569	JYG ANVT G RATH	JAYNAGAR	12:10	ANAND VIHAR TRM	08:25
12570	JYG GARIB RATH	ANAND VIHAR TRM	17:00	JAYNAGAR	13:30
12593	LJN BPL G R	LUCKNOW NE	22:45	BHOPAL JN	09:35
12594	LJN GARIB RATH	BHOPAL JN	22:45	LUCKNOW NE	09:45
12611	NZM GARIB RATH	CHENNAI CENTRAL	06:10	H NIZAMUDDIN	10:20
12612	MAS GARIB RATH	H NIZAMUDDIN	16:00	CHENNAI CENTRAL	20:15
12735	YPR GARIB RATH	SECUNDERABAD JN	19:15	YESVANTPUR JN	07:10
12736	SC GARIB RATH	YESVANTPUR JN	20:50	SECUNDERABAD JN	08:35
12739	VSKP GARIB RATH	VISHAKAPATNAM	20:30	SECUNDERABAD JN	08:10
12740	VSKP GARIB RATH	SECUNDERABAD JN	20:15	VISHAKAPATNAM	07:30
12831	BBS GARIB RATH	DHANBAD JN	16:00	BHUBANESWAR	08:15
12832	DHN GARIB RATH	BHUBANESWAR	20:10	DHANBAD JN	10:45
12877	RNC GARIB RATH	RANCHI	17:10	NEW DELHI	10:50
12878	NDLS RNC G RATH	NEW DELHI	16:10	RANCHI	10:40
12881	HWH PURI G RATH	HOWRAH JN	20:55	PURI	05:55
12882	PURI HWH G RATH	PURI	22:15	HOWRAH JN	07:05
12909	NZM GARIB RATH	BANDRA TERMINUS	16:55	H NIZAMUDDIN	09:45
12910	BDTS GARIB RATH	H NIZAMUDDIN	15:40	BANDRA TERMINUS	08:10
12983	AII CDG G RATH	AJMER JN	17:55	CHANDIGARH	06:40
12984	CDG AII G RATH	CHANDIGARH	21:05	AJMER JN	09:55
22405	BGP GARIB RATH	BHAGALPUR	13:30	ANAND VIHAR TRM	08:25
22406	RJPB GARIB RATH	ANAND VIHAR TRM	17:00	BHAGALPUR	11:30
22407	BSB ANVT G RATH	VARANASI JN	19:30	ANAND VIHAR TRM	10:00
22408	BSB GARIB RATH	ANAND VIHAR TRM	18:10	VARANASI JN	08:05
22409	ANVT GARIB RATH	SASARAM	21:15	ANAND VIHAR TRM	11:50
22410	SSM GARIB RATH	ANAND VIHAR TRM	19:15	SASARAM	08:15