Bokaro Steel City–Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express

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Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad special fare Express
Overview
Service type	Daily express
Locale	Jharkhand, Orissa
First service	24 July 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-24)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railway
Route
Termini	Bhubaneswar (BBS) Dhanbad (DHN)
Stops	10
Distance travelled	776 km (482 mi)
Average journey time	15h
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	02832/02831
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 Tier
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock	01
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph) (average with halts)
Rake maintenance	Bhubaneswar

The Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad special fare Express was once a Garib Rath train belonging to the East Coast Railway zone that runs between and Bhubaneswar and Dhanbad in India. It is currently being operated with 02832/02831 train numbers on daily basis as a normal train. In 2017, after the closure of Dhanbad–Chandrapura line, the train was short terminated/originated from Bokaro Steel City railway station. After opening of Dhanbad–Chandrapura line in 2019, it was again extended upto Dhanbad.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the train was cancelled and not yet restored. Instead a tri-weekly special train was introduced with train number 02832/02831 in August 2022 which is running on the route with same time table. Later on the train was made to run daily.

Service

The 12832 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 776 km in 15 h. The 12831 Dhanbad - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 49 Km/h and covers 779 km in 16 h.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composite

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 12 coaches.

Traction

One train comprising 12 wagons is hauled by a Visakhapatnam electric loco shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive end to end.

Notes

Runs daily for every direction.

References

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v t e Garib Rath Express
Operational	Pune–Nagpur Jabalpur–Mumbai CST Mumbai LTT–Kochuveli Saharsa–Amritsar Kathgodam–Jammu Tawi Kanpur Central–Kathgodam Muzaffarpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bandra (T) Yesvantpur–Kochuveli Kolkata–Patna Kolkata–Guwahati Lucknow–Raipur Jaynagar–Anand Vihar Terminal Bhopal– Lucknow Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Secunderabad–Yesvantpur Vishakhapatnam–Secunderabad Bokaro Steel City–Bhubaneswar Ranchi–New Delhi Howrah–Puri Bandra (T)–Hazrat Nizamuddin Ajmer–Chandigarh Bhagalpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Varanasi–Anand Vihar Terminal Gaya–Anand Vihar Terminal Puri–Yesvantpur
Defunct	Yesvantpur–Puducherry Gudur–Secunderabad

Garib Rath Express

Operational

Defunct

Yesvantpur–Puducherry
Gudur–Secunderabad

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