The 12257 / 12258 Thiruvananthapuram North–Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Garib Rath Express. The service was introduced in 2005 by Indian railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. It is an air conditioned Express train that can run at the same speed as Rajdhani Express or Shatabdi Express. The Express also offers inexpensive ticket fares compared to other premium trains. It is also faster than other express trains.
Thiruvananthapuram North is the satellite terminal station of the Express in Thiruvananthapuram, capital city of Kerala and Yeshvantpur is a satellite terminal located in an industrial-cum-residential area in the north western part of Bangalore City, capital of Karnataka. It is operated by the South Western Railway Zone. It runs on a single line from Baiyappanahalli (Bangalore) to Salem, and on a double line from Salem to Thiruvananthapuram North.
About Garib Rath Express
The Garib Rath (literally: "Poor Man's Chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide cheaper air-conditioned travels to passengers who cannot afford normal fares of air conditioned class in normal trains. As the fares are less than two-thirds of the fares for air conditioned classes in other trains, the distance between each seat or berth is less, the seats and berths are narrower and each coach has more seats and berths than in air-conditioned coaches in other trains. Only seating and three-tier (83 seats) accommodation is provided in Garib Rath. The passengers are not provided free bedding or food. The maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is around 130 kmph, nearly the same as Rajdhani's top speed.
Engine used
before electrified route stretch, this train used to run with WDP-4D and WDM-3A during ICF rake still active.Since the route is completely electrified, it is hauled by a Krishnarajapuram(KJM) shed WAP-7.
Coaches
The Thiruvananthapuram North–Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express runs using an LHB rake (earlier was ICF rake) and has 16 AC 3 tier economy coaches. It does not have AC Chair Car coaches like some Garib Rath trains. The number of coaches on the train is increased / decreased as per demand. There is no pantry car but catering is arranged on board the train. Since ICF Garib Rath rake was cancelled run now they upgraded with LHB coaches
Coach position Coach position for 12257 Yesvantpur - Thiruvananthapuram North Garib Rath Express Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 EOGG16G15G14G13G12G11G10G9G8G7G6G5G4G3G2G1EOG Coach position for 12258 Thiruvananthapuram North - Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 EOGG1G2G3G4G5G6G7G8G9G10G11B12G13G14G15G16EOG
Schedule +Train Number - (12258) YESVANTPUR GR ( Thiruvananthapuram North to YESVANTPUR ) runs on Monday, Wednesday & FridaySNoStation CodeStation NameArrival TimeDeparture TimeHalt Time(In minutes)DistanceDay1KCVLThiruvananthapuram North17:00--012QLNKOLLAM JN17:5017:5505:005913KYJKAYAMKULAM JN18:4018:4202:0010014MVLKMAVELIKARA18:5218:5301:0010715CNGRCHENGANNUR19:0419:0501:0012016TRVLTHIRUVALLA19:1519:1601:0012717CGYCHANGANASERI19:2619:2701:0013718KTYMKOTTAYAM19:5720:0003:0015519ERNERNAKULAM TOWN21:2021:2505:00217110AWYALUVA21:4821:5002:00234111TCRTHRISSUR22:4022:4303:00288112PGTPALAKKAD JN00:1000:1505:00365213CBECOIMBATORE JN01:3701:4003:00420214EDERODE JN03:1003:1505:00520215SASALEM JN04:1204:1503:00583216DPJDHARMAPURI05:5806:0002:00649217HSRAHOSUR07:2807:3002:00741218BANDBANASWADI08:2808:3002:00793219YPRYESVANTPUR JN09:45----8082 +Train Number - (12257) Thiruvananthapuram North GR (YESVANTPUR JN to Thiruvananthapuram North ) runs on Tuesday, Thursday & SundaySNoStation CodeStation NameArrival TimeDeparture TimeHalt Time(In minutes)DistanceDay1YPRYESVANTPUR JN--20:45 --012BANDBANASWADI21:3221:3302:001513HSRAHOSUR22:1522:1602:006714DPJDHARMAPURI23:3323:3502:0015915SASALEM JN01:1801:2002:0022526EDERODE JN02:1702:2003:0028827CBECOIMBATORE JN03:5704:0003:0038828PGTPALAKKAD JN05:0505:1005:0044329TCRTHRISSUR06:3506:3703:00520210AWYALUVA07:4807:5002:00574211ERNERNAKULAM TOWN08:2708:3003:00591212KTYMKOTTAYAM09:4009:4202:00647213CGYCHANGANASERI10:0210:0301:00665214TRVLTHIRUVALLA10:1210:1301:00673215CNGRCHENGANNUR10:2410:2501:00688216MVLKMAVELIKARA10:3510:3601:00701217KYJKAYAMKULAM JN10:5010:5202:00708218QLNKOLLAM JN11:2011:2505:00749219KCVLThiruvananthapuram North13:20----8082
See also
Mysuru–Kochuveli Express Kochuveli-SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express Yesvantpur–Kochuveli AC Express
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