Garib Rath trains to connect various state capitals

In the Railway Budget 2007-08, it has been proposed to introduce 8 pairs of Garib Rath trains connecting various state capitals, which are as follow:

1. Secunderabad - Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express (Tri-weekly)

2. Jaipur-Bandra (T) Garib Rath Express via Ahmedabad (Tri-weekly)

3. Kolkota-Patna Garib Rath Express (Tri-weekly)

4. Bhubaneshwar-Ranchi Garib Rath Express (Tri-weekly)

5. Tiruvanthapuram_Lokmanya Tilak (T) Garib Rath Express (Bi-weekly)

6. Kolkata-Guwahati Garib Rath Express (Bi-weekly)

7. New Delhi-Dehradun Garib Rath Express (Tri-weekly)

8. Raipur-Lucjnow jn. Garib Rath Express (Bi-weekly)

The following Garib Rath traibns have already been introduced:

1. 2203/2204 Saharsa-Amritsar (Bi-weekly)

2. 2353/2354 Nizamuddin-Rajendranagar (Tri-weekly)

3. 2611/2612 Nizamuddin-Chennai (Weekly)

4. 2909/2910 Nizamuddin-Bandra Terminus (Tri-weekly)

The train service was introduced with fare lower than the existing air-conditioned fares so that poorer section of the traveling public can avail of air-conditioned facilities.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways Shri R.Velu in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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