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Antyodaya Express are series of trains operated by Indian Railways. The word Antyodaya refers to the uplifting of the weakest section of the society. These series of trains are initially supposed to be overnight fully unreserved trains but later on converted into typical overnight express train with reservation system. Antyodaya Express was proposed in 2016 Railway budget of India to operate on peak routes having more rush. coaches are designed by Indian Railways with state-of-the-art bio-toilets and facility for mobile charging in compartments as well.[1] During the initial period, these trains had only general/unreserved coaches but later on reservation system is gradually introduced with reserved coaches and thus turned into typical overnight train with few unreserved coaches in front and back. The first generation of this series is jan sadharan express. Some of the jan sadharan trains are converted to antyodya express trains.

Antyodaya Express
SRC–MAS Antyodaya Express coaches
Overview
Status	Operating
First service	4 March 2017; 5 years ago (2017-03-04)
Current operator(s)	Indian Railways
Website	http://indianrail.gov.in
Route
Stops	16
On-board services
Class(es)	Unreserved General
Seating arrangements	Yes
Entertainment facilities	Electric outlets
Baggage facilities	Underseat & Overhead racks
Other facilities	Fire Extinguishers Purified water dispensers
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB rakes
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways

Facilities and new features

• Charging ports for charging electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, etc.
• Bio-toilets in compartments
• The exterior of coaches have a futuristic look with the use of vinyl sheets
• Safety measures in compartments such as the introduction of smoke alarms and CCTV cameras
• Aquaguard water vending machines, coat hangers, and Braille Indicators present.[2]

First services

The first service of Antyodaya Express was started on 27 Feb 2017, between Ernakulam Junction and Howrah inaugurated by Suresh Prabhu, the former Minister for Railways.[3][4]

Active Services

Sr. No.	Train No	Route	Service frequency	Inaugural run on
1	22563/22564	Jaynagar–Udhna	Weekly	13/10/2017
2	22551/22552	Darbhanga–Jalandhar City	Weekly	19/05/2018
3	22841/22842	Tambaram- Santragachi	Weekly	04/06/2018
4	22877/22878	Howrah–Ernakulam	Weekly	04/03/2017
5	22885/22886	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)–Tatanagar	Biweekly	18/03/2017
6	22895/22896	Durg–Firozpur Cantonment	Weekly	01/05/2018
7	14719/14720	Bikaner–Bilaspur	Weekly	13/07/2018
8	22921/22922	Bandra Terminus (Mumbai)–Gorakhpur	Weekly	13/08/2017
9	20691/20692	Tambaram (Chennai)–Nagercoil Junction	Daily	09/06/2018 05/03/2019 (Extended till Nagercoil)[5]
10	16355/16356	Kochuveli–Mangaluru Junction	Biweekly	08/06/2018[6][7]
11	15551/15552	Darbhanga–Varanasi City	Weekly	06/03/2019
12	15547/15548	Jaynagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)	Weekly	24/09/2018 (Conversion of Jan Sadharan Express)
13	12597/12598	Gorakhpur–Mumbai CSMT	Weekly	23/04/2019 (Conversion of Jan Sadharan Express)
14	15101/15102	Chhapra–Mumbai CSMT	Weekly	26/04/2019 (Conversion of Jan Sadharan Express)
15	15267/15268	Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)	Weekly	31/08/2019 (Converion of Jan Sadharan Express)
16	15559/15560	Darbhanga–Ahmedabad	Weekly	22/11/2019 (Converion of Jan Sadharan Express)

Defunct Services

The following services were defunct Antyodya Express Train services

Sr. No.	Train No	Route	Service frequency	Inaugural run on
1	16189/16190	Tambaram–Sengottai	Bi-Weekly	05/03/2018

See also

References

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