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The Bokaro Steel City - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express is a Garib Rath train belonging to the East Coast Railway zone that runs between Bokaro Steel City and Bhubaneswar in India. It is currently being operated with 12831/12832 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis.^{[clarification needed]}[1][2][3]

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Bokaro Steel City - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express

Overview
Service type	Garib Rath Express
Locale	Jharkhand, Orissa
First service	24 July 2017; 5 years ago (2017-07-24)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railway
Route
Termini	Bhubaneswar (BBS) Bokaro Steel City (BKSC)
Stops	10
Distance travelled	726 km (451 mi)
Average journey time	10h 30m
Service frequency	Tri-weekly [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	12831/12832
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 Tier Economy
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock	02
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph) (average with halts)

Service

The 12831/Bokaro - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 51 km/hr and covers 726 km in 14h 20m. The 12832/Bhubaneswar - Bokaro Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 55 km/hr and covers 726 km in 12h 55m.

Route and halts

The important^{[according to whom?]} halts of the train are:

• Bokaro Steel City
• Muri Junction
• Ranchi Junction
• Hatia
• Rourkela Junction
• Jharsuguda Junction
• Sambalpur City
• Angul
• Talcher Road
• Dhenkanal
• Cuttack Junction
• Bhubaneswar

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.^{[clarification needed]}

Notes

References

See also

• Dhanbad Junction railway station
• Ranchi Railway Station
• Bhubaneswar railway station

External links

• 12831/Bokaro - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express
• 12832/Bhubaneswar - Bokaro Garib Rath Express

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