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The 12381 / 12382 Poorva Express is a Superfast train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and New Delhi in India. It is currently being operated with 12381/12382 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis.[1][2][3]

Poorva Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	1 October 1956; 66 years ago (1956-10-01)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH) New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops	20
Distance travelled	1,449 km (900 mi)
Average journey time	21h 50m
Service frequency	Tri-weekly; 12381 on Sun, Wed, Thu; 12382 on Mon, Tue, Fri[lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	12381 / 12382
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car On-board Catering E-Catering
Observation facilities	Large Windows
Baggage facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) Operating speed 66 km/h (41 mph), including halts

History

Before the introduction of Rajdhani Express in 1969, Indian Railway use to run a series of train called as Deluxe Express. One Deluxe Express use to run between Amristar and Bombay and other between Amritsar and Howrah. Both of these trains were fully Air Conditioned trains and the passengers were provided elegant services. Later on with the introduction of trains like Howrah Rajdhani Express and Udyan Abha Toofan Express, this train slowly lost its grandeur and popularity. Later on, in order to make this train more affordable to passengers further classes were added in this train, hence relegating it from fully air conditioned train to partial one. And later on with further standardization it was relegated to standard blue ICF coach. But though it lost its grandeur, but its popularity never ceased. Due to its high popularity, a separate service was started from New Delhi to Howrah via Patna on 1 August 1971.

Incidentally Poorva Express is the first train among the non-Rajdhani/Duronto class to be upgraded to LHB coach. It was upgraded to LHB coach on 30 April 2013.

Service

The 12381 Poorva Express has an average speed of 66.62 km/hr with halt and covers 1449 km in 21h 45m. The 12382 Poorva Express has an average speed of 62.2 km/hr with halt and covers 1449 km in 23h 20m.

Route & Halts

All 20 halts of the train are:

• Barddhaman Junction
• Durgapur
• Asansol Junction
• Dhanbad Junction
• Parasnath
• Koderma Junction
• Gaya Junction
• Rafiganj
• Anugraha Narayan Road
• Dehri-on-Sone
• Sasaram Junction
• Bhabua Road
• Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
• Varanasi Junction
• Janghai Junction
• Prayagraj Junction
• Kanpur Central
• Etawah Junction
• Tundla Junction
• Aligarh Junction

Coach composite and Traction

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches :

• 1 First AC and AC II Tier Combined as HA1
• 2 AC II Tier
• 5 AC III Tier
• 9 Sleeper Coaches
• 1 Pantry Car
• 2 General Unreserved
• 2 End-on Generator

This train is hauled by Howrah or Ghaziabad based WAP7 in both directions.

Accident

The 12381 Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Express via Gaya, which left from Howrah on 19 April 2019 got derailed at Ruma Railway Station, near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. At least 15 people were injured in this accident. As per PRO Kanpur Division, due to the modern LHB coach, something serious didn't happen. Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) of Indian Railways ordered a panel for enquiry in this accident.[4]

Notes

See also

• New Delhi railway station
• Howrah Junction railway station
• Poorva Express

References

External links

• 12381/Poorva Express (via Gaya)
• 12382/Poorva Express (via Gaya)
• Poorva Express/12381
• Poorva Express/12382

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