The Garib Rath (literally: "Poor people's chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide subsidized price air-conditioned long-distance travel to passengers who could not afford standard fares of air-conditioned class in regular-fare 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...
Presently There are 26 Garib Rath Express train services active in India. ..
Seen here in above picture, 12518 Down GHY (Guwahati)- KOAA (Kolkata) Garib Rath Express entering at BDC (Bandel Junction), with NGC WDM3A 16087 (previously homed at MLDT, WDM2 class, rebuilt by DLMW PATIALA)
The speciality of this locomotive is that the livery is painted in Tricolor livery, the color of NATIONAL FLAG of India... Few sheds repainted their locomotives into this livery, like KYN (Kalyan Diesel Shed)
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