Antyodaya Express are a series of Economic Unreserved Superfast Express trains operated by Indian Railways. The trains were proposed to be overnight unreserved trains in the 2016 Railway budget of India. Antyodaya refers to the Rise of dusk in Sanskrit ( Anthi - Dusk, udhaya - Rise) which symbolises its Overnight Services. The coaches are designed by Indian Railways with features such as bio-toilets and dedicated power sockets. And the color of this coach was closest to the color of ICF Rajdhani Coaches in 1999-2019
History The first service was inaugurated on 27 February 2017, between Ernakulam Junction and Howrah with a paintless and a stainless steel LHB coach and powered by Golden Rock-based WDP-3A on first run.
Facilities The trains include dedicated charging ports, bio-toilets, vinyl sheets on the exteriors for aesthetics, safety measures such as smoke alarm and CCTV, water vending machines, coat hangers, and Braille indicators.
Services the Antyodaya Express earlier was run with WDM-3A during first run and nowadays was WAP-5 , WAP-4 and WAP-7 Active from 2016 to present time only 13 train services active below 1 22877/22878Howrah–Ernakulam Weekly4 March 20172 22921/22922Bandra–GorakhpurWeekly13 August 20173 22563/22564Jaynagar–UdhnaWeekly13 October 20174 22551/22552Darbhanga–Jalandhar CityWeekly19 May 20185 22841/22842Santragachi–Tambaram (Chennai)Weekly4 June 20186 20691/20692Tambaram (Chennai)–NagercoilDaily9 June 20187 16355/16356Thiruvananthapuram North–Mangaluru (Via Alappuzha)Bi weekly8 June 20188 15551/15552Darbhanga–Varanasi CityWeekly6 March 20199 12597/12598Gorakhpur–Mumbai CSMTWeekly23 April 201910 22583/22584Chhapra–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)Weekly26 April 201911 15267/15268 Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)Weekly31 August 201912 15559/15560Darbhanga–AhmedabadWeekly22 November 20191316313/16314Thiruvananthapuram North–Mangaluru (via Kottayam)Weekly16 March 2026
Defunct only 5 Antyodaya Express below is discontinued service 1 16189/16190 Tambaram–SengottaiBi-Weekly5 March 20182 22895/22896Durg–Firozpur CantonmentWeekly1 May 20183 14719/14720Bikaner–BilaspurWeekly13 July 20184 22885/22886Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)–TatanagarBiweekly18 March 20175 15547/15548Jaynagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)Weekly24 September 2018
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