The 22831 / 32 Howrah Junction–Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express (HWH–SSPN) was a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways East Coast Zone that ran between and in India. In August 2024, the route of this train was extended up to Yesvantpur Junction (YPR) in Bengaluru, Karnataka and is currently known as the 22831 / 32 Howrah Junction–Yesvantpur Junction Superfast Express.
This train was originally introduced to facilitate the travel of devotees of spiritual guru and philanthropist Sri Sathya Sai Baba to his ashram, Prasanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India, and to patients seeking free yet advanced medical assistance at the hospitals set up by Sai Baba in Puttaparthi.
It operated as train number 22831 from Howrah Junction to Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam and as train number 22832 in the reverse direction, serving the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
As of June 2025, other than the aspect of route extension, the rest of the configurations as mentioned in this Wikipedia article have been retained in the 22831 / 32 HWH–YPR SF Express.
Coaches The 22831 / 32 Howrah Junction–Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express had one AC 2-tier, four AC 3-tier, nine sleeper class, six general unreserved and two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It did not carry a pantry car., South Western Railway, 17 January 2014
As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition could have been amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
Service The 22831 Howrah Junction–Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express covered a distance of in 30 hours 50 mins (avg. 57 km/h) and in 31 hours 10 mins as the 22832 Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam–Howrah Junction Express (avg. 56 km/h).
As the average speed of the train was above , as per railway rules, its fare included a Superfast surcharge.
Schedule
22832 – left Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam every Friday and reached Howrah Saturday at 2:50 PM IST
22831 – left Howrah every Wednesday at 3:35 PM and reached Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam on Thursday at 10:25 PM IST
Routing The 22831 / 32 Howrah Junction–Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express ran from Howrah Junction via , , , , , , , , to Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam.
Traction As the route was completely electrified, a - or - or - based WAP-4 electric loco hauled the train up to its destination.
Rake composition
1 AC II Tier 4 AC III Tier 9 Sleeper coaches 6 General 2 Second-class Luggage/parcel van 2 GRD Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 GRDGENGENGENGENS1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9B1B2B3B4A1GENGENGRDVPVP
References
External links 22831 Howrah Junction–Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam Express at India Rail Info 22832 Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam–Howrah Junction Express at India Rail Info