Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express

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The Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express is a superfast train of Indian Railways, that connects Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal to New Delhi, the national capital.

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History

The train was inaugurated by former railway minister Mamata Banerjee, to help the youths of both towns to ply in between. This train is considered to be the cheapest of all AC trains between the two cities. It started as a weekly service between New Delhi and Howrah, but the train was shifted to Anand Vihar w.e.f. 13-12-2015.

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Background

Sixty percent seats of the train are reserved for students, low-income groups & people belonging to the age group of 18-45yrs. To avail this facility, a traveller must have an age/income proof.

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Composition

This train comprises about 10 AC Chair Car coaches with 6 AC 3 Tier coaches and 2 AC Two Tier coaches with 2 End-On-Generation Vans.

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Locomotive

The train is regularly hauled by a Ghaziabad-based WAP 7 or a Howrah shed WAP 4 or Howrah based WAP 7 locomotive. Sometimes as an offlink it also gets Ghaziabad based WAP 5. This train runs with old ICF Coaches with a green and yellow livery. It's good

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See also

• Bandra Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin Yuva Express

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia