Bokaro Steel City–Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express

The Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad special fare Express was once a Garib Rath train belonging to the East Coast Railway zone that runs between and Bhubaneswar and Dhanbad in India. It is currently being operated with 02832/02831 train numbers on daily basis as a normal train. In 2017, after the closure of Dhanbad–Chandrapura line, the train was short terminated/originated from Bokaro Steel City railway station. After opening of Dhanbad–Chandrapura line in 2019, it was again extended upto Dhanbad.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the train was cancelled and not yet restored. Instead a tri-weekly special train was introduced with train number 02832/02831 in August 2022 which is running on the route with same time table. Later on the train was made to run daily.

Service
The 12832 Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 776 km in 15 h. The 12831 Dhanbad - Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express has an average speed of 49 Km/h and covers 779 km in 16 h.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Dhanbad Junction railway station
 * Bokaro Steel City
 * Muri Junction
 * Ranchi Junction
 * Hatia
 * Rourkela Junction
 * Jharsuguda Junction
 * Sambalpur City
 * Angul
 * Talcher Road
 * Dhenkanal
 * Cuttack Junction
 * Bhubaneswar

Coach composite
The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 12 coaches.

Traction
One train comprising 12 wagons is hauled by a Visakhapatnam electric loco shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive end to end.