Poorva Express (via Gaya)
The 12381 / 12382 Poorva Express is a Superfast train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and New Delhi in India. It is currently being operated with 12381/12382 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis. History. Before the introduction of Rajdhani Express in 1969, Indian Railway use to run a series of train called as Deluxe Express. One Deluxe Express use to run between Amristar and Bombay and other between Amritsar and Howrah. Both of these trains were fully Air Conditioned trains and the passengers were provided elegant services. Later on with the  introduction of trains like Howrah Rajdhani Express and Udyan Abha Toofan Express, this train slowly lost its grandeur and popularity. Later on, in order to make this train more affordable to passengers further classes were added in this train, hence relegating it from fully air conditioned train to partial one. And later on with further standardization it was relegated to standard blue ICF coaches. But though it lost its grandeur, but its popularity never ceased. Due to its high popularity, a separate service was started from New Delhi to Howrah via Patna on 1 August 1971. Incidentally Poorva Express is  the first train among the non-Rajdhani/Duronto class to be upgraded to LHB coaches. It was upgraded to LHB coaches on 30 April 2013. Service. The 12381/Poorva Express has an average speed of 66 km/hr and covers 1451 km in 21h 50m. The 12382/Poorva Express has an average speed of 62 km/hr and covers 1451 km in 23h 20m. Route & Halts. The important halts of the train are: Coach composite. The train has standard LHB rakes/ICF Rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches : Accident. The 12381  Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Express via Gaya, which left from Howrah on 19 April 2019 got derailed at Ruma Railway Station, near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. At least 15 people were injured in this accident. As per PRO Kanpur Division, due to the modern LHB coaches, something serious didn't happened. Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) of Indian Railways ordered a panel for enquiry in this accident.