The 12555 / 12556 Gorakhdham Express is a daily Superfast Express class train service of Indian Railways, which runs between the cities of Gorakhpur and Bathinda via Basti station, state capital of Uttar Pradesh; Lucknow, city of and national capital . It is considered one of the important trains of North Eastern Railway and Indian Railways as well. Recently the train is running with the new LHB rakes. Overview This train is named after Guru Gorakhnath. Gorakhdham means Place of Guru Gorakhnath. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified train of Indian Railways. Cleanliness and safety of passengers is the first motive of this train. This train is claimed to have cleanest and hygienic accommodation and toilets among the trains plying on the same route. Regular security inspection of train is performed on-board by police personnel. Sniffer dogs inspect the train before the commencement of journey from . On-board housekeeping service regularly & on-demand cleans the toilets and coaches with feedback authorization from passengers. Train got LHB coach from 14 March 2019. History Earlier this train used to run combined with Vaishali Express between & New Delhi. Independent operation of this train was demanded and Indian Railways foresaw the possibility of this. North Eastern Railway was assigned with the responsibility of presenting report on the practicality of this train. Project report was presented before the Railway Board and it was allowed. Hence in the year of 1998, Gorakhdham Express commenced its first independent operation from Gorakhpur Junction to New Delhi as an express train having bi-weekly frequency. Soon after its first journey, this train was extended up to , it was declared Superfast Express and its frequency was made daily service. Few months later this train was again extended to and this train operated between Gorakhpur Junction & Bhiwani Junction via New Delhi. Again after few years of service this train was extended till and recently extended upto then this train operates between Gorakhpur Junction & Bhatinda Junction from 14th July 2022. This is the first Superfast Express train of Bhatinda Junction. Facilities This train has facility of E-catering for providing food from Domino's Pizza etc. & on-board catering, for providing snacks, foods, tea/coffee, beverages. On-demand housekeeping service is provided, which maintains the cleanness of coaches, as well as of toilets. Route & halts Schedule Accommodation This train consists of 22 coaches – 8 Sleeper coaches, 5 Air-Conditioned coaches, 2 Chair-Car coaches