The 12255/12256 Yesvantpur Puducherry Garib Rath Express was a weekly service.

It covers a distance of 456 kilometres in each direction, however it takes 10 hours 5 mins when operating as train number 2255 at an average speed of 60 km/h (excluding halts), while its return journey as train number 12256 takes 10 hrs 20 mins at an average speed of 55 km/h (excluding halts).

Due to poor patronage, the Garib Rath train was cancelled and an ordinary express started.

The train has a rake-sharing agreement with the 16533/16534 Bhagat ki Kothi- Bangalore City Weekly express.

The train is hauled using diesel engines all the way from Yeswanthpur to Puducherry, with one locomotive reversal at Vriddhachalam and another at Viluppuram.