Golconda Express is an intercity express train running between Secunderabad and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. Numbered 7201/7202 this train belongs to South Central Railway of India.This train is a slow running train taking 8 hours to cover 383 km as it stops at each and every stop.
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This train is named after the historic Golconda Fort in Hyderabad. It is one of the important landmark in Hyderabad built by the Nizams of Hyderabad.
In 1973, this service was the fastest steam passenger train in India.[1]
This train runs via Vijayawada, Warangal and Kazipet. This leaves Guntur at 5:45AM to reach Secunderabad at 13:45hrs. Return a second rake of this train leaves Secunderabad at 13:05hrs to reach Guntur at 21:20 hrs.
On the morning of July 2, 2003 part of the Secunderabad-bound Golconda Express fell from a bridge near Warangal, killing at least 21 people.[2] [3] In 1999 the train derailed near Ghanpur (Station) in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.[4]