Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
_Express_at_Thadi.jpg) 18520 VSKP bound (Mumbai LTT - Visakhapatnam) Express at Thadi with a WDM-3D Loco of Kalyan Shed | |||||
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Express | ||||
| Status | Operating | ||||
| Locale | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra | ||||
| Current operator(s) | East Coast Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Visakhapatnam Junction | ||||
| Stops | 18 | ||||
| End | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,502 km (933 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 29 hours, 20 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Sleeper, Ac 1,2,3 General | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | No Food/Catering | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Below the seats | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | One | ||||
| Track gauge | Broad (1,676 mm) | ||||
| Operating speed | 59 km/h (Average) | ||||
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The Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express is a daily Superfast Mail/Express train service of the Indian Railways. It was launched on 24 March 2010. Purandareswari. D, Union Minister of State for Human Resources, flagged off the train at Visakhapatnam railway station in the presence of the local MLAs, MPs of Vizag district and East Coast Railway officials. This train is operated by the East Coast Railway of India. The train runs between Visakhapatnam Junction and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus covering 1,502 km (933 mi) in 26 hours and 5 minutes. The train is currently numbered as 22819 / 22820. The train frequency was changed from Bi-weekly to Daily as presented in the Railway Budget 2013-14. But From 10 September 2013 onwards reducing the status of 22819/20 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT from SF to ‘ordinary express’ renumbered as 18519/18520.
Train Details
Stoppages
Train number 22819 stops at Rajahmundry, Tanuku, Bhimavaram, Akividu, Kaikaluru, Gudivada, Vijayawada Junction, [[KAZIPET ]], Secunderabad Junction, Vikarabad, Wadi,[Gulbarga] Solapur and Pune en route to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. Train number 22820 stops at the same stations, but the other way around.
Coach Composition
The train consists of One First Class Ac + Two tier AC combo coach, One Two Tier AC coach, One Three tier AC coach, Eight Sleeper Class coaches, Six Unreserved General coaches and two Unreserved Luggage cum Sleeper Coaches.
Loco Links
The train is regularly hauled by a KYN WDM 3A/ WDM 3D locomotive from LTT to Secunderabad and a LGD WAP 4 from Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam with a loco reversal at Vijayawada.
Sources
- flagged off article on THE HINDU
- India-Rail-Info article on Visakhapatnam-MumbaiLTT SF Express
- article on THE HINDU reducing the status from sf to exp
- 18519 Time Table from indiarailinfo