Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express

18520 VSKP bound (Mumbai LTT - Visakhapatnam) Express at Thadi with a WDM-3D Loco of Kalyan Shed

Overview

Service type

Express

Status

Operating

Locale

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra

Current operator(s)

East Coast Railways

Route

Start

Visakhapatnam Junction

Stops

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)

Route map

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

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