The Railways have proposed the following changes and some new trains to be introduced in the railway timetable coming into force from 1st July 2012.
There will be separate notifications from time to time in respect of dates of introduction of new trains, informed the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of East Coast Railway, Waltair Division, M. Yelvender Yadav.
The following are the details :
(A) New trains to be introduced:
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1. 22801 Visakhapatnam – Sainagar Shirdi weekly super-fast express via Vijayawada will leave Visakhapatnam on Thursday at 09.10 a.m. and will reach Sainagar Shirdi at 12.15 p.m (noon) on Friday.
2. 22802 Sainagar Shirdi – Visakhapatnam weekly super-fast express Via Vijayawada leave Shirdi at 07.10 p.m on Friday and will reach Visakhapatnam at 10.20 p.m. on Saturday.
3. 22847 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (Mumbai) weekly super-fast express via Rayagada, Raipur, will leave Visakhapatnam on Sunday at 08.30 a.m. and will reach LTT(Mumbai) at 01.35 p.m. on Monday.
4. 22848 Lokmanya Tilak (Mumbai) – Visakhapatnam weekly super-fast express via Raipur / Rayagada will leave LTT (Mumbai) on Tuesday at 12.15 a.m. (midnight) and will reach Visakhapatnam at 05.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
5. 22869 Visakhapatnam – Chennai weekly super-fast express will leave Visakhapatnam at 07.20 p.m. on Monday and will reach Chennai on Tuesday at 08.55 a.m.
6. 22870 Chennai – Visakhapatnam weekly super-fast express will leave Chennai at 09.10 p.m. on Tuesday and will reach Visakhapatnam at 10.25 a.m. on Wednesday. 7. 22859 Puri – Chennai weekly super-fast express will leave Puri at 05.30 p.m , with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Monday at 01.30 a.m, departure at 01.50 a.m. and will arrive at Chennai the same day at 02.55 p.m.
8. 22860 Chennai – Puri weekly super-fast express will leave Chennai at 04.15 p.m. on Monday, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday at 06.15 a.m, departure at 06.35 a.m and will reach Puri at 03.05 p.m. the same day.
9. 22871 Bhubaneswar – Tirupati weekly super-fast express will leave Bhubaneswar on Saturday at 12.00 noon with its arrival at Visakhapatnam at 07.00 p.m, departure at 07.20 p.m, and will reach Tirupati on Sunday at 08.00 a.m.
10. 22872 Tirupati – Bhubaneswar weekly super-fast express will leave Tirupati at 12.00 noon on Sunday, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Monday at 02.00 a.m, departure at 02.20 a.m and will reach Bhubaneswar the same day at 10.10 a.m.
11. 12773 Shalimar- Secunderabad weekly A.C. express will leave Shalimar on Wednesday at 04.05 p.m. with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Thursday at 05.40 a.m., departure at 06.15 a.m and will arrive at Secunderabad at 07.30 p.m. the same day.
12. 12774 Secunderabad – Shalimar weekly A.C. express will leave Secunderabad on Tuesday at 05.30 a.m. with its arrival at Visakhapatnam the same day at 05.25 p.m., departure at 05.45 p.m, and will arrive at Shalimar at 09.05 a.m on Wednesday.
13. 22883 Puri – Yeswantapur weekly Garibrath super-fast express will leave Puri on Friday at 02.45 p.m. with its arrival at Visakhapatnam the same day at 10.35 p.m, departure at 10.55 p.m. and will reach Yeswantapur on Saturday at 07.00 p.m.
14. 22884 Yeswantapur – Puri weekly Garibrath super-fast express will leave Yeswantapur on Saturday at 10.40 p.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam at 10.20 p.m, departure at 10.40 p.m on Sunday and will reach Puri on Monday at 05.55 a.m
15. 22825 Shalimar-Chennai weekly super-fast express will leave Shalimar on Tuesday at 12.20 p.m. with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday at 02.30 a.m, departure at 02.50 a.m, and will reach Chennai the same day at 05.00 p.m.
16. 22826 Chennai – Shalimar weekly super-fast express will leave Chennai on Thursday at 04.15 p.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Friday at 06.15 a.m, departure at 06.35 a.m and will arrive at Shalimar the same day at 09.30 p.m.
17. 12376 Asansol – Chennai weekly super-fast express via Rayagada/Vizianagaram, will leave Asansol at 04.00 p.m on Wednesday, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Thursday at 09.45 a.m , departure at 10.05. a.m and will reach Chennai at 10.45 p.m the same day.
18. 12375 Chennai – Asansol weekly super-fast express via Vizianagaram/Rayagada will leave Chennai at 02.35 p.m on Saturday, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Sunday at 04.10 a.m, departure at 04.30 hours and will reach Asansol the same day at 09.15 p.m. 19. 18211 Durg–Jagdalpur Tri-weekly express will leave Durg on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 03.15 p.m with its arrival at Rayagada at 10.30 p.m, departure at 10.50 p.m, and will reach Jagdalpur on Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 06.45 a.m.
20. 18212 Jagdalpur – Durg Tri-weekly express will leave Jagdalpur on Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 12.30 p.m, with its arrival at Rayagada at 08.00 p.m, departure at 08.20 p.m and will reach Durg on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 05.05 a.m. 21. There will be daily link express between Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna – Bhubaneswar via Vizianagaram/Rayagada. Train No.18437 Bhubaneswar – Bhawanipatna Link Express will bifurcate from 18447 Hirakhand express, and will reach Bhawanipatna at 09.00 a.m. Train No.18438 Bhawanipatna – Bhubaneswar Link Express will leave Bhawanipatna at 06.45 p.m, with its arrival at Rayagada at 09.45 p.m and will get amalgamated with 18448 Hirakhand express.
22. There will be one pair of daily fast-passenger train services between Gunupur – Palasa – Gunupur. Train No.58420 Gunupur – Palasa fast-passenger train leaves Gunupur at 08.00 p.m with its arrival at Naupada at 11.00 p.m, departure at 11.05 p.m and will reach at Palasa at 11.45 p.m the same day. Train No.58419 Palasa - Gunupur fast-passenger train leaves Palasa at 03.30 a.m, with its arrival at Naupada at 04.05 a.m, departure at 04.10 a.m and will reach Gunupur at 06.30 a.m.
(B) Change in Frequency of Trains
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1. Frequency of Train No.22603 Kharagpur – Villupuram weekly super-fast express is increased to bi-weekly with change of days. It leaves Kharagpur on Thursday and Friday at 02.10 p.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Friday and Saturday at 02.30 a.m, departure at 02.50 a.m and will reach Villupuram same day 11.00 p. m.
2. Frequency of Train No.22604 Villupuram – Kharagpur weekly super-fast express is increased to bi-weekly with change of days. It leaves Villupuram on Tuesday and Wednesday at 10.40 a.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday and Thursday at 06.15 a.m, departure at 06.35 a.m and will reach Kharagpur at 07.30 p.m.
(C) Change in Nominated Days
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1. There will be change in the nominated day of 22849 Shalimar – Secunderabad weekly super-fast express. 22849 Express will leave Shalimar on Wednesday at 12.20 p.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam on Thursday at 02.30 a.m, departure at 02.50 a.m and will arrive at Secunderabad the same day at 03.00 p.m.
2. There will be change in the nominated day of 22850 Secunderabad – Shalimar weekly super-fast express. 22850 Express will leave Secunderabad on Friday at 05.30 a.m, with its arrival at Visakhapatnam the same day at 05.25 p.m, departure at 05.45 p.m and will reach Shalimar on Saturday at 09.00 a.m.
(D) Extension
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1. Train No.18005 Howrah – Koraput daily express is extended up to Jagdalpur. It arrives Jagdalpur at 11.30 p.m.
2. In the return direction, Train No. 18006 will start at Jagdalpur at 04.15 a.m for Howrah. It arrives at Howrah at 06.25 a.m the next day.
