The following four pairs of weekly long-distance express trains are being re-routed via Visakhapatnam by the Ministry of Railways with effect from July 1.
They are: train No. 18048 Vasco-da-Gama - Howrah express (four days a week), 18047 Howrah – Vasco-da-gama (four days a week), 12254 Bhagalpur – Yesvantapur weekly super fast express, 12253 Yesvantapur – Bhagalpur weekly super fast, 12867 Howrah – Pondicherry super fast weekly express, 12868 Pondicherry – Howrah super fast weekly express, 22855 Santragachchi – Tirupati weekly super fast express, 22856 Tirupati – Santragachichi weekly super fast express, according to a statement issued by M. Yelvender Yadav, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division of East Coast Railway.
