The South Central Railway (SCR) will run 32 weekly summer special trains between Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam and Visakhapatnam-Dharmavaram in order to clear extra rush of passengers.
Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada Weekly special trains (16 services): Train no 07271 Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam weekly special train will depart Vijayawada at 23:00 hrs. on April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12,19 and 26 and arrive Visakhapatnam at 07:00 hrs. on the next day, an SCR release said here today.
On the return journey, train no. 07272 Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 12.15 hrs. on April 10, 17, 24 May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and arrive Vijayawada at 19.20 hrs. the same day.
En route, these special trains will stop at Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu, Rajahmundry, Samalkot, Annavaram, Tuni, Anakapalli and Duvvada stations in both directions.
Visakhapatnam-Dharmavaram-Visakhapatnam special trains (16 services): Train No 07273 Visakhapatnam-Dharmavaram Special Train will depart Visakhapatnam at 16:45 hrs. on April 8, 15, 22, 28 And May 6, 13, 20 and arrive Dharmavaram at 12:40 hrs. on the next day.
In the return direction, train no. 07274 Dharmavaram-Visakhapatnam special train will depart Dharmavaram at 14.30 hrs. on April 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 14,21, and 28 and arrive Visakhapatnam at 10.25 hrs. on the next day.
En route, these special trains will stop at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narsaraopet, Vinukonda, Donakonda, Markapur Road, Cumbum, Giddaluru, Nandyal, Betamcherla, Dhone, Gooty and Anantapur stations in both directions.
These special trains will consist of 16 coaches viz. one AC II Tier, one AC III Tier, seven sleeper class, five general second class and two second class luggage-cum-brake van coaches.