Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Garib Rath Express

Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Garib Rath Express

VSKP-SC Garibrath
Overview
Service type	Garib Rath Express
Locale	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
First service	26 October 2008; 15 years ago (26 October 2008)
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway
Route
Termini	Visakhapatnam Junction Secunderabad Junction
Stops	10
Distance travelled	701 km (436 mi)
Average journey time	11 hours 15 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12739 / 12740
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 Tier Economy
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Observation facilities	Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) (Top Speed) 64 km/h (40 mph) (average with halts)
Route map

The Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Garib Rath Express is a daily running superfast garib rath train of the Indian Railways connecting Secunderabad Railway Station to Visakhapatnam. This is the first and only Garib Rath to run daily.^[1] The train numbers are 12739 and 12740. It belongs to the South Central Railways. Train number 12740 runs from Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam and train number 12739 runs from Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad.

Train Details

Route

The train stops at Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Samalkot, Tuni, Anakapalle  and Duvvada.^[2]

Coaches

The rake initially had 3AC and AC Chair Car coaches; due to inconvenience in the AC Chair Car, it has been removed. Now the train runs with all 3AC coaches. When it was a non daily train, the rake was shared by Secunderabad Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express. But now it has a dedicated rake.
This train holds record for being the lengthiest Garib Rath Train in India. It has 18 AC Three Tier Coaches and 2 EOG Power Cars making a total of 20 coaches.

Loco

It is regularly hauled by a single Lallaguda based Indian locomotive class WAP4/WAP7 locomotive with a reversal at Vijayawada.

See also

• List of trains run by Indian Railways
• Godavari Express - A daily ICF train connecting Hyderabad Deccan to Visakhapatnam.
• Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Duronto Express - A series of point-to-point, non-stop AC/Non-AC trains run in India.
• Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express - Weekly AC train
• Visakha Express - A daily ICF train connecting Secunderabad to Bhubaneshwar.

References

External links

• Indiarailinfo

This page was last edited on 29 February 2024, at 02:03