Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Garib Rath Express

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 Lallaguda 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

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South Central Railway

Administration

• Ministry of Railways
• Rail Nilayam

History

• Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
• Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways
• Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

Divisions

• Hyderabad
• Nanded
• Secunderabad

Sections / Branch lines

• Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section
• Secunderabad–Dhone section
• Nallapadu–Nandyal section

Railway stations

• Karnataka
• Maharashtra
• Telangana

Subsidiaries

• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
• Rail Land Development Authority
• Central Organisation for Railway Electrification

Institutes

• Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

Transits

• Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System

See also

• Rail transport in India