End Bhubaneshwar | Current operator(s) South Central Railway Stops 38 | |
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Locale Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha | ||
The Visakha Express is a daily express train of the Indian Railways connecting Secunderabad (SC) to Bhubaneshwar (BBS), popularized by the 2008 Tollywood movie of the same name. The train numbers are 17015 and 17016. It belongs to the South Central Railways. Train number 17016 leaves Secunderabad at 1700 hrs and arrives at Bhubaneshwar the next day at 1525 hrs. Train number 17015 leaves Bhubaneshwar at 0835 hrs and arrives at Secunderabad the next day at 0730 hrs.
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This train was initially run between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam as Visakha Express. Later ECoR proposed railway ministry to extend it to Bhubaneswar. There was a lot of criticism for this extension but they managed to do it.
Route
This train caters well to provide a connection between Secunderabad and coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. It has numerous stops in Andhra Pradesh. It covers a distance of 1134 km either way. It is a time consuming affair by this train from Secunderabad to Bhubaneshwar owing to numerous stops in Andhra Pradesh. Major stations in the trains passage include Guntur Junction, Vijayawada Junction, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam Junction and Vizianagaram Junction.
Composition
The rake consists of 1 AC2 tier coach, 4 AC3 tier coach, 14 sleeper coaches, 2 General sitting and 2 SLRs.
Loco Links
The train is regularly hauled by a Moula Ali based [[Indian locomotive class WDM 3Atwins from Secunderabad Junction to Visakhapatnam and Visakhapatnam based WAP 4 0r 7 from Visakhapatnam to Bhubaneshwar with a reversal at Visakhapatnam Junction. The links are the same either way.