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Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger

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Service type
  
Passenger

Start
  
Visakhapatnam (VSKP)

End
  
Kirandul (KRDL)

Current operator(s)
  
East Coast Railway

Stops
  
50

Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger

First service
  
April 30, 1968; 48 years ago (1968-04-30)

The Visakhapatnam-Kirandul Express is a passenger train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Visakhapatnam and Kirandul as a daily service. It is maintained by the East Coast Railway zone.

Contents

Coaches

This train consists of one Sleeper Class, one First Class, two chair cars, five General Unreserved and two guard cum luggage vans. Total composition is 11 coaches.

Service

The Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger covers the distance of 469 kilometres (291 mi) in 13 hours 55 minutes on its journey towards Kirandul and in 14 hours 30 minutes on its journey towards Visakhapatnam. 58501/58502 Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger averaging 33 kilometres per hour (21 mph) on journey towards Kirandul and averaging 32 kilometres per hour (20 mph) on journey towards Visakhapatnam.

Traction

It is hauled by WAG7 Electric Loco from Visakhapatnam to Kirandul.

References

Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger Wikipedia