NEW TRAINS TOWARDS TATA & KOLLAM FROM VISAKHAPATNAM

NEW TRAINS TOWARDS TATA & KOLLAM FROM VISAKHAPATNAM

As announced in last Railway Budget for running of weekly Express trains towards Tata & Kollam from Visakhapatnam, Ministry of Railwayshas decided to introduceVisakhapatnam-Tata weekly express via Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar & Kendujhargarh w.e.f. 5^th January 2014 and Visakhapatnam-Kollam weekly Express w.e.f. 30^th January 2014 from Visakhapatnam.

18516 Visakhapatnam-Tata weekly Express via Brahmapur-Bhubaneswar-Kendujhargarh will leave Visakhapatnam at 1745hrs o­n every Sunday and will arrive at Tata at 1045hrs o­n everyMonday. In the return direction, 18515 Tata-Visakhapatnam weekly Express will leave Tata at 1300hrs o­n every Monday and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 0440hrs o­n every Tuesday.

This train has O­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tiers, Nine Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Simhachalam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Palasa, Sompeta, Ichhapuram, Brahmapur, Chhatrapur, Balugaon, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Mancheswar, Cuttackm Jakhapura, Sukinda Road, Harichandanpur, Kendujhargarh, Nayagarh, Bangiriposi, Dongaposi, Chaibasa and Rajkharasuan between Visakhapatnam & Tata.

18567 Visakhapatnam-Kollam weekly Express will leave Visakhapatnam at 0900hrs o­n every Thursday and will arrive at Kollam at 1410hrs o­n every Friday. In the return direction, 18568 Kollam-Visakhapatnam weekly Express will leave Kollam at 2100hrs o­n every Friday and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 0135hrs o­n every Sunday (after midnight of Saturday).

This train has O­ne AC-2 tier, Three AC-3 tiers, Nine Sleeper Class Coaches, Six General Second Class Coaches and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Yellmancheli, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijaywada, Tenali, Baptala, o­ngole, Nelore, Gudur, Reniguntha, Katpadi, Jollarpetai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbator, Palakkad, Thrisur, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Chengannur and Kayanakulam between Visakhapatnam & Kollam.