Andhra Pradesh Express


The 20805 / 20806 Andhra Pradesh Express is a daily Superfast Express train that connects the national capital of India,, to the Executive Capital and largest city of Andhra Pradesh,. The express is administered under Indian Railways's South Coast Railway Zone with the service numbers 20805 and 20806. The train service was first commissioned by then Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 12 August 2015 as Andhra Pradesh AC Express. Later Non-AC Sleeper Coaches were attached to this train which renamed this train as Andhra Pradesh Express.This train is named on the State Andhra Pradesh, as previously when Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states were combined, this train was from Hyderabad Deccan to New Delhi. When the Telangana state was bifurcated from Andhra Pradesh State, that train was named as Telangana Express and a new rake of LHB Coaches of Andhra Pradesh Express was started from Visakhapatnam.

Operations

It is a train with LHB Coaches. The train runs daily, passing through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana, before reaching Andhra Pradesh. It has a single 1 AC first class coach, 5 AC 2 tier coaches, 7 AC 3 tier coaches, 5 Sleeper coaches, 1 AC pantry car and 2 guard cum generator cars. It starts from Visakhapatnam and reaches New Delhi by next day. Similarly, it starts from New Delhi and reaches Visakhapatnam on next day. The average speed of the train is. Loco Attached from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada WAP 4 of Visakhapatnam/Vijayawada shed or WAP 7 of Lallaguda/Visakhapatnam shed and Vijayawada to New Delhi WAP 4 or WAP 7 of Lallaguda/Ghaziabad shed.
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Train runs daily from both the sides from 23.1.2020 in a new schedule and new train number with Sleeper coaches. There will be Total 4 LHB Rakes are dedicated to this train.
Train NumberStation CodeDeparture StationDeparture TimeArrival StationArrival time
20805VSKPVisakhapatnam10:00 PM New Delhi6:30 AM
20806NDLSNew Delhi8:15 PM Visakhapatnam5:05AM

Reversals

BZA - Vijayawada Junction

Old Schedule

Train was run daily from both the sides till January 22, 2020 as AP AC express. There were Total 4 Rakes which were dedicated to this train.
Train NumberStation CodeDeparture StationDeparture TimeArrival StationArrival time
22415VSKPVisakhapatnam8:35 AM New Delhi7:15 PM
22416NDLSNew Delhi6:25 AM Visakhapatnam5:50 PM

Route

Between New Delhi and Visakhapatnam, the train stops at Agra Cantonment, Gwalior Jn, Jhansi Jn, Bhopal Jn, Nagpur Junction, Chandrapur, Balharshah Junction, Sirpur Kaghaznagar, Ramagundam, Peddapalli Jn, Warangal,,, Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Rajahmundry, Samalkot Jn, Anakapalle and.

Traction

Both trains are hauls by a Visakhapatnam' or Lallaguda' based WAP 7 locomotive end to end.