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. 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.
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 20 AC Three Tier Economy Coaches and 2 EOG Power Cars making a total of 22 coaches.
Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 GD1 G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 G9 G10 G11 G12 G13 G14 G15 G16 G17 G18 G19 G20 GD2
Loco It is regularly hauled by a Lallaguda WAP7 locomotive with a reversal at Vijayawada.
See also List of trains run by Indian Railways Hyderabad–Visakhapatnam 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