The 18311 / 18312 Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express is an express train belonging to South Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18311/18312 train numbers on twice in a week basis.NEW TRAIN TIME TABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM 1ST OCTOBER’2016: CHANGES IN THE TIMINGS OF 44 TRAINS"New train time table from Oct 1"AUGMENTATION OF EXPRESS TRAINS
Service
The 18311 Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express has an average speed of 48 km/h and covers 1405 km in 29h 05m. 18312 Banaras–Visakhapatnam Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 1405 km in 28h 30m.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:
Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakeswith max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 21 coaches:
1 AC First Class 2 AC II Tier 5 AC III Tier 1 AC III Tier Economy 6 Sleeper coaches 4 General 1 EOG 1 SLR
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Visakhapatnam to Banaras, and vice versa.
Rake sharing
No RSA single rake Primary Maintenance at Visakhapatnam.
See also
Banaras railway station Sambalpur Junction railway station Bhubaneswar–Anand Vihar Weekly Superfast Express Howrah–Sambalpur Superfast Express Ranchi–Varanasi Express
Notes
External links
18311/Sambalpur - Varanasi Express 18312/Varanasi - Sambalpur Express
References