Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Honble Minister of Railways to Flag Off Visakhapatnam - New Delhi AC AP Express Tomorrow

The Ministry of Railways had announced the introduction of New Delhi – Vijayawada Air Conditioned (AC) AP Express (Daily) in the Railway Budget 2014-15. Further to this, it has now been decided to initially introduce this train as Train Nos. 22415/22416 Visakhapatnam – New Delhi – Visakhapatnam AC AP Express as a Tri-Weekly service via Vijayawada commencing from tomorrow i.e. 12^thAugust 2015.

Accordingly, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Honble Minister of Railways will Flag off the inaugural Train Service i.e. Train No. 22415 Visakhapatnam – New Delhi AC AP Express through Remote Link from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi at 09:00 hrs tomorrow i.e. 12th August, 2015.

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Union Minister for Urban Development; Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation; Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways will grace the occasion at Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.

Shri  K. Hari Babu, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam; Shri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resources Development & Shri Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu, Hon’ble Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural and Water Supply, Andhra Pradesh will grace the inaugural function at Visakhapatnam.

A host of other dignitaries including Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly will be present o­n the occasion at New Delhi and Visakhapatnam.

Schedule of Inaugural Train service (12^thAugust, 2015) :-

VISAKHAPATNAM		09.00 AM	DAY 1
DUVADA	09.30 AM	09.32 AM	DAY 1
ANAKAPALLI	09.50 AM	09.52 AM	DAY 1
SAMALKOT	11.18 AM	11.20 AM	DAY 1
RAJAHMUNDRY	12.05 PM	12.07 PM	DAY 1
TADEPALLIGUDEM	12.55 PM	12.57 PM	DAY 1
ELURU	1.40 PM	1.42 PM	DAY 1
VIJAYAWADA	3.15 PM	3.35 PM	DAY 1
KHAMMAM	4.44 PM	4.45 PM	DAY 1
WARANGAL	6.25 PM	6.27 PM	DAY 1
PEDDAPALLI	7.25 PM	7.26 PM	DAY 1
RAMAGUNDAM	7.38 PM	7.39 PM	DAY 1
SIRPURKAGHAZNAGAR	8.45 PM	8.46 PM	DAY 1
BALHARSHAH	10.35 PM	10.40 PM	DAY 1
CHANDRAPUR	10.59 PM	11.00 PM	DAY 1
NAGPUR	01.50 AM	02.00 AM	DAY 2
ITARSI	06.45 AM	06.50 AM	DAY 2
BHOPAL	08.50 AM	08.55 AM	DAY 2
JHANSI	02.20 PM	02.25 PM	DAY 2
GWALIOR	03.35 PM	03.40 PM	DAY 2
AGRA CANTT	05.35 PM	05.40 PM	DAY 2
NEW DELHI	09.00 PM		DAY 2

The train will comprise of 16 Coaches viz., o­ne First AC, five AC II tier, seven AC III tier, o­ne Pantry Car and two Power Car Coaches.

Schedule of Regular Train services (from 14^thAugust, 2015) :-

Train No.22415 Visakhapatnam – New Delhi Tri-Weekly AC AP Express will depart Visakhapatnam o­n Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 07:45 hrs and arrive New Delhi at 19:00 hrs o­n the next day. 

Enroute, the train will arrive/depart Duvvada at 08:15/08:17 hrs, Anakapalli at 08:35/08:37 hrs, Samalkot at10:03/10:05 hrs, Rajahmundry at 10:50/10:52 hrs, Tadepalligudem at 11:40/11:42 hrs, Eluru at 12:25/12:27 hrs, Vijayawada at 14:00/14:20 hrs, Khammam at 15:29/15:30 hrs, Warangal at 17:10/17:12 hrs, Peddapalli at 18:10/18:11 hrs, Ramagundam at 18:23/18:24 hrs, Sirpurkaghaznagar at 19:30/19:31 hrs, Balharshah at 21:20/21:30, Chandrapur at 21:49/21:52 hrs, Nagpur at 00:40/00:50 hrs o­n the next day, Itarsi at 05:35/05:40 hrs, Bhopal at 07:40/07:45 hrs, Jhansi at 11:50/12:00 hrs, Gwalior at 13:20/13:25 hrs and Agra Cantt at 15:40/15:45 hrs. 

In the return direction, Train No.22416 New Delhi – Visakhapatnam Tri-Weekly AC AP Express will depart New Delhi o­n Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 06:40 hrs and arrive Visakhapatnam at 18:45 hrs o­n the next day. 

Enroute, the train will arrive/depart Agra Cantt at 09:35/09:40 hrs, Gwalior at 12:25/12:30 hrs, Jhansi at 14:10/14:20 hrs, Bhopal at 19:50/19:55 hrs, Itarsi at 20:20/20:25 hrs, Nagpur at 00:30/00:40 hrs o­n the next day, Chandrapur at 03:21/03:24 hrs, Balharshah at 04:55/05:05 hrs, Sirpurkaghaznagar at 05:45/05:46 hrs, Ramagundam at 06:40/06:41 hrs, Peddapalli at 06:53/06:54 hrs, Warangal at 08:00/08:02 hrs, Khammam at 09:45/09:46 hrs, Vijayawada at 12:10/12:30 hrs, Eluru at 13:30/13:32 hrs, Tadepalligudem at 14:12/14:14 hrs, Rajahmundry at 15:00/15:02 hrs, Samalkot at 15:48/15:50 hrs, Anakapalli at 17:48/17:50 hrs and Duvvada at 18:13/18:15 hrs. 

These trains will comprise of 16 Coaches viz., o­ne First AC, five AC II tier, seven AC III tier, o­ne Pantry Car and two Power Car Coaches.