Introduction of Tirupati-Vasco da gama-Tirupati Express and Hyderabad-Vasco da gama-Hyderabad Express

Introduction of Tirupati-Vasco da gama-Tirupati Express and Hyderabad-Vasco da gama-Hyderabad Express

Railway has decided to introduce Train No. 17419/17420, Tirupati-Vasco da gama-Tirupati Weekly Express and Train No. 17021/17022, Hyderabad-Vasco da gama- HyderabadWeekly Express.

Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways will flag off the Tirupati-Vasco da gama train service o­n 29^th December, 2016 at Tirupati.

The inaugural special between Tirupati-Vasco da gama will be leaving Tirupati at 17:10 hours o­n 29^th December, 2016 asTrain No. 07419, Tirupati-Vasco da gama Express. The special between Hyderabad-Vasco da gama will be leaving Hyderabad at 15:00 hours o­n 29^th December, 2016 as T.No. 07021, Hyderabad-Vasco da gama Express. Both train will be amalgamated at Guntakal and will run as o­ne train as 07419 which arrives at Vasco da gama at 12:15 hours the next day.

The special train from Vasco da gama to Tirupati/Hyderabad express will leave Vasco da gama at 16:00 hours o­n 30^th December,2016 as train No. 07420 and arrives at Guntakal at 04:30 hours next day.From Guntakal, the train will be bifurcated as T.No. 07420, Vasco-da-gama-Tirupati Express and T.No. 07022, Vasco da gama- Hyderabad Express. The T.No. 07420, Vasco-da-gama-Tirupati Express special willdepart Guntakal at 05:40 hours and reaches Tirupati at 10:30 hours. The T.No. 07022, Vasco da gama- Hyderabad Express departs Guntakal at 05:00 hours and reaches Hyderabad at 13:45 hours.

The regular service of Train No. 17419, Tirupati -Vasco da gama Weekly Express and Train No. 17021, Hyderabad-Vasco da gama Weekly Expresswill commence with effect from 05^thJanuary, 2017, Thursday. Both train will be amalgamated at Guntakal and will run as o­ne train.

The regular service of Train No. 17420,Vasco da gama-Tirupati Weekly Express will commence with effect from 06^thJanuary, 2017, Friday. The train will be bifurcated at Guntakal as Train No.17420, which will reach Tirupati and Train No.17022 which will reach Hyderabad.

Train No. 17419, Tirupati-Vasco da gama Express departs Tirupati at 11:30 hours o­n every Thursday with effect from 05^th January, 2017 and arrives Vasco da gama at 06:00 hours the next day.In the return direction Train No.17420, Vasco da gama – Tirupati Express will depart Vasco da gama at 09:00 hours o­n every Friday and reaches Tirupati at 04:00 hours the next day.Enroute, the train has stoppages atRenigunta, Koduru, Razampet, Cuddapah, Yerraguntla, Muddanuru, Tadipatri, Gooty, Guntakal, Ballari, Thoranagallu, Hosapete, Munirabad, Koppal, Gadag, Annigeri, Hubballi, Dharwad Alnavar, Londa, Castle Rock, Kulem, Sanvordem(Curchorem), Madgaon in both directions.

Train No. 17021, Hyderabad- Vasco da gama Express departs Hyderabad at 09:20 hours o­n every Thursday with effect from 05^th January, 2017 and reaches Vasco da gama at 06:00 hours the next day.In the return direction, Train No. 17022, Vasco da gama- Hyderabad Express departs Vasco da gama at 09:00 hours o­n every Friday with effect from 06^thJanuary, 2017 and reaches Hyderabad at 07:40 hours o­n the next day. Enroute, the train has stoppages at Secunderabad, Kacheguda, Shadnagar, Mahabubnagar, Gadwal, Kurnool City, Dhone, Guntakal, Ballari, Thoranagallu, Hosapete, Munirabad, Koppal, Gadag, Annigeri, Hubballi, Dharwad Alnavar, Londa, Castle Rock, Kulem, Sanvordem(Curchorem), Madgaon in both directions.

The train composition of Tirupati- Vasco da gama Weekly Express will have 10 coaches comprising of o­nE AC 2-Tier Coach, o­nE AC 3-Tier Coach, THREE Sleeper Coaches, THREE General Second Class Coaches and TWO Second Class Luggage-cum-Brake Van Coaches.

The train composition of Hyderabad - Vasco da gama Weekly Express will have 10 coaches comprising of o­nE AC 2-Tier Coach, o­nE AC 3-Tier Coach, THREE Sleeper Coaches, THREE General Second Class Coaches and TWO Second Class Luggage-cum-Brake Van Coaches.