Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express

Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type Humsafar Express
First service 15 June 2017 (2017-06-15)
Current operator(s) South Eastern Railway zone
Route
Start Howrah Junction (HWH)
Stops 6
End Vijayawada Junction (BZA)
Distance travelled 1,231 km (765 mi)
Average journey time 19 hours 5 minutes
Service frequency Weekly[lower-alpha 1]
On-board services
Class(es) AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements No
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities Yes
Observation facilities Large windows
Entertainment facilities No
Technical
Rolling stock 2
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map

Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express is a completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains of the Indian Railways connecting Howrah in West Bengal and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh . It is currently being operated with 20889/20890 train numbers on weekly basis.

Service

It averages 65 km/hr as 20889/Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covering 1231 km in 19 hrs 5 mins & 63 km/hr as 20890/Vijayawada - Howrah Humsafar Express starts on Sunday covering 1231 km in 19 hrs 25 mins.[1][2][3]

Route and halts

Coaches

The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB Coaches designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

Composition

This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier Coaches, one Pantry Car and two Generator Power Car Coaches.

  • 16 AC III Tier
  • 1 Pantry Car
  • 2 Generator Power Car

This train was hauled by WAP 4 of Loco Shed, Santragachi, Santragachi from Howrah to Visakhapatnam.And sometimes as offlink it is hauled by Vishakapatnam or Howrah WAP4 Then from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada it was hauled by WAP 4 of Loco Shed, Vijayawada,Vijayawada.

Rake sharing

The train has rake sharing with 22887/22888 Howrah - Yesvantpur Humsafar Express.

Direction Reversal

Train Reverses its direction 1 times:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Runs once in a week for every direction.

References

  1. ↑ Regular Run of Tirupati - Jammu Tawi - Tirupati Humsafar Express Commencing with Revised Stoppages
  2. ↑ Introduction of New Trains Vijayawada-Howrah-Vijayawada Humsafar Superfast Express (Weekly); Tirupati-JammuTawi-Tirupati Superfast Express (Weekly) & Kadapa-Pendlimarri-Kadapa DEMU
  3. ↑ N. Chandrababu Naidu and Suresh Prabhu launches Several Rail Infra Works and Flags off three New Trains

References

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