Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
.jpg) 18519 Visakhapatnam - Mumbai LTT Express at Lingampalli | |||||
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Express | ||||
| Status | Operating | ||||
| Locale | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra | ||||
| First service | March 24, 2010 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | East Coast Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Visakhapatnam Junction | ||||
| Stops | 18 | ||||
| End | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,502 km (933 mi) | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 18519/18520 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Sleeper, Ac 1,2,3 General | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | No Food/Catering | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Below the seats | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | One | ||||
| Track gauge | Broad (1,676 mm) | ||||
| Operating speed | 59 km/h (Average) | ||||
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The Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express is a daily Mail/Express train service of the Indian Railways. It was launched on 24 March 2010.
Daggubati Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resources, flagged off the train at Visakhapatnam railway station in the presence of the local MLAs, MPs of Vizag district and East Coast Railway officials.
This train is operated by the East Coast Railway of India. The train runs between Visakhapatnam Junction and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus covering 1,502 km (933 mi) in 26 hours and 5 minutes. The train is currently numbered as 12749/12750
The train frequency was changed from Bi-weekly to Daily as presented in the Railway Budget 2013-14. But From 10 September 2013 onwards reducing the status of 12749/12750 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT from SF to ‘ordinary express’ renumbered as 18519/18520.And the train no 22847/22848 passing through same starting point VSKP and ending point LTT via Nagpur is weekly SF passing through Nagpur,Manmad and Nasik road
Train Details
Stoppages
Train number 18519stops at Rajahmundry, Tanuku, Bhimavaram, Akividu, Kaikaluru, Gudivada, Vijayawada Junction, Kazipet,Moulali, Secunderabad Junction, Vikarabad, Wadi, Gulbarga Solapur and Pune en route to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. Train no 18520 stops at the same stations, but the other way around.
Coach composition
The train consists of One First Class Ac + One Two Tier AC coach+ Two Three tier AC coach, ten Sleeper Class coaches, Six Unreserved General coaches and two Unreserved Luggage cum Sleeper Coaches.
Loco Links
The train is regularly hauled by WDP4D locomotive from LTT to wadi to vijayawada WAP4/WAP7 again at vijayawada WDP4D with a loco reversal at Vijayawada.