Tungabhadra Express

Tungabhadra Express
తుంగభద్ర ఎక్స్‌ప్రెస్
	Kurnool city - Secunderabad Tungabhadra Express with a Guntakal-based WDM3A locomotive
Overview
Service type	Express train
Locale	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway
Route
Start	Kurnool City
Stops	14
End	Secunderabad
Distance travelled	243 km (151 mi)
Average journey time	4 hours 55 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	1 AC Chair Car,8 Second Class Sitting,7 General,2 SLR
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Yes
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	49 km/h (30 mph) average with halts
Route map

The Tungabhadra Express is an express train in India which runs between Kurnool City in Andhra Pradesh and Secunderabad Jn in Telangana. This train is named after the River Tungabhadra. The Secunderabad Division of the South Central Railway division of the Indian Railways administers this train.

In Thamizh, Thunga means sleep, and therefore this slowest train is synonymous to the sleepiness introduced into the passengers due to the lethargy introduced by the slow journey inside this train, ironically hauled by a WDP 4D from Gotti Shed.

Numbering

Train Number 17023 runs from Secunderabad Jn to Kurnool City while 17024 runs from Kurnool City to Secunderabad Jn.

Rake sharing

This train has rake sharing with 12705/12706(Secunderabad Jn - Guntur) Intercity Express

Route

The train starts from Secunderabad Jn at 07:30 hours and reaches Kurnool City at 12:30 hours the same day. In the return direction it leaves Kurnool City at 15:00 hours and reaches Secunderabad Jn at 19:55 hours the same day. The train runs via Kacheguda, Malakpet, Falaknuma, Shadnagar, Jadcherla, Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy, Gadwal.

Loco

The Train is generally hauled by WDG - 3A twins of Moula Ali(MLY) loco shed

Classes

The 16 coach composition contains– 1 A/C Chair car, 8 Second sitting, 7 Unreserved and 2 SLR.

References

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