The Andhra Pradesh Express (Train numbers 20805 / 20806) is a daily Superfast Trains run by Indian Railways's South Coast Railway zone. It connects Visakhapatnam, the largest city in Andhra Pradesh, to India's capital, New Delhi. The train was first introduced in 2015 as the Andhra Pradesh AC Express. In 2020, Sleeper coaches were added, and it was renamed the Andhra Pradesh Express. Its name comes from the state of Andhra Pradesh. This is because, before the state of Telangana was formed, a train with the same name ran between Hyderabad (which was in combined Andhra Pradesh) and New Delhi. After the bifurcation, that train became the Telangana Express, and a new Andhra Pradesh Express with modern LHB coaches was started from Visakhapatnam.
It is the fastest and the only daily train between New Delhi and Visakhapatnam taking about 32.10 hours on average.
Also, it the fastest train between Delhi and Nagpur taking 14.25 hours while the Secunderabad Rajdhani Express, Chennai Rajdhani Express and Bangalore Rajdhani Express take 13.30 hours between Delhi and Nagpur.
Operations It is a train with LHB coach. The train runs daily, passing through the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Telangana, before reaching Andhra Pradesh. It has a single 1 AC first class coach, 5 AC 2 tier coaches, 7 AC 3 tier coaches, 6 Sleeper coaches, 1 AC pantry car and 2 guard cum generator cars. It starts from Visakhapatnam and reaches New Delhi by next day. Similarly, it starts from New Delhi and reaches Visakhapatnam on next day. The average speed of the train is . Loco attached from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada WAP-4 of Visakhapatnam/Vijayawada Shed or WAP-7 of Lallaguda/Visakhapatnam shed and Vijayawada shed to New Delhi WAP-4 or WAP-7 of Lallaguda/Ghaziabad shed.
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Schedule
Train runs daily from both the sides from 23.1.2020 in a new schedule and new train number with Sleeper coaches . There will be total 4 LHB rakes are dedicated to this train.
Train number Station code Departure station Departure time Arrival station Arrival time 20805 VSKP Visakhapatnam 10:00pm (daily) New Delhi 5:40am (third day) 20806 NDLS New Delhi 8:00pm (daily) Visakhapatnam 4:10am (third day)
Reversals
Old schedule Train used to run daily as AP AC Express from both the sides till January 22, 2020. There were total 4 rakes which were dedicated to this train.
Train number Station code Departure station Departure time Arrival station Arrival time 22415 VSKP Visakhapatnam 8:35am (daily) New Delhi 7:15pm (next day) 22416 NDLS New Delhi 6:25am (daily) Visakhapatnam 5:50pm (next day)
Route and halts
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed / Lallaguda Loco Shed / Vijayawada Loco Shed based WAP-7 or WAP-4 electric locomotive from end to end.
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