A special train is being operated by the Railways between Shalimar and Secunderabad via Visakhapatnam to clear the extra rush of passengers for Pongal.
Train No. 00849 Shalimar-Secunderabad special express will leave Shalimar on Sundays i.e., on January 17, 24 and 31 at 12.10 p.m. and reach Visakhapatnam the next day at 2.30 a.m. (early hours of Monday) and leaves at 2.50 a.m. to reach Secunderabad the same day at 3 p.m.
In the return direction, train No. 00850 Secunderabad-Shalimar special express will leave Secunderabad on Mondays i.e., on January 18 and 25 and on February 2 to reach Visakhapatnam the next day (Tuesday) at 10.25 a.m. and leaves at 10.55 a.m. to reach Shalimar at 3 a.m.(early hours of Wednesday).
Halts
These trains will have stoppages at Bhadrak, Jajprur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, and Duvvada over East Coast Railway, according to Senior Divisional Commercial Manager M. Yelvender Yadav.
These trains will have three 2{+n}{+d}AC, one 3{+r}{+d}AC, six sleeper, eight general second class coaches, and two second class sitting-cum-luggage coaches.
