Bhagalpur - Yesvantpur Anga Express at Anakapalle

The 12253 / 12254 Anga Weekly Express is a train connecting

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(BGP), the second largest city of

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, to

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(SMVB) in

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's Dankuni Junction,

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and

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. In February 2017, the train was provided with the new

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History

The Anga Express was introduced because of the growing demand for the train service from the Anga region to Bangalore. Many of the software professionals working in Bangalore were from the districts of

and

. Prior to the Anga Express, they used to travel to Bangalore on the Sanghamithra Superfast Express or the

Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express Howrah - SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways connecting Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal in Karnataka and Howrah Junction in West Bengal . It is currently being operated with 22887/22888 train numbers ...

Timing

* 12253 – Starts from every Saturday at 13:30 HRS IST and reaches Monday at 8:45 AM IST * 12254 – Starts from every Wednesday and reaches on Friday at 9:05 AM IST.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction thrice at: * (VSKP), * (KIUL).

Route & halts

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Traction

It is hauled by a

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locomotive from BGP till VSKP. From VSKP till YPR it is hauled by a

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It is about 7 km from ...

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locomotive and vice versa.

References

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