The East Coast Express is a daily train that runs between

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and

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(near

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). Earlier this train's terminating station was Howrah . This train numbered 18045/46 takes 30 hours to cover the distance of 1592 km due to a lot of stops on the way.

Train composition

This train has 11 Sleeper Coaches, Three 3AC-Tier Coaches, One 2AC-Tier Coach, 4 General and 1 SLR-EOG Coach, 1 EOG Coach & 1 High Capacity Parcel Van making a total of 22 coaches.

Locomotive

The train is hauled by a

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It is about 7 km from ...

-based

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locomotive from

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. It reverses there and gets another

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

of Vijayawada loco shed and hauls it up to

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. It again reverses there a gets a WAP-4 from Visakhapatnam loco shed to haul the train up to

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Route

18045 – East Coast Express – SHALIMAR (KOLKATA )to HYDERABAD DECCAN http://erailways.in/train-route.php?train_number=East+Coast+Express+-+%2818645%29

Gallery

File:Howrah Hatia Express - AC 3 tier.jpg, Howrah–Hatia Express – AC 3 tier File:Howrah Hatia Express - Sleeper Class.jpg,

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– Sleeper class File:LGD shed WAP-4 with East Coast Express.jpg, LGD shed

with East Coast Express File:East coast express.JPG,

-bound East Coast Express during its scheduled halt at

References

External links

* Rail transport in Howrah Transport in Hyderabad, India Named passenger trains of India Rail transport in West Bengal Rail transport in Odisha Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Rail transport in Telangana Railway services introduced in 1975 Express trains in India {{India-express-train-stub