Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express is a completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains of the Indian Railways connecting in
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
and in
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. It is currently being operated with 20889/20890 train numbers on a weekly basis.
From 23 February 2019 the train was extended from Vijayawada Junction to Tirupati and from 24 February 2019 in the reverse direction.
Service
It averages 65 km/hr as 20889/Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covering 1617 km in 26 hrs 5 mins & 63 km/hr as 20890/Tirupati–Howrah Humsafar Express starts on Sunday covering 1618 km in 26 hrs 25 mins.
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Schedule
Route & halts
WEST BENGAL
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ODISHA
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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Coaches
The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB coach
Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostly ...
designed by Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...
with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.
Composition
This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches.
* 16 AC III Tier
* 1 Pantry car
* 2 Generator Power Car
Loco link
This train is hauled by a WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...
of shed from Howrah to . And then from Visakhapatnam to Tirupati it is hauled by WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...
of Lallaguda shed.
Rake sharing
The train has rake sharing with 22887/22888 Howrah–Yesvantpur Humsafar Express.
Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 1 times:
* Visakhapatnam railway station
Visakhapatnam Junction railway station (station code: VSKP) is a major railway station located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is on the Howrah–Chennai main line It is operated by East coast Railway till now and it may take some ...
See also
* Humsafar Express
Humsafar Express is a fully premium service with AC-3 Tier and Sleeper class accommodation having all the modern facilities designed and operated by Indian Railways. "Humsafar" is a Urdu word meaning "life partner" or "soulmate" The first servi ...
* Jammu Tawi railway station
Jammu Tawi (station code: JAT) is a railway station in Jammu city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Background
Jammu Tawi is the largest railway station in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a major railhead for other places in the r ...
* Tirupati railway station
Tirupati railway station (station code: TPTY) is a railway station located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves Tirupati and experiences a regular flow of tourists visiting the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in the Tirupati district. I ...
* Howrah–Yesvantpur Humsafar Express
Notes
References
References
20889/Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express
India Rail Info
20890/Vijayawada - Howrah Humsafar Express
India Rail Info
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Humsafar Express trains
Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Odisha
Trains from Howrah Junction railway station
Rail transport in Howrah
Transport in Vijayawada
Railway services introduced in 2017