The Visakhapatnam - Araku AC Tourist Passenger is a

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train belonging to

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that runs between

Visakhapatnam Junction 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 ...

and

Araku Araku Valley is a hill station in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, lying 111 km west of Visakhapatnam city. This place is often referred to as ''Ooty of Andhra''. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inha ...

. It is currently being operated with 00501/00502 train numbers on a daily basis.Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flags off train with Vistadome coach along Vizag-Araku
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Features

This train is India's first Vista Dome coach train which goes from scenic view of

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. It has got has an observation lounge, large glass windows with capacity of 40-seat has the double-wide reclining passenger seats that could be rotated 360 degrees.

Service

The 00501/Visakhapatnam - Araku AC Tourist Passenger runs with an average speed of 33 km/h and completes 129 km in 3h 55m. The 00502/Araku - Visakhapatnam AC Tourist Passenger runs with an average speed of 28 km/h and completes 129 km in 4h 35m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are: * *

Coach composite

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 19 coaches: * 2 Vista Dome AC Chair Car

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed based

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electric locomotive from

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and vice versa.

Rake Sharing

The train attached with 58501/58502 Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger.

Notes

References

External links

00501/Visakhapatnam - Araku AC Tourist Passenger

00502/Araku - Visakhapatnam AC Tourist Passenger
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