The Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express is a completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains of the Indian Railways connecting in
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
and in
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
. 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/h as 20889/Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covering 1617 km in 26 hrs 5 mins and 63 km/h 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 and produced by rail coach manufacturing units at Kapurthala, Chennai and Raebareli. They have been used since 2000 on ...
designed by Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
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 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...
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 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...
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 (station code: VSKP) is a railway station located in Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It has eight platforms, with 508 trains passing by every day. It is on the Howrah–Chennai main line and is being ...
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 an Urdu word meaning "co-passenger" The first service was inaugu ...
* Jammu Tawi railway station
Jammu Tawi railway station (station code: JAT) is a railway station in the city of Jammu 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 ...
* 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 railway station
Transport in Vijayawada
Railway services introduced in 2017