The Visakhapatnam - Araku AC Tourist Passenger is a

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train belonging to

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that runs between Visakhapatnam Junction and

Araku Araku Valley is a hill station in the Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh, India, located 111 km from Visakhapatnam. Geography Araku is located in the Eastern Ghats about from Visakhapatnam, close to the Odisha state border. The ...

. 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

Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...

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
Transport in Visakhapatnam Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Slow and fast passenger trains in India Railway services introduced in 2017 {{India-passenger-train-stub