Purandareswari flags off Vizag-Mumbai Express

The bi-weekly Express from Visakhapatnam to  Mumbai became operational on Wednesday.

Purandareswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resources, flagged off the train at Visakhapatnam  railway station in the presence of the local  MLAs, MPs of Vizag district  and East  Coast  Railway officials.

The train (No. 2749) will leave Visakhapatnam on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 09.00 hrs and reach  Lokmanya Tilak Terminus(Kurla) Mumbai at 11.05  a.m  the next day.

In the return direction, the train (No.2750) will leave  Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla)Mumbai  on Thursdays and Sundays at 12.25 hrs and  reach  Visakhapatnam at 14.45 hrs the following day.

En-route the train  will halt at  Rajahmundry, Tanuku, Bhimavaram, Akividu, Gudivada, Vijayawada, Kazipet,Secunderabad,Vikarabad, Wadi, Solapur and Pune in both the directions. These trains will have eighteen coaches comprising  one AC 2 Tier, eight Sleeper Class, six General Second Class and Two Second Class Luggage cum Brake Van Coaches.