SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM AND SECUNDERABAD Railway has decided to run Garib Rath special Express trains 02740/02739 between Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad from April 1, 2021. The train No. 02740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam superfast special train will leave Secunderabad at 20.30hrs daily with effect from 01.04.2021 which will reach Visakhapatnam on the next day at 07.40hrs. In return direction, the train No. 02739 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Superfast special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 20.40hrs daily with effect from 02.04.2021 which will reach Secunderabad on the next day at 08.10hrs. These trains will have stoppages at Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada Jn , Eluru, Rajahmundy, Samalkot Jn, Tuni, Anakapalle and Duvvada between Visakhapatnam- Secunderabad stations.

SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM-JAGDALPUR EXTENDED East Coast Railway decided to extend the special train services between Visakhapatnam-Jagdalpur to provide comfort journey to the travelling public as detailed below. The train No. 08516 Visakhapatnam-Jagdalpur special express will leave Visakhapatnam daily at 06.45hrs from with effect from 01.03.2021 which will reach Jagdalpur on the same day at 16.25hrs. In return direction the train No. 08515 Jagdalpur-Visakhapatnam special expresses will leave Jagdalpur daily at 09.55hrs with effect from 02.03.2021 which will reach Visakhapatnam on the same at 20.20hrs. Passengers are requested to strictly follow all the health protocol while undertaking journey in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic. Passengers are also requested to convey their accurate mobile number while purchasing a railway ticket to receive SMS alert in time if there is any update about train services viz. Train cancellation, change of timings etc.

SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN DIBRUGARH AND KANYAKUMARI VIA VISAKHAPATNAM A special train will be operated by the railways between Dibrugarh and Kanyakumari, via Visakahapatnam junction, with effect from February 27. Train no. 05906 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Special Express will leave Dibrugarh on Saturdays at 7.25 p.m. with effect from February 27 and will arrive in Visakhapatnam on the third day of its journey at 3.35 p.m. and depart at 3.55 p.m. to reach Kanyakumari at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays. Train no. 05905 Kanyakumari- Dibrugarh Special Express will leave Kanyakumari on Thursday at 5.30 p.m., with effect from March 4, to arrive in Visakhapatnam on the next day at 11.50 p.m. and depart at 00.10hrs (midnight) to reach Dibrugarh on Sundays at 8.50 p.m. These trains will have LHB Coaches of 2nd AC-1, 3rd AC-4, Sleeper-11, Second Class-3, Pantry Car-1 and Generator Motor Cars-2. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division A.K. Tripathi appealed to the passengers to follow the COVID-19 health protocol during their journey and utilise the special train services.