"The Indian Railways, today, takes yet another step forward in meeting the long pending demands of the people by providing connectivity from Delhi to the State of Andhra Pradesh and the newly formed State of Telengana by introducing a new train service viz. 22415/22416 New Delhi - Visakhapatnam AC AP Express via Vijaywada announced in the Railway Budget 2014-15," the Railways Ministry said in a statement today.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the train via remote control in the presence of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Bandaru Dattatreya, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Science Y S Chowdary and other Members of Parliament from the state.
The remote control set up was done by establishing video-conferencing between Rail Bhawan (New Delhi) and Visakhapatnam (Vizag) Station.
Several Members from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were present on the occasion at Rail Bhawan end. Some Members of Parliament and MLAs were among those present at the Vizag Station end.
On this occasion, it was also announced that 12723/12724 New Delhi-Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Express will be renamed as 12723/12724 New Delhi-Hyderabad Telangana Express with effect from November 15, 2015, the inistry said.
The 22416 New Delhi - Visakhapatnam AP AC Express will depart New Delhi at 6.40 a.m. and will reach Visakhapatnam next day at 6.45 p.m. The 22415 Visakhapatnam - New Delhi AP AC Express will start Visakhapatnam at 7.45 a.m. and will reach New Delhi at 7 p.m.
This train will consist of 16 coaches which include one AC 1 coach, five AC 2 coaches, Seven AC 3 coaches, power cars, pantry car.
Commercial stoppages of this train enroute are Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt. Bhopal, Balharshah, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Pandhurna, Khammam, Warangal, Peddapali Jn., Ramagundam, Sirpur Kagaznagar, Duvvada, Anakapalle, Samalkot Jn., Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudam, Eluru, Vijaywada.
