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Posted: Aug 13 2018 (13:08)
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Last Response: Sep 15 2018 (23:04)
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Aug 13 2018 (13:08) 17405/Krishna Express (PT) | BZA/Vijayawada Junction (10 PFs)
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TheMadrasMail~ 6349 blog postsExtracts from the SCR timetable of 1978 (Provided my Mr.Sriramachandra Murthy garu of IRFCA)
Some interesting points for people familiar with these routes.
Pic 1 - Vijayawada -Waltair (VSKP station was called Waltair junction in 1978. The station was renamed to Visakhapatnam in 1984).
- Simhadri express was introduced in 1978 and was running between Waltair-Rajahmundry. Later, this train was...
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Some interesting points for people familiar with these routes.
Pic 1 - Vijayawada -Waltair (VSKP station was called Waltair junction in 1978. The station was renamed to Visakhapatnam in 1984).
- Simhadri express was introduced in 1978 and was running between Waltair-Rajahmundry. Later, this train was...
more...
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Good point about the speed up, but if you observe the schedule, you can see that there is no slack time between AKP-WAT. It covered the final leg between AKP-WAT in 40 minutes. And BZA-AKP took 5 hours 35 minutes. Now, it only takes 4 hours 45 minutes between BZA-AKP, but almost 1 hour 45 minute slack has been given between AKP-WAT at the zonal changeover point, which is slowing down the schedule.
Overall it has been speed up by 50 minutes since then in the SCR portion. Given the amount of traffic on the route now ( Back in 1978, there were hardly 10 trains running between BZA-WAT and far lesser freight traffic), and the fact that...
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Overall it has been speed up by 50 minutes since then in the SCR portion. Given the amount of traffic on the route now ( Back in 1978, there were hardly 10 trains running between BZA-WAT and far lesser freight traffic), and the fact that...
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1 Public Posts - Sat Sep 15, 2018