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Overview of Visakhapatnam Railway Station – VSKP

Visakhapatnam is one of the major railway stations in the south central zone of Indian railways, situated in Andhra Pradesh .The Visakhapatnam railway station lies on main Chennai Howrah route.

Even though the station at present does not look like a terminal, it is considered to be a terminus; generally the stoppage of a pass through train is more than 10 mins, since most of the trains have to change the direction of journey passage which involves a change of engine position. There are more than 23 trains which originate or terminate on this station. Some of the major trains that pass through this station is the Godavri Express , Ratnachal Express, Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath.To reduce the congestion at Visakhapatnam another station is being developed near Vizag Steel plant named Duvvada. Mostly the trains are halted at Duvvada or Vizianagram for the platforms to be cleared. Approximately around 5000 passengers travel on Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam route.

Visakhapatnam railway station is one of the most well kept hygienic railway station, surrounded by natural scenic hills. A trivia is that this station was earlier known as Walt air railway station, since Visakhapatnam used to fall under the erstwhile Walt air Railway Zone or the east coast railway zone. This railways zone is currently headquartered at Visakhapatnam.

One would experience noise of aircraft take offs on as the Vizag defence academy is situated near the Vizag port.

Facilities at Visakhapatnam Railway Station –

Station has got a cloak room, and basic refreshment facilities. Since 2011 some facilities such as Retiring Rooms and dormitory facility has also been added for bonafide railway passengers. These are available at a fees which is payable along with relevant documents which are required to be produced at the time of booking. One can ask at the enquiry counter for more details.

Famous Food available on Visakhapatnam Railway Station –

One must order from TravelKhana.com, whenever passing through this station, they offer authentic pure north Indian, Jain, Marwari, Rajasthani and Orriya meals. Some of the restaurant which serves such food is Shree Shyam Restaurant, Hotel Jaipur and Jai Jagganath restaurant. For those who have a flavour for non – vegetarian and Chinese they could opt for the non veg restaurant served by Jollee bee restaurant. The food comes in disposable packing and comes with a handy meal kit consisting of a sturdy spoon, toothpick, napkin and a mouth freshener.

The average meal for two people is 350 rs. The order can be placed either by dialling the toll free number 8800313131 or through the website www.travelkhana.com or through the app by downloading the TravelKhana app. Good discounts are also offered on order for group bookings.

Visakhapatnam Railway Station Nearby Restaurants –
One can find a range of restaurants right from 5 star Taj gateway hotels, Dasapalla group of hotels to fast foods restaurants such as Jolle bee and north Indian restaurants such as Shree Shyam Restaurant, Hotel Jaipur at Daba Gardens and Jai Jagganath restaurant at Jagadamba Junction. Some of the good delicacies available in vegetarian is the special Jaipuri thali which consists of Daal, Baati, Churma, Aloo Paratha, Roti, Missi Roti, Dal Fry, Ghate ki Subzi, Salad, Curry & Special kadhi. In non vegetarian one must try Chicken Dum Biriyani or Chicken double joint biriyani.

Trains Passing through Visakhapatnam Railway Station (VSKP) –

Train No. Train Name Arr. Time Dep. Time
851 YPR PREMIUM SPL 05:10 05:30
852 BNC-BBS BI WEEK PREM SPL 18:00 18:20
2507 MAS KYQ EXP 05:20 05:40
2508 KYQ MAS SPL 01:30 01:50
2704 Secunderabad ? Santragachi Premium SF Special 19:15 19:35
2807 SRC-CEN JANASADHARAN SPL 08:10 08:30
2845 BBS YPR SF SPL 15:30 15:50
2846 YPR-BBS SF WEEKLY SPL 12:30 12:50
2851 SRC ERS SPL 04:40 05:00
2852 SANTRAGACHI EXP 11:15 11:35
2853 Santragachi-Ernakulam Weekly Premium Special 06:10 06:30
2854 Ernakulam – Santragachi Premium Special 08:25 08:45
2866 YPR SRC SFEXP 05:15 05:35
2873 VSKP TPTY SF WEEKLY SPL origin 16:45
2881 PUNE BBS WEEKLY SPL 10:25 10:45
2882 BBS PUNE WEEKLY SPL 04:40 05:00
6335 GHY-KCVL SPL 13:20 13:40
6336 KCVL-GHY SPL 20:35 20:55
7149 SC GHY SPL 20:00 20:20
7150 GHY SC SPECIAL 19:40 20:00
7249 SC GHY SPL 20:00 20:20
7250 GHY SC SPECIAL 19:40 20:00
8301 SBP YPR SPECIAL 19:00 19:20
8302 YPR SBP EXP 20:35 20:55
8501 VSKP GIMB SPL origin 17:35
8502 SC VSKP SPL 06:30 destination
8569 VSKP QLN SPECIA origin 09:00
8570 QLN VSKP EXP 01:35 destination
8573 VSKP BGKT SPL origin 05:35
8574 BGKT VSKP SPL 08:20 destination
8637 HTE BNC G R SPL 06:30 06:50
8638 BNC HATIA EXP 20:35 20:55
11019 Konark Express 21:00 21:20
11020 Konark Express 22:25 22:45
12375 Chennai Central-Asansol Weekly SF Express(MAS-ASN) 04:10 04:30
12376 Asansol – Chennai Central Weekly SF Express(ASN-MAS) 09:40 10:00
12507 Trivandrum – Guwahati Express 22:55 23:15
12508 Guwahati – Trivandrum Express 15:30 15:50
12509 Bangalore-Guwahati (Kaziranga) Express 19:15 19:35
12510 Guwahati-Bangalore (Kaziranga) SF Express 15:30 15:50
12513 Secunderabad- Guwahati Express 19:15 19:35
12514 Guwahati- Secunderabad Express 15:30 15:50
12515 Trivandrum Central – Guwahati Express 19:15 19:35
12516 Guwahati-Trivandrum Central Express 15:30 15:50
12659 Gurudev Express 22:55 23:15
12660 Shalimar-Nagercoil Gurudev Express 14:20 14:40
12663 Howrah-Tiruchirapalli (Bi-Weekly) SF Express 05:40 06:00
12664 Tiruchirapalli-Howrah (Bi-Weekly) SF Express 11:45 12:05
12665 Howrah-Kanyakumari Express 05:40 06:00
12666 Kanyakumari-Howrah Express 11:45 12:05
12703 Falaknuma SF Express 21:10 21:30
12704 Falaknuma SF Express 03:30 03:50
12717 Ratnachal SF Express origin 12:40
12718 Ratnachal SF Express 12:05 destination
12727 Godavari SF Express origin 17:25
12728 Godavari SF Express 05:50 destination
12739 Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath Express origin 20:30
12740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express 07:30 destination
12749 Visakhapatnam Mumbai LTT Superfast Express(VSKP-LTT) origin 08:45
12750 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam Superfast Express(LTT-VSKP) 14:45 destination
12773 SHM SC AC EXP 05:40 06:00
12774 SC SHM AC EXP 17:25 17:45
12803 Visakhapatnam-H Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Express origin 08:30
12804 H.Nizamuddinâ??Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express 17:25 destination
12805 Janmabhoomi Express origin 06:15
12806 Janmabhoomi Express 19:40 destination
12807 Samata Express origin 06:25
12808 Samata Express 18:30 destination
12829 Chennai Bhubaneswar SF Express 10:25 10:45
12830 Bhubaneswar Chennai Superfast Express 18:45 19:10
12835 Hatia-Yesvantpur SF Express 09:40 10:00
12836 Yesvantpur-Hatia SF Express 04:10 04:30
12839 Howrah – Chennai Mail 13:50 14:10
12840 Chennai – Howrah Mail 13:00 13:20
12841 Coromandel Express 04:25 04:45
12842 Coromandel Express 21:50 22:10
12845 Bhubaneswar – Yesvantpur SF Express 14:20 14:40
12846 Yesvantpur – Bhubaneswar SF Express 04:10 04:30
12861 Visakhapatnam-H.Niza Link SF Express(VSKP-NZM) origin 15:10
12862 KZJ-VSKP LINK EXPRESS 13:30 destination
12863 Howrah-Yesvantpur SF Express 10:40 11:00
12864 Yesvantpur-Howrah SF Express 15:55 16:15
12889 Tatanagar-Yesvantpur SF Express 09:40 10:00
12890 Yesvantpur-Tatanagar SF Express 04:10 04:30
12897 Puducherry-Bhubaneswar Express 11:45 12:05
12898 Bhubaneswar-Puducherry SF Express 18:45 19:10
13351 Dhanbad-Alappuzha(Alleppey) Express 09:55 10:15
13352 Alappuzha-Dhanbad Express 15:15 15:35
15227 Yesvantpur-Muzaffarpur Weekly Express 22:55 23:15
15228 Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Weekly Express 14:20 14:40
15629 Chennai Egmore – Guwahati Express 11:45 12:05
15630 Guwahati – Chennai Egmore Express 05:40 06:00
15901 Bangaloreâ??Dibrugarh Weekly Express 22:55 23:15
15902 Dibrugarhâ??Bangalore Weekly Express 15:30 15:50
15905 Vivek Express(CAPE-DBRG) 06:15 06:35
15906 Vivek Express(DBRG-CAPE) 01:30 01:50
15929 Chennai Egmore – Dibrugarh Weekly Express 11:45 12:05
15930 Dibrugarh – Chennai Egmore Weekly Express 05:40 06:00
16309 Patna Express(ERS-PNBE) 19:25 19:45
16310 Patna-Ernakulam Express(PNBE-ERS) 14:20 14:40
16323 Shalimar Express(TVC-SHM) 22:55 23:05
16324 Shalimar Tiruvananthapuram Express(SHM-TVC) 14:20 14:40
17015 Visakha Express 16:10 16:30
17016 Visakha Express 07:15 07:35
17239 Simhadri Express 17:50 destination
17240 Simhadri Express origin 07:10
17241 VSKP LINK EXP 17:50 destination
17242 EXP origin 07:10
17479 Puri-Tirupati Express 23:20 23:40
17480 Tirupati-Puri Express 04:55 05:15
17481 Bilaspur-Tirupati Express 23:20 23:40
17482 Tirupati-Bilaspur Express 04:55 05:15
17487 Tirumala Express 10:55 destination
17488 Tirumala Express origin 14:00
18189 Tatanagar- Alappuzha Alleppey Express-Slip 09:55 10:10
18190 TATA-ROU-ALLP EXPRESS 15:15 15:35
18309 Nagavali Express 19:05 19:25
18310 Nagavali Express 10:15 10:35
18401 Puri-Okha (Dwarka) Express 17:15 17:35
18402 Okha – Puri (Dwarka) Express 02:00 02:20
18411 Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Inter City Express 14:55 destination
18412 Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City Express origin 15:20
18463 Prashanti Express 12:45 13:05
18464 Prashanti Express 13:15 13:45
18495 Rameswaram-Bhubaneshwar Weekly Express 11:45 12:05
18496 Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Weekly Express 18:45 19:10
18501 VSKP GIMB EXP origin 17:35
18502 GIMB VSKP EXP 14:35 destination
18503 Vishakapatnam – Sainagar Shirdi Express origin 09:10
18504 Sainagar Shirdi – Vishakapatnam Express 22:15 destination
18507 Hirakud (Hirakund) Express origin 23:50
18508 Hirakud (Hirakund) Express 23:50 destination
18509 Visakhapatnam-Nanded Express origin 19:25
18510 Nanded-Visakhapatnam Express 10:15 destination
18511 Koraput – Vishakapatnam Intercity Express(KRPU-VSKP) 12:30 destination
18512 Visakhapatnam – Koraput Intercity Express(VSKP-KRPU) origin 14:25
18515 TATA VSKP EXP 04:40 destination
18517 Korba Visakhapatnam Express 07:50 destination
18518 Visakhapatnam-Korba Express origin 20:00
18519 VSKP LTT EXPRES origin 23:30
18520 LTT VSKP EXP 11:15 destination
18567 VSKP-QLN WEEKLY EXP origin 08:30
18568 QLN-VSKP WEEKLY EXP 01:35 destination
18573 VSKP BGKT EXP origin 05:35
18574 BGKT VSKP EXP 08:10 destination
18637 HTE YPR EXP 09:40 10:00
18638 YPR HATIA EXP 20:35 20:55
18645 East Coast Express 03:55 04:15
18646 East Coast Express 23:35 23:55
22203 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad AC Duronto(VSKP-SC) origin 20:15
22204 Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Duronto(SC-VSKP) 06:05 destination
22603 KGP VM SF EXPRESS(KGP-VM) 02:30 02:50
22604 KHARAGPUR EXPRESS(VM-KGP) 06:15 06:35
22605 Purulia-Villupuram Weekly SF Express(PRR-VM) 02:30 02:50
22606 Villuparam-Purulia Weekly SuperFast Express(VM-PRR) 06:15 06:35
22611 Chennai-NewJalpaiguri SF Express(MAS-NJP) 00:10 00:30
22612 New Jalpaiguri-Chennai SF Express(NJP-MAS) 01:30 01:50
22613 Sangrami SF Express(MAS-HLZ) 04:10 04:30
22614 Sangrami Express(HLZ-MAS) 02:30 02:50
22641 Trivandrum Central-Shalimar SF Express 22:55 23:15
22642 Shalimar-Trivandrum Central SF Express 14:20 14:40
22643 Ernakulam-Patna SF Express 19:05 19:35
22644 Patna – Ernakulam SF Express 14:20 14:40
22801 VSKP SNSI SF EX origin 09:10
22802 SNSI VSKP EXP 22:00 destination
22807 SRC MAS AC EXP 08:10 08:30
22808 MAS SRC AC EXP 20:35 20:55
22817 HWH MYS EXPRESS(HWH-MYS) 05:40 06:00
22818 MYS HOWRAH EXPRESS(MYS-HWH) 00:10 00:30
22820 LTT VSKP SUP EX 14:45 destination
22825 Shalimar-Chennai Central Weekly SF Express(SHM-MAS) 02:30 02:50
22826 Chennai Central-Shalimar Weekly SF Express(MAS-SHM) 06:15 06:35
22847 Visakhapatnam – Mumbai LTT Weekly Express(VSKP-LTT) origin 08:30
22848 Mumbai LTT-Vishakapatnam Weekly Express(LTT-VSKP) 05:30 destination
22849 SHM SC WKLY EXPRESS(SHM-SC) 02:30 02:50
22850 SC SHM WKLY EXPRESS(SC-SHM) 17:25 17:45
22851 MAQ VIVEK EXPRESS(SRC-MAQ) 04:40 05:00
22852 SRC VIVEK EXPRESS(MAQ-SRC) 04:10 04:30
22853 Shalimar-Visakhapatnam SF Express(SHM-VSKP) 08:35 destination
22854 Visakhapatnam-Shalimar SF Express(VSKP-SHM) origin 13:35
22859 Puri-Chennai Central Weekly SF Express(PURI-MAS) 01:30 01:50
22860 Chennai Central-Puri Weekly SF Express(MAS-PURI) 06:15 06:35
22871 Bhubaneswar – Tirupati (Weekly) SF Express 18:45 19:10
22872 Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Weekly Express 02:00 02:20
22873 DGHA VSKP EXPRESS(DGHA-VSKP) 08:35 destination
22874 VSKP DIGHA EXPRESS(VSKP-DGHA) origin 17:45
22879 BBS TPTY SUP EX 18:45 19:10
22881 PUNE BBS EXPRES 10:25 10:45
22882 BBS PUNE EXP 04:40 05:00
22883 Puri-Yesvantapur Weekly Garib Rath Express 22:35 22:55
22884 Yesvantpur-Puri Weekly Garib Rath Express 22:15 22:35
57229 Machilipatnam-Visakhapatnam Passenger 08:00 destination
57230 Visakhapatnam-Machilipatnam Passenger origin 19:45
57264 Narasapur Visakhapatnam (LINK) Passenger 08:00 destination
57265 Visakhapatnam Narasapur (LINK) Passenger origin 20:10
57271 Vijayawada-Rayagada Passenger 08:20 08:40
57272 Rayagada-Vijayawada Passenger 20:10 20:40
58501 Visakhapatnam – Kirandul Passenger origin 06:50
58502 Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Passenger 20:50 destination
58529 Durg Visakhapatnam Passenger 12:15 destination
58530 Visakhapatnam-Durg Passenger origin 21:05
67291 Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam MEMU 07:40 destination
67292 Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram MEMU origin 18:00

Overview of Railway Stations in Visakhapatnam

Indian Railways is a government owned enterprise and has been serving the economy and people of India from over 150 years. It has been a major means of transport for people and goods all over the country due to its efficient services and affordable fares. Indian Railways is listed in top ten largest rail networks in the world and has a total of more than 800 stations and a rail network of more than 115,000 Km with three type of gauges namely narrow gauge, metre gauge and broad gauge.

Visakhapatnam is a major cosmopolitan city of the state of Andhra Pradesh in south India. People here from all over India reside here. Visakhapatnam has been developed as a premier economic development centre of India with many sectors flourishing here such as fishing, IT, Pharmaceuticals, Sea trade, shipping, etc. The harbour, roads and railway connectivity of this city are the major reasons for its rapid growth as an economic hub. Another revenue generating factor of this city is tourism and Railways play an important role in that.

Visakhapatnam has two major stations in the city named as Visakhapatnam Railway Station and Duvvada Railway Station;

  • Visakhapatnam Railway Station –

Visakhapatnam Railway Station or VSKP is the primary railway station situated at Gannapuram in Visakhapatnam. In the past, it was named as Walt air railway station, but in the year 1987, it was changed to Visakhapatnam Railway Station by the city mayor Mr. D. V. Subbarao. It has an elevation of 5.9 metres above the sea level and is controlled by Walt air Railway division of East Coast Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It lies on the main Chennai-Howrah line and bypasses the Central station. Three major railway lines that pass through this station are Visakhapatnam-Khurda road Section, Kirandul-Visakhapatnam line and Vijaywada-Visakhapatnam section.

The Visakhapatnam railway station is a terminal station, hence, it is necessary for any train coming to this station to go backwards in order to proceed further. Due to this, there is a lot of time wasted in the process of entry and exit of the trains to the station. Although there are many trains that are limited to the Duvvuda station, yet there are a large number of trains arriving at this station. An average time 20 minutes is taken by each train to reverse the direction of the locomotive and depart from the station.

Sometimes, when many trains have to arrive at the same platform, the platform is not available. In that case, the trains that are running late from their schedule are stopped at Duvvada. An efficient Route Relay Interlocking system helps in keeping trains running without conflicting the movements.

In the year 1974, the first railways service from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad was introduced. The major trains that use this station are Duronto express, Godavari Express, Visakhapatnam-Kollam express, Ratnachal express and many more.

The station has eight platforms and 10 broad gauge tracks. All the platforms are connected with foot over bridges. Platform no 4 and 5 have been equipped with escalators recently on the occasion of Ugadi day.

Due to Visakhapatnam station being very busy, the most prevalent problem faced by passengers is non-availability of tickets and berths. Most of the trains get reserved for the passengers of remote places. Due to this reason, many trains originating from Bhubaneswar have been extended to Visakhapatnam.

  • Duvvada Railway Station –

Duvvada Railway station or DVD is another major station in Visakhapatnam district and was built as a suburban stoppage on the main line as the main line crossing the Visakhapatnam bypasses the central station. Development of Duvvada station has helped a lot in improving the railway services in that area. The Duvvada station is controlled by Walt air Division of Indian railway. When the Visakhapatnam steel plant was established, a large number of people started commutation from neighbouring cities, and this led to an increased pressure on the Visakhapatnam Railway station. In order to reduce the stress on the Visakhapatnam station, Duvvada station was developed to serve the population of southern outskirts of the district. It handles more than one lakh passengers daily.

It has a total of four platforms with broad gauge tracks. It has a large parking space for around 500 vehicles at a time. Other facilities that are available at the station are refreshment stalls, waiting hall and computerised ticket windows.

These are the two railway stations serving the population of Visakhapatnam and contributing to the rapid growth and development of this city.