As announced in last Railway Budget for running of a tri-weekly AC Duronto express train between Visakhapatnam & Secunderabad and to provide better facilities to the commuters, Railways have decided to introduce a new train between Visakhapatnam & Secunderabad w.e.f. from 11th July 2012.
On the inaugural run, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam tri-weekly AC Duronto Express will be inaugurated from Secunderabad Station and will run as a special train on open fast times towards Visakhapatnam. However, the regular service of 22203/22204Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad-VisakhapatnamAC Duronto Express will commence from Visakhapatnam w.e.f. 12th July 2012 & from Secunderabad w.e.f. 14th July’2012.
22203 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad tri-weekly AC Duronto Superfast Express will leave Visakhapatnam at 22.30hrson every Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday and will arrive at Secunderabad at 08.00hrs on the next days. In the return direction, 22204 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam AC Duronto Superfast Express will leave Secunderabadat 20.30hrs on every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 06.05hrs on the following days.
This train has one AC First Class, Three AC-2 tier, Nine AC-3 tier and Two Guard cum Generator Vans in its composition.
