In view to avoid rush in regular trains and to provide better comfort to the commuters in Puja Holidays, Railways have decided to run one more special trains from it’s jurisdiction i.e. between Visakhapatnam and Kollam.
08569/08570 Visakhapatnam-Kollam-Visakhapatnam weekly Special train will leave Visakhapatnam at 09.00hrs on every Thursday between 13th September to 27th December 2012 and will arrive at Kollam at 15.30hrs on the next days. In the return direction, this train will leave Kollam at 19.20hrs on every Friday between 14th September to 28th December 2012 and will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 01.25hrs on the following days.
This train has one AC-2 tier, one AC-3 tier, 08 Sleeper Class, 04 General Second Class and Two Guard cum Luggage Vans in its composition having stoppages at Duvvada, Anakapalli, Tuni, Annavaram, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Elluru, Vijayawada, Tenali, Chirala, ongole, Nellore, Gudur, Renigunta, Tirupati, Katpadi, Jolarpetai, Salem, Erode, Coimbator, Palakkad, Thrisur, Ernakulam Town and Kottayam between Visakhapatnam and Kollam.