31 special trains through Visakhapatnam renumbered by ECoR

The Union Ministry of Railways recently decided to renumber all Mail / Express Special (MSPC) and Holiday Special (HSP) trains as regular trains. With this, the Indian Railways is attempting to revert to pre Covid-19 levels of service. Acting on this, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has also announced that the following 31 special trains through Visakhapatnam have been renumbered as regular trains. These will then run with different train numbers. 

Speaking on these developments, Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Railway Division, AK Tripathi, shared, “As of now, 97 special trains in the division have been converted to their pre-Covid-19 numbers. In the coming days, 6-7 more trains through Visakhapatnam are to be announced as such. Due to some trains running for multiple days, they will be renumbered at their respective destinations. ECoR is expecting all special trains to be renumbered by the end of this month.”

Here is the list of these ECoR special trains through Visakhapatnam that have been renumbered and came into effect from Tuesday, 16 November 2021:

#1 Train no. 02851 to run as 12803 Visakhapatnam – Hazrat Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Express on a bi-weekly basis 

#2 Train no. 02831 to run as 12805 Visakhapatnam – Lingampalli Janmabhoomi Express on a daily basis

#3 Train no. 02887 renumbered as 12807 Visakhapatnam – Hazrat Nizamuddin Samta Express which will run on 5 days of a week

#4 Train no. 02839 to run as 12830 Bhubaneswar – MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#5 Train no. 02843 renumbered as 12843 Puri – Ahmedabad Superfast Express which will run on 4 days of a week

#6 Train no. 02845 to run as 12845 Bhubaneswar – Bangalore Cantt. Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#7 Train no. 02898 to run as 12898 Bhubaneswar – Puducherry Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#8 Train no. 07488 renumbered as 17488 Visakhapatnam – Cuddapah Express train which will run on a daily basis

#9 Train no. 08301 to run as 18301 Sambalpur – Rayagada Express on a daily basis

#10 Train no. 08302 to run as 18302 Rayagada – Sambalpur Express on a daily basis

#11 Train no. 08417 renumbered as 18417 Puri – Gunupur Express and to run on a daily basis

#12 Train no. 08418 to run as 18418 Gunupur – Puri Express on a daily basis

#13 Train no. 08445 to run as 18447 Bhubaneswar – Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express on a daily basis

#14 Train no. 08446 renumbered as 18448 Jagdalpur – Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on a daily basis

#15 Train no. 08463 to run as 18463 Bhubaneswar – Bangalore City Prasanti Express on a daily basis

#16 Train no. 08401 to run as 20819 Puri – Okha Express on a weekly basis

#17 Train no. 02805 to run as 20805 Visakhapatnam – New Delhi AP Express on a daily basis

#18 Train no. 02085 renumbered as 20809 Sambalpur – Nanded Express, running on 3 days of a week

#19 Train no. 02097 to run as 20837 Bhubaneswar – Junagarh Road Superfast Express on a daily basis

#20 Train no. 02098 to run as 20838 Junagarh Road – Bhubaneswar Superfast Express on a daily basis

#21 Train no. 08496 to run as 20896 Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram Express on a weekly basis

#22 Train no. 02007 renumbered as 22801 Visakhapatnam – MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express train on a weekly basis

#23 Train no. 02885 to run as 22833 Bhubaneswar – Krishnarajapuram Express on a weekly basis

#24 Train no. 02857 to run as 22847 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express via Rayagada, on a weekly basis

#25 Train no. 02859 to run as 22859 Puri – MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#26 Train no. 02869 to run as 22869 Visakhapatnam – MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#27 Train no. 02071 renumbered as 22871 Bhubaneswar – Tirupati Express which will run on a weekly basis

#28 Train no. 08479 to run as 22879 Bhubaneswar – Tirupati Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#29 Train no. 02072 to run as 22872 Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express on a weekly basis

#30 Train no. 02882 to run as 22882 Bhubaneswar – Pune Superfast Express on a weekly basis

#31 Train no. 02063 to run as 22883 Puri – Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express on a weekly basis 

In order to facilitate these updates, the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) of Indian Railways will be shut down for 6 hours every night, till 21 November 2021. This service will be unavailable to the public from 11:30 PM to 5:30 AM. Along with the advance charting process, Railways will update the old train numbers, and the existing passenger booking data, to meet the current standards.