Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Duronto Express
The Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Duronto Express is a superfast AC express train of the Indian Railways, announced in 2011-12 Railway Budget by Mamata Banerjee, the then Minister of Indian Railways, connecting Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam. It is the fastest way between the two cities and will consist of 18 coaches. On 30 June 2012, the Indian Railways announced that the train will be flagged of on 6 July. It was however flagged off from Visakhapatnam on 12 July 2012.Overview
The train runs with a single stop between the two cities cover the distance of in 10 hours, 15 minutes. It is the fastest train between the two cities. The train has a technical stop at Vijayawada Junction, where the locomotive gets reversed and the water tanks in each coach of the train is refilled with water. From 3 January 2016, the technical halt at Vijayawada is converted into commercial halt.
