Kacheguda - Nanded Express

= Introduction =

The Kacheguda - Nanded Express is a passenger rail service that operates between the cities of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Nanded in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is operated by the South Central Railway region of the Indian Railways. The service lists under the Nanded division of the South Central Railway and was restarted in early 2006 after the complete conversion of the Nanded division from metre gauge to broad gauge under Project Unigauge. This is a daily service. The service would earlier operate between Secunderabad Junction and Nanded which has been re-assigned to Kacheguda railway station, Hyderabad.

Train Numbers

Kacheguda to Nanded- 7039

Nanded to Kacheguda - 7040

Timings

* This is a daily service.

* Kacheguda-Nanded departure-- 07.15 (07:15 AM) arrival-- 13.30 (01:30 PM)

* Nanded-Kacheguda departure-- 14.40 (02:40 PM) arrival-- 20.20 (08:20 PM)

* The train travels a distance of 284 km.

* The duration of the journey is 6 hours and 10 minutes.

Composition

KCG-NED Express consists of coaches without sleeper berths as no part of the journey both ways is at night. It has a seasonally-determined number of Second Class (II) general unreserved compartments along with reserved Chair Cars (CC) and usually one or two air-conditioned chair cars (ACC).

Locomotive

The entire Nanded division of the South Central Railway has non-electrified track. Hence, a single WDM2A locomotive hauls the train both ways, the locomotive usually belongs to the Guntakal, Maula Ali or Pune sheds.

Stoppages

Train no. 7039, Kacheguda to Nanded (KCG to NED) stops in the following stations:

#KCG--Kacheguda (Source)
#STPD--Sitafalmandi
#MJF--Malkajgiri
#BMO--Bolarum
#GWV--Gowdavalli
#MED--Medchal
#WDR--Wadiaram
#MZL--Mirzapalli
#AKE--Akanapet
#KMC--Kamareddi
#NZB--Nizamabad
#BSX--Basar
#DAB--Dharmabad
#UMRI--Umri
#MUE--Mudkhed Junction
#NED--Nanded (Destination)

Train no. 7040, Nanded to Kacheguda (NED to KCG) stops in the reverse order of the above list.

ee also

* Rail transport in India
* List of Indian trains
* South Central Railway
* Trains of SCR
* Hyderabad
* Nizamabad - Visakhapatnam Express