East Coast Express (India)

East Coast Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal
First service	16 May 1975; 48 years ago
Current operator(s)	South Eastern Railway
Route
Start	Hyderabad Deccan
Stops	57
End	Howrah Junction
Distance travelled	1,592 km (989 mi)
Average journey time	29 hrs 55 min for both ; upwards and downwards journey
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	18645 / 18646
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	E-Catering
Observation facilities	Rake Sharing with Howrah Hatia Express
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Yes
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	56.87 km/h (35.34 mph) average with halts
Route map
Route map

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The East Coast Express is a daily train that runs between Hyderabad and Howrah (near Kolkata). This train numbered 18645/46 takes 30 hours to cover the distance of 1592 km due to a lot of stops on the way.The train is currently running with special tag due to COVID19 pandemic.

Train Composition[edit]

This train has 11 sleeper coaches, four 3AC, one 2AC, 2 general and 2 SLR coaches making a total of 20 coaches.

Locomotive[edit]

The train is hauled by a Lallaguda based WAP 7 locomotive from Secundrabad to Vijayawada. It reverses there and gets another WAP 4 of Vijayawada loco shed and hauls it up to Visakhapatnam. It again reverses there a gets a WAP 4 from Visakhapatnam loco shed to haul the train up to Howrah.

Route[edit]

18645 - East Coast Express - HOWRAH JN to HYDERABAD DECAN ^[1]

Station Name	Station Code
HOWRAH JN	HWH
MECHEDA	MCA
PANSKURA	PKU
KHARAGPUR JN	KGP
BELDA	BLDA
JALESWAR	JER
BASTA	BTS
RUPSA JN	ROP
BALASORE	BLS
SORO	SORO
MARKONA	MKO
BHADRAKH	BHC
BAITARANI ROAD	BTV
KORAI HALT	KRIH
JAJPUR K ROAD	JJKR
DHANMANDAL	DNM
CUTTACK	CTC
BARANG	BRAG
BHUBANESWAR	BBS
KHURDA ROAD JN	KUR
NIRAKARPUR	NKP
KALUPARA GHAT	KAPG
BALUGAN	BALU
CHILKA	CLKA
KHALLIKOT	KIT
CHATRAPUR	CAP
BRAHMAPUR	BAM
ICHCHPURAM	IPM
SOMPETA	SPT
PALASA	PSA
NAUPADA JN	NWP
SRIKAKULAM ROAD	CHE
CHIPURUPALLE	CPP
VIZIANAGRAM JN	VZM
KOTTAVALASA	KTV
SIMHACHALAM	SCM
VISAKHAPATNAM	VSKP
DUVVADA	DVD
ANAKAPALLE	AKP
ELAMANCHILI	YLM
TUNI	TUNI
ANNAVARAM	ANV
PITHAPURAM	PAP
SAMALKOT JN	SLO
DWARAPUDI	DWP
RAJAMUNDRY	RJY
NIDADAVOLU JN	NDD
TADEPALLIGUDEM	TDD
ELURU	EE
VIJAYAWADA JN	BZA
KHAMMAM	KMT
MAHBUBABAD	MABD
WARANGAL	WL
KAZIPET JN	KZJ
JANGAON	ZN
ALER	ALER
BHONGIR	BG
SECUNDERABAD JN	SC
HYDERABAD DECCAN NAMEPALLY	HYB