Trains of South Central Railway (India)

The Secunderabad Railway Station, headquarters of SCR

The South Central Railway operates various trains between different stations providing a well-developed and interconnected railway route and is considered a crucial zone connecting trains originating from East, West and North of India destined to Southern India. The South Central Railway zone, which has its headquarters at Secunderabad, Telangana, covers majority of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh states leaving aside North Coastal Andhra region which falls under Waltair Division of East Coast Railway. SCR also covers some lines ranging from tiny to moderate in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Train nomenclature

Each railway route in India has its own distinctive name, usually evocative of the places it connects or passes through. Usually, these names are taken from those of landmarks, landforms, rivers, famous people, or the important temples and shrines that lie along the route. Some important railway routes managed by the SCR are:

Super Fast Express Trains

Train No.	Train Name	Source	Destination.	Significance	Frequency
12702	Hussainsagar Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Mumbai CST	Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad	Daily
12704	Falaknuma Express	Secunderabad	Howrah	Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad	Daily
12705	Intercity Express	Secunderabad	Guntur	Intercity	Daily
12708	Sampark Kranti Express	Tirupati	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Sampark Kranti series	Tri Weekly
12709	Simhapuri Express	Secunderabad	Gudur	Old name of Nellore	Daily
12711	Pinakini Express	Vijayawada	Chennai Central	River Penna	Daily
12713	Satavahana Express	Secunderabad	Vijayawada	Satavahana dynasty	Daily
12715	Sachkhand Express	Nanded	Amritsar	Takhat Sachkhand	Daily
12717	Ratnachal Express	Visakhapatnam	Vijayawada	Ratnachalam Hills	Daily
12720	Ajmer Hyderabad Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Ajmer		Bi weekly
12721	Dakshin Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Name indicating South India	Daily
12723	Telangana Express	Hyderabad Deccan	New Delhi	Telangana state	Daily
12727	Godavari Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Visakhapatnam	River Godavari	Daily
12729	Shivneri Express	Nanded	Pune	Shivneri Fort near Pune	Bi -Weekly
12732	Super Fast Express	Tirupati	Secunderabad	N/A	Bi weekly
12733	Narayanadri Express	Secunderabad	Tirupati	Lord Venkateshwara	Daily
12735	Yeswanthpur Garib Rath Express	Secunderabad	Yeswanthpur	Garib Rath series	Tri Weekly
12737	Gowthami Express	Secunderabad	Kakinada	River Gautami	Daily
12739	Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express	Secunderabad	Visakhapatnam	Garib Rath series	Daily
12747	Palnadu Express	Guntur	Vikarabad	Pallava Nadu	Daily
12752	Manuguru Express	Secunderabad	Manuguru	Intercity	Daily
12757	Super Fast Express	Tirupati	Coimbatore	NA	Bi-weekly
12760	Charminar Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Chennai Central	Charminar,	Daily
12761	Tirupati Karimnagar Express	Tirupati	Karimnagar	NA	Weekly
12763	Padmavati Express	Secunderabad	Tirupati	Goddess Padmavati	Except on Thursday
12765	Tirupati Amravati Express	Tirupati	Amravati	NA	Bi-weekly
12767	Huzur Sahib Nanded – Santragachi Express	Huzur Sahib Nanded	Santragachi	NA	Weekly
12769	Secunderabad - Tirupati Express	Secunderabad	Tirupati		Bi-weekly
12771	Secunderabad	Nagpur	Via Kazipet,Balharshah	Tri-Weekly
12773	Air Conditioned Express	Secunderabad	Shalimar	Via Bhubaneswar	Weekly
12775	Cocanada Express	Secunderabad	Kakinada	Via Kazipet	Tri-Weekly
12785	Bangalore Express	Kachiguda	Bangalore City	NA	Daily
12791	Manikarnika Express	Secunderabad	Patna	Manikarnika Ghat of Varanasi	Daily
12797	Venkatadri Express	Kachiguda	Chittoor	Venkatachalam Hill	Daily

Duronto: High Speed Non Stop Services

Train No.	Train Name	Source	Destination.	Frequency.
12219	Duronto Express	Secunderabad	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)	Bi-weekly
12281	Duronto Express	Secunderabad	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Bi-weekly
22203	Duronto Express	Secunderabad	Visakhapatnam	Tri-weekly

Express Trains

Train No.	Train Name	Source	Destination	Route Via	Significance
17001	Secunderabad Express	Secunderabad	Sainagar Shirdi	Bidar, Manmad
17005	Raxaul Express	Hyderabad	Raxaul.	Kazipet,Nagpur,Durg,Raipur,Bilaspur,Rourkela,Hatia(Ranchi),Bokaro Steel City,Asansol,Madhupur,Jhajha, Barauni,Samastipur,Darbhanga,Sitamarhi	Extended up to Raxaul
17007	Secunderabad Darbhanga Express	Secunderabad	Darbhanga Jn.	Kazipet,Ballarshah,Chanda Fort, Nagbhir, Gondia Junction,Durg,Raipur,Bilaspur,Rourkela,Hatia(Ranchi),Bokaro Steel City,Asansol,Madhupur,Jhajha,Samastipur,Barauni	Train to become operational by the Second week of August 2012.
17009	Intercity Express	Bidar	Hyderabad	Vikarabad	Six Days a week
17011	Intercity Express	Hyderabad	Sirpur Kaghaznagar.	Kazipet	Intercity Express
17013	Dharshiv Express	Hyderabad	Pune Jn.	Bidar, Latur Osmanabad Daund	Historical name of Osmanabad
17015	Visakha Express	Secunderabad	Bhubaneswar	Nalgonda, Guntur, vijayawada, Gudiwada, Vizag	Visakha
17017	Rajkot Secunderabad Express	Rajkot	Secunderabad,	via Wadi, Daund, Vasai Road, Surat, Ahmedabad	NA
17019	Ajmer-Hyderabad Express	Hyderabad Deccan	Ajmer,	via Nizamabad, Nanded, Aurangabad, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Ujjain, Ratlam, Neemuch, Chittaurgarh, Bijaipur	NA
17023	Tungabhadra Express	Secunderabad	Kurnool Town		Tungabhadra
17031	Mumbai Express	Hyderabad	Mumbai CST	Wadi, Daund, Pune, Kalyan	Unofficial name is Bombay Express
17035	Kaghaznagar Express	Secunderabad	Sirpur Kaghaznagar	Kazipet, Ramagundam, (( Bellampally))	Rename of Telangana Exp.
17037	Teerthankar Express	Secunderabad	Bikaner	Kazipet, Balharshah, Bhusawal, Surat, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur	Jainism Teerthankars
17049	Machilipatnam Express	Secunderabad	Machilipatnam	Kazipet, Vijayawada,Gudivada, Gudlavalleru	Machilipatnam
17058	Devagiri Express	Secunderabad	Mumbai CST	Nizamabad, Nanded, Aurangabad, Manmad, Nasik, Kalyan	Devagiri Region near Aurangabad
17063	Ajanta Express	Secunderabad	Manmad	Nizamabad, Nanded, Aurangabad	Ajanta caves
17201	Golconda Express	Secunderabad	Guntur Junction	Kazipet, Bezwada	Golconda
17203	Bhavnagar Express	Kakinada	Bhavnagar	guntur, Bezwada, Nalgonda, Sec-bad, Wadi, Pune, Vasai Rd., Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad	Proposed name is Andhra Kesari Express
17205	Shirdi Express	Kakinada	Sainagar Shirdi	Vijayawada, Kazipet, Sec-Bad, Bidar, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Manmad, Kopergaon	Shirdi town of Saibaba
17207,	Shirdi Express	Bezwada/Vijaywada	Sainagar Shirdi(SNSI)	Manmad, Kopergaon	Shirdi town of Saibaba
17209	Seshadri Express	Kakinada	Bangalore	Bezwada, Gudur, Tirupati, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Bangarpet	Seshachalam
17211	KONDAVEEDU Express	Machilipatnam	Yeswanthpur	Vijayawada, Guntur,Dhone,Gooty, Dharmavaram	Kondavid Fort
17213	Nagarsol Express	Naraspur	Nagarsol	Vijayawada,Khammam,Warangal,Secunderabad,Nizamabad,Nanded,Aurangabad Twice a week via Guntur, Nadikudi	N/A
17225	Amaravati Express	Vijayawada	Hubli	Guntur, Guntakal Bellary, Koppal	Amaravathi village, Guntur district
17230	Sabari Express	Hyderabad	Trivandrum	Nalgonda, Guntur, Gudur, Tirupati, Erode, Coimbatore, Palakkad,Shornur,Thrissur Ernakulam, Kottayam	Lord Ayyappa Temple, Sabarimala
17233	Bhagyanagar Express	Secunderabad	Balharshah	Kazipet, Ramagundam, Sirpur Kaghaz Nagar	Other name of Hyderabad
17239	Simhadri Express	Visakhapatnam	Guntur Junction	Bezwada, Rajahmundry	Simhachalam
17403	TPTY-Machilipatnam Express	Tirupati	Machilipatnam	Vijayawada, Gudur, Renigunta	NA
17404	Link Express	Tirupati	Narsapur	Vijayawada, Gudur, Renigunta	NA
17255	Narasapur Express	Hyderabad	Narsapur	Secunderabad,Nalgonda,Guntur,Vijayawada,Gudivada,Bhimavaram	NA
17401	Tirupati Express	Tirupati	Machilipatnam		NA
17403	Tirupati-Narsapur Express	Tirupati	Narsapur		NA
17405	Krishna Express	Tirupati	Adilabad		River Krishna
17407	Pamani Express	Tirupati	Mannargudi		Tri weekly
17409	Intercity Express	Adilabad	Nanded		Daily
07613	Nizamabad Kollam Express	Nizamabad	Kollam	Kacheguda, Dhone, Coimbatore	Seasonal Special Train
17411	Mahalakshmi Express	Sri Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Terminal(Kolhapur)	Mumbai CST
17413	Tirupati Pondicherry	Tirupati	Puducherry
17415	Haripriya Express	Tirupati	Kolhapur	Renigunta, Bellary, Gooty, Guntakal, Hubli, Alnavra, Dharwad, Miraj	Other name of Goddess Lakshmi
17429	Rayalaseema Express	Hyderabad	Tirupati	Raichur, Adoni, Guntakal, Gooty, Cuddapah	Rayalaseema
17479	Puri Express	Tirupati	Puri		NA
17481	Bilaspur Simhagiri Express	Tirupati	Bilaspur		Simhagiri hills near VSKP
17487	Tirumala Express	Visakhapatnam	Tirupati	Vijayawada, Rajahmundry	Tirumala
17603	Yeswanthpur Express	Kachiguda	Yeswanthpur	Mahaboobnagar,Kurnool Town,Guntakal,Anantapur,Yelahanka JN,Yeswantpur JN	NA
17605	Kacheguda Mangalore Bi Weekly Express	Kachiguda	Mangalore	Mahaboobnagar,kurnnol city,Renigunta,Salem,Shoranur Jn.	NA
17609	Purna Express	Purna	Patna		NA
17613	Nanded-Pune Express	Hazur Sahib Nanded	Pune	Via Parbhani,Latur, Osmanabad, Kurduwadi, Daund
17615	Kacheguda-Madurai Express	Kacheguda	Madurai	Via Mahboobnagar, kurnool city, Dharmavaram, Pakala, Trichi
17617	Tapovan Express	Nanded	Mumbai	Tapovan Ghat
17639	ASHMAKA-BERAR Express	Kachiguda	Nanded -Akola		ASHMAKA-Region, BERAR for Vidarbha
17643	Circar Express	Kakinada	Chennai Egmore		Northern Circars Hill Range
17652	Chennai Egmore Express	Kacheguda	Chennai Egmore		NA
17687	Marathwada Express	Dharmabad	Manmad		Marathwada Region of Central Maharashtra

Prestigious Passenger trains on SCR

SCR is operating the following passenger trains to various destinations with reserved Sleeper accommodation.

Train No.	Train Name	Source	Destination	via	Frequency
57229	Machilipatnam-Visakhapatnam Pass.	Machilipatnam	Visakhapatnam	Bhimavaram, Rajahmundry	Daily
57689/87/02	Nizamabad-Kacheguda Demu.	Nizamabad	Kacheguda	Malkajgiri	Tri-Daily
11303	Kolhapur Hyderabad Kolhapur Express.	Kolhapur	Hyderabad Deccan	Belgaum, Hubli,Ballari,Guntakal,Raichur	Daily
57130	Hyderabad-Bijapur Pass.	Hyderabad Deccan	Bijapur	Wadi, Solapur	Daily
57549	Hyderabad-Aurangabad Pass.	Hyderabad Deccan	Aurangabad	Vikarabad, Parbhani	Daily
57516	Nanded-Daund Junction Pass.	Hazur Sahib Nanded	Daund	Manmad, Aurangabad	Daily
57563	Hyderabad-Parbhani Pass.	Hyderabad Deccan	Parbhani	Nanded	Daily
57305	Kachiguda-Guntur Pass.	Kachiguda	Guntur	Kurnool, Dhone, Nandyal	Daily
57620	Delta Pass.	Kachiguda	Repalle	Nalgonda, Guntur, Tenali	Daily
57271	Vijayawada-Rayagada Pass.	Vijayawada	Rayagada	Visakhapatnam	Daily
57274	Tirupati-Hubli Pass.	Tirupati	Hubli	Gadag,Hospet,Ballari,Guntakal,Goothy,	Daily
57478	Guntakal-Tirupati Pass.	Guntakal	Tirupati	Dharmavaram	Daily
57258	Kakinada Port-Tirupati Pass.	Kakinada Port	Tirupati	Eluru, Vijayawada, Chirala, Gudur	Daily
57264	Narsapur-Visakhapatnam Pass.	Narsapur	Visakhapatnam	Bhimavaram, Rajahmundry	Daily
57625	Kakatiya Pass.	Secunderabad	Manuguru	Kazipet, Dornakal	Daily

Trains of other Zonal Railways terminating at SCR

12687 Madurai dehradun\chandigarh express Madurai chennai central dehradun\chandigarh

Train No.	Train Name	Source	Destination	Zonal Railway	Frequency
12025	Shatabdi Express	Pune	Secunderabad	Central Railway	Six Days a week
12071	Jan Shatabdi Express	Mumbai CST	Aurangabad	Central Railway	Six Days a week
12077	Jan Shatabdi Express	Chennai Central	Vijayawada	Southern Railway	Six Days a week
12603	Chennai Express	Chennai Central	Hyderabad	Southern Railway	Daily
16057	Sapthagiri Express	Chennai Central	Tirupati	Southern Railway	Daily
16053	Chennai Intercity	Chennai Central	Tirupati	Southern Railway	Daily
16203	Chennai Intercity	Chennai Central	Tirupati	Southern Railway	Daily
11303	Kolhapur Hyderabad Kolhapur Express	Kolhapur	Hyderabad	Center Railway	Daily
12758	Coimbatore Intercity	Coimbatore	Tirupati	Southern Railway	Tri-Weekly
16780	Madurai Express	Madurai	Tirupati	Southern Railway	Bi-Weekly
12438	Rajdhani Express	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Secunderabad	Northern Railway	Weekly
12486	Shri Ganganagar	Shri Ganganagar	Nanded	North Western Railway, Bikaner Division	Weekly
12514	Guwahati Express	Guwahati	Secunderabad	North East Frontier Railway	Weekly
12589	Gorakhpur Express	Gorakhpur	Secunderabad	North Eastern Railway	Weekly
18645	East Coast Express	Howrah	Hyderabad	South Eastern Railway	Daily
22849	Shalimar Express	Shalimar	Secunderabad	South Eastern Railway	Weekly
22855	Santragachi Express	Santragachi	Tirupati	South Eastern Railway	Weekly
12805	Janmabhoomi Express	Visakhapatnam	Secunderabad	East Coast Railway	Daily
11205	Nizamabad Mumbai Express	Mumbai LTT	Nizamabad	Central Railway	Weekly
18309	Nagawali Express	Sambalpur	Nanded	East Coast Railway	Bi-Weekly
18509	Visakhapatnam Express	Visakhapatnam	Nanded	East Coast Railway	Bi-Weekly
12543	Yesvantpur Intercity	Yesvantpur	Tirupati	South Western Railway	Tri-Weekly
56213	Chamarajanagar Passenger	Chamarajanagar	Tirupati	South Western Railway	Daily
56504	Yesvantpur Passenger	Yesvantpur	Vijayawada	South Western Railway	Daily
56502	Hubli Passenger	Hubli	Vijayawada	South Western Railway	Daily
19201	Porbandar Secunderabad Express	Porbandar	Secunderabad	Western Railways, Rajkot Divn	Weekly.Expected to start by end of August 2012. Train Runs via 17017 SC RJT Express till Rajkot. Number is to be confirmed by Western Railways

See also

• Indian Railways
• Rail transport in India
• List of Indian trains
• List of railway stations in India
• Nanded division

External links

• South Central Railway