East Coast Express (India)
Introduction The '''East Coast Express''' is a daily train that runs between Hyderabad and Shalimar (near Kolkata). Earlier this train's terminating station was '''Howrah''' . It is being operated with train numbers 18045/46 on a daily basis.
Train composition This train has 7 Sleeper Coaches, 5 3AC-Tier Coaches, 2 2AC-Tier Coaches, 2 3AC Economy Coaches, 2 General, 1 SLR Coach, 1 EOG Coach & 2 High Capacity Parcel Van making a total of 22 coaches.
Locomotive The train is hauled by a Lallaguda-based WAP-7 locomotive from Hyderabad 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 Santragachi loco shed or a WAP-7 from Visakhapatnam Electric Shed to haul the train up to Howrah.
Route 18045 – East Coast Express – SHALIMAR (KOLKATA )to HYDERABAD DECCAN  Station name  Station code   SHM   MCA   PKU   KGP   BLDA   JER   BTS   ROP   BLS   SORO   MKO   BHC   BTV   KRIH   JJKR   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
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