{"id":1081,"date":"2025-07-29T09:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:38:59","slug":"sankranti-festival-special-train-between-hyderabad-visakhapatnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/sankranti-festival-special-train-between-hyderabad-visakhapatnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankranti Festival Special Train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sankranti Festival Special Train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Makar Sankranti Festival Special Train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam (Train No. 07451 \/ 07452) time table, route, frequency and fare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the convenience of passengers, South Central Railway has decided to run special train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad (Train No. 07451 \/ 07452)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 07451 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 07451 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Special train will leave from (Daily) Hyderabad at 22.15 hrs &amp; will reach Visakhapatnam at 12.00 hrs and train running time between the station 13 hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 07452 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Train No. 07452 Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad Special train will leave from (Daily) Visakhapatnam at 20.45 hrs &amp; will reach Hyderabad at 10.50 hrs.<\/p>\n<p>Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Distance between the station is 672 Kilometre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Commencement of Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 07451 from Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam special train 09-01-2025 to 16-01-2025<\/p>\n<p>Train No: 07452 from Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad special train 10-01-2021 to 17-01-2025<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I found about <strong>Sankranti Festival special trains between Hyderabad (Secunderabad) and Visakhapatnam<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83c\udf89 Sankranti Special Trains: Secunderabad \u2194 Visakhapatnam<\/h2>\n<h3>\ud83d\ude86 Special Services During Sankranti 2025<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Train Nos. 07097 \/ 07098<\/strong> operated as <strong>Secunderabad \u2194 Visakhapatnam Sankranti Special Fare Specials<\/strong>. These ran <strong>on Sundays and Mondays<\/strong> in January 2025.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>07097<\/strong>: Secunderabad \u2192 Visakhapatnam<\/li>\n<li><strong>07098<\/strong>: Visakhapatnam \u2192 Secunderabad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Typical Schedule<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>07097<\/strong>: Departs SC around\u202f16:35, arrives Visakhapatnam next morning around\u202f04:50\u201306:30 (journey time ~12 hours).<\/li>\n<li><strong>07098<\/strong>: Reverse schedule running on the following day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These trains provided <strong>AC (2A, 3A), Sleeper, and General<\/strong> coaches with LHB rakes to manage festive traffic.<\/li>\n<li>South Central Railway confirmed <strong>52 additional special trains<\/strong> for Sankranti travel between Jan 6\u201318, 2025; several routes included connections between <strong>Secunderabad, Visakhapatnam, Brahmapur<\/strong>, and other coastal cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2705 Summary Table<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Direction<\/th>\n<th>Train No.<\/th>\n<th>Operating Days (Jan 2025)<\/th>\n<th>Departure (SC)<\/th>\n<th>Arrival (VSKP)<\/th>\n<th>Duration<\/th>\n<th>Coach Types<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Secunderabad \u2192 Visakhapatnam<\/td>\n<td>07097<\/td>\n<td>Sundays<\/td>\n<td>~16:35<\/td>\n<td>~04:50\u201306:30<\/td>\n<td>~12 h<\/td>\n<td>2A \/ 3A \/ Sleeper \/ General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Visakhapatnam \u2192 Secunderabad<\/td>\n<td>07098<\/td>\n<td>Mondays<\/td>\n<td>~19:50<\/td>\n<td>~11:15<\/td>\n<td>~12 h<\/td>\n<td>Same<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2139\ufe0f Notes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These special trains were <strong>seasonal and specific to Sankranti 2025<\/strong>; no regular weekly schedule exists outside that period.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>regular Secunderabad\u2013Visakhapatnam services<\/strong>\u2014such as Garib Rath (12739\/40 daily), Duronto (22203\/22204 tri-weekly), and Vande Bharat Express (20707\/20708 six days\/week)\u2014run year-round.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\ud83e\udded Tips for Future Sankranti Travel<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If planning travel around Sankranti in <strong>January 2026<\/strong>, monitor South Central Railway updates and IRCTC announcements from <strong>late December 2025 onward<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Look for train numbers like <strong>07097\/07098 or 08524\/08506<\/strong>, and keep an eye on routes flagged as <strong>Sankranti special fare<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These specials are usually added on Sundays\/Mondays or Fridays\/Saturdays during peak festival periods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book early<\/strong>, especially for AC classes, as demand spikes during Sankranti.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>TL;DR \ud83e\uddfe<\/h3>\n<p>Yes\u2014South Central Railway ran <strong>Festival special trains (07097\/07098)<\/strong> between <strong>Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam<\/strong> during <strong>Sankranti 2025<\/strong>, operating on select Sundays and Mondays, with ~12\u2011hour overnight journeys and reserved classes included. No confirmed schedule yet for future Sankranti periods\u2014but likely similar pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like me to check whether similar trains are planned for <strong>Sankranti 2026<\/strong>, or help with booking info?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sankranti Festival Special Train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Makar Sankranti Festival Special Train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam (Train No. 07451 \/ 07452) time table, route, frequency and fare For the convenience of passengers, South Central Railway has decided to run special train between Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad (Train No. 07451 \/ 07452) Train No. 07451 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam special train Train No. 07451 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[151,152,17,20],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-central-railway","category-special-trains","tag-makar-sankranti-special-trains","tag-pongal-special-trains","tag-south-central-railway","tag-special-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}