{"id":1123,"date":"2025-07-29T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:24:09","slug":"sankranti-festival-special-train-between-srikakulam-road-secunderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/sankranti-festival-special-train-between-srikakulam-road-secunderabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankranti Festival Special Train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sankranti Festival Special Train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Makar Sankranti Festival Special Train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad (Train No. 07025 \/ 07026) 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 Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad-Srikakulam Road (Train No. 07025 \/ 07026)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 07025 Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 07025 Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad Special train will leave from (Daily) Srikakulam Road at 15.30 hrs &amp; will reach Secunderabad at 06.55 hrs and train running time between the station 15 hour and 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train No. 07026 Secunderabad-Srikakulam Road special train<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Train No. 07026 Secunderabad-Srikakulam Road Special train will leave from (Daily) Secunderabad at 19.00 hrs &amp; will reach Srikakulam Road at 08.30 hrs and train running time between the station 13 hour and 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad Distance between the station is 778 Kilometre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Commencement of Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train No. 07025 from Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad special train 09-01-2025 to 17-01-2025<\/p>\n<p>Train No: 07026 from Secunderabad-Srikakulam Road special train 08-01-2025 to 16-01-2025<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I found regarding the <strong>Sankranti Festival special train services between Srikakulam Road and Secunderabad\/Jubilee\u202fRoad (Secunderabad region)<\/strong> operated by South Central Railway in <strong>January 2025<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude86 Sankranti Special Trains: Srikakulam Road \u2194 Secunderabad<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>07071 \/ 07072 \u2013 Srikakulam Road \u2194 Secunderabad Jansadharan Special (Unreserved)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Train 07071<\/strong>: Runs from <strong>Srikakulam Road (CHE)<\/strong> to <strong>Secunderabad Junction (SC)<\/strong> on <strong>Fridays and Sundays<\/strong> during the Sankranti festival.\n<ul>\n<li>Departs CHE at <strong>14:00<\/strong>, arriving at SC around <strong>05:05<\/strong> the next morning\u2014covering ~811\u202fkm in <strong>\u224815\u202fh\u202f5\u202fm<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Train 07072<\/strong>: Return service from <strong>SC to CHE<\/strong> on the following days (Saturday and Monday), same route and duration.<\/li>\n<li>This Jansadharan (general) special provides unreserved seating only\u2014designed for high-volume budget travel during the festive surge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>07026 \u2013 Secunderabad \u2192 Srikakulam Road Festival Special (Reserved\/Mixed Classes)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Train <strong>07026<\/strong> operated from <strong>Secunderabad Junction to Srikakulam Road<\/strong> on select days during <strong>Sankranti 2025<\/strong>, including Jan 10, 13, and 15.\n<ul>\n<li>Departs Secunderabad at <strong>14:45<\/strong>, arrives Srikakulam Road at <strong>06:00<\/strong> the following day (~15\u202fh\u202f15\u202fm, ~780\u202fkm).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Classes available: <strong>2A, 3A, Sleeper, 2S<\/strong> (Second Seating), offering both reserved and general options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udccb Summary Table<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Direction<\/th>\n<th>Train No.<\/th>\n<th>Days (Jan 2025)<\/th>\n<th>Dept \/ Arrive<\/th>\n<th>Duration<\/th>\n<th>Classes<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>CHE \u2192 SC<\/td>\n<td><strong>07071<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Friday, Sunday<\/td>\n<td>14:00 \u2192 05:05\u207dnext\u207e<\/td>\n<td>~15\u202fh\u202f05\u202fm<\/td>\n<td>Unreserved only<\/td>\n<td>Jansadharan (gen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC \u2192 CHE<\/td>\n<td><strong>07072<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Saturday, Monday<\/td>\n<td>\u2014 (return leg)<\/td>\n<td>~15\u202fh<\/td>\n<td>Unreserved only<\/td>\n<td>Jansadharan (gen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC \u2192 CHE (Srikakulam Rd)<\/td>\n<td><strong>07026<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jan\u202f10,\u202f13,\u202f15<\/td>\n<td>~14:45 \u2192 ~06:00\u207dnext\u207e<\/td>\n<td>~15\u202fh\u202f15\u202fm<\/td>\n<td>2A, 3A, SL, 2S<\/td>\n<td>Mixed reserved\/general<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2139\ufe0f Additional Points<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sanskriti special trains ran across the region between January 6\u201318, 2025<\/strong>, marking high movement between Telangana and Andhra coastal cities.<\/li>\n<li>Train <strong>07026<\/strong> (reserved classes) was the <em>only reserved fare festival special<\/em> on this route, while <strong>07071\/70\u201172<\/strong> provided budget unreserved options.<\/li>\n<li>All Sankranti-special trains aimed to ease rush from <strong>Secunderabad\/Charlapalli hubs<\/strong> to <strong>Kakinada Town, Narsapur, Tirupati, Srikakulam and beyond<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u2705 TL;DR<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong>, Sankranti festival trains operated between <strong>Srikakulam Road and Secunderabad<\/strong> in January 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong>07071\/07072<\/strong> offered <strong>unreserved general travel<\/strong> on select Fridays\/Sundays (to SC) and Saturdays\/Mondays (back to CHE).<\/li>\n<li><strong>07026<\/strong> was the <strong>reserved\/mixed class special<\/strong> from Secunderabad to Srikakulam Road on select dates.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re planning for <strong>Sankranti 2026<\/strong>, similar trains are likely; announcements typically come from <strong>late December 2025 onward<\/strong> via South Central Railway and IRCTC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Would you like help checking tentative dates or booking options for next year\u2019s Sankranti specials?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sankranti Festival Special Train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad Makar Sankranti Festival Special Train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad (Train No. 07025 \/ 07026) time table, route, frequency and fare For the convenience of passengers, South Central Railway has decided to run special train between Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad-Srikakulam Road (Train No. 07025 \/ 07026) Train No. 07025 Srikakulam Road-Secunderabad special [&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-1123","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\/1123","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=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}