Indian Railways have started special trains to enable passengers to go from one city to another for COVID duration. These trains are rajdhani like trains and will be having only air conditioned classes. Only confirmed seats will be allotted in these trains. No waiting list or RAC tickets will be issued. No concessional fare allowed. Also Tatkal and Premium Tatkal quota booking wont be permitted in these trains. The passengers travelling on the train will be screened for coronavirus and those found asymptomatic will be allowed to travel.Railway board has also added that it will be mandatory for all the passengers to keep his or her mouth covered by a face cover. 6 covid trains run from Visakhapatnam to Palasa - Visakhapatnam Palasa Covid 19 Special (08532), Visakhapatnam Ichchapuram Exam Special (05832), Visakhapatnam Ichchapuram Exam MEMU Special (06832), Secunderabad Brahmapur Sankranti Clone Special (07449), Tirupati Bhubaneswar Puja Special (08480) and MGR Chennai Central Guwahati One Way Special (06001).
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Visakhapatnam Palasa Covid 19 Special (08532) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 9 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Visakhapatnam Ichchapuram Exam Special (05832) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 7 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Visakhapatnam Ichchapuram Exam MEMU Special (06832) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 7 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Secunderabad Brahmapur Sankranti Clone Special (07449) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 11 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Tirupati Bhubaneswar Puja Special (08480) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa MGR Chennai Central Guwahati One Way Special (06001) departs from Duvvada station (DVD) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at .
Jan Shatabdi express as the name indicates is the shatabdi express for Jan (common mass). Basically these trains are an affordable version of Shatabdi trains in India. Therefore Jan Shatabdi trains have either seating arrangements as air-conditioned Chair Car (CC) or non air-conditioned Second Seating (2S) coaches. These are very pocket friendly compared to other trains on same route. These trains are for short distances and does not run overnight just like Shatabdi trains. It does not have onboard catering services which is there in Shatabdi trains. In general these trains are painted in white and blue combination with window panes painted either white or blue. 2 jan-shatabdi trains run from Visakhapatnam to Palasa - Yesvantpur Puri Garib Rath Weekly Special (02064) and Tirupati Bhubaneswar Weekly SF Special (02072).
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Yesvantpur Puri Garib Rath Weekly Special (02064) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Tirupati Bhubaneswar Weekly SF Special (02072) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages.
The concept of Garib Rath started with the vision to provide air conditioned berths at a comparatively low price for the people who could not afford to travel in AC coaches. Garib-rath phrase translates to poor man's chariot in English. The fare in this train is almost two-thirds of regular third ac fare. Usually Garib Rath have Third AC (3A) class only excepting some 1-2 trains which also have Chair Car (CC) class. The compartments of these train coaches have 9 berths making an extra space for side middle berth which is not there in any other train in India. In case passengers want to have bedrolls they need to pay separately for it. Some garib-raths run as fast as rajdhani, but they have lesser priority for track clearance compared to them. These trains are painted green with a yellow colored strip along the window panes. 2 garib-rath trains run from Visakhapatnam to Palasa - Yesvantpur Puri Weekly Garib Rath Express (22884) and Ernakulam Howrah Festival Special (02878).
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Yesvantpur Puri Weekly Garib Rath Express (22884) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages. Visakhapatnam to Palasa garib-rath fare is Rs.395 in Third AC for this train.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Ernakulam Howrah Festival Special (02878) departs from Duvvada station (DVD) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at .
Humsafar trains are long distance superfast trains that traverses overnight journeys. This is a new concept by the Indian Railways. Some Humsafar trains also run for more than 24 hours. Keeping in mind the middle class travellers, Humsafar was launched last year by the Former Railway Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu. It has only Third AC class coach and have optional meal service. This train follows dynamic pricing meaning fare increases as the seat availability decreases. However, these trains hold lesser priority than Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. Humsafar trains are equipped with modern day amenities and enhanced safety features. There are CCTV cameras fitted in every coach of Humsafar trains and there are charging points for each berth. One can also see current running speed of train on the LEDs fitted above doors. These trains are characterized by beautiful graffiti paint with vibrant sky blue color on outer surface of coaches. 3 humsafar trains run from Visakhapatnam to Palasa - Bengaluru Cantt. Agartala Humsafar Express (12503), Krishnarajapuram Bhubaneswar Humsafar Express (22834) and Yesvantpur Howrah Humsafar Express (22888).
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Bengaluru Cantt. Agartala Humsafar Express (12503) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages. Visakhapatnam to Palasa humsafar fare is Rs.620 in Third AC for this train.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Krishnarajapuram Bhubaneswar Humsafar Express (22834) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages. Visakhapatnam to Palasa humsafar fare is Rs.620 in Third AC for this train.
Visakhapatnam to Palasa Yesvantpur Howrah Humsafar Express (22888) departs from Vishakapatnam station (VSKP) at and arrives Palasa station (PSA) at . This train has 3 stoppages. Visakhapatnam to Palasa humsafar fare is Rs.620 in Third AC for this train.
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- Colors under confirmation chances mean following:
- Red - Not likely to confirm.
- yellow - Difficult to say if this will confirm or not.
- Green - Very likely to confirm.
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