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Howrah – Tirupati Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type	Humsafar Express
First service	15 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-15)
Current operator(s)	South Eastern Railways
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH) Tirupati (TPTY)
Stops	6
Distance travelled	1,617 km (1,005 mi)
Average journey time	26 hours 5 minutes
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	20889 / 20890
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Humsafar
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Route map Legend Howrah Junction Kharagpur Junction Cuttack - Vizag City West Bengal Odisha border Cuttack Junction Bhubaneswara Odisha Andhra Pradesh border Vizianagaram Junction Visakhapatnam Junction (Reversal) Rajahmundry Vijayawada Junction Ongole - Renigunta Ongole Nellore Renigunta Junction Tirupati 20889 - Howrah → Tirupati 20890 - Tirupati → Howrah

The 20889 / 20890 Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express is a completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains of the Indian Railways connecting Howrah in West Bengal and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. It is currently being operated with 20889/20890 train numbers on a weekly basis.

From 23 February 2019 the train was extended from Vijayawada Junction to Tirupati and from 24 February 2019 in the reverse direction.

Service

It averages 65 km/h as 20889/Howrah–Tirupati Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covering 1617  km in 26 hrs 5 mins and 63 km/h as 20890/Tirupati–Howrah Humsafar Express starts on Sunday covering 1618  km in 26 hrs 25 mins.

Schedule

Route & halts

WEST BENGAL

• Howrah
• Kharagpur Junction

ODISHA

• Cuttack Junction
• Bhubaneswar

ANDHRA PRADESH

• Vizianagaram Junction
• Visakhapatnam
• Rajahmundry
• Vijayawada Junction
• Ongole
• Nellore
• Renigunta Junction
• Tirupati

Coaches

The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB coach designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

Composition

This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches.

• 16 AC III Tier
• 1 Pantry car
• 2 Generator Power Car

Loco link

This train is hauled by a WAP-7 of Santragachi shed from Howrah to Visakhapatnam. And then from Visakhapatnam to Tirupati it is hauled by WAP-7 of Lallaguda shed.

Rake sharing

The train has rake sharing with 22887/22888 Howrah–Yesvantpur Humsafar Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

• Visakhapatnam railway station

See also

• Humsafar Express
• Jammu Tawi railway station
• Tirupati railway station
• Howrah–Yesvantpur Humsafar Express

Notes

1. Runs once in a week for every direction.

References

1. Regular Run of Tirupati - Jammu Tawi - Tirupati Humsafar Express Commencing with Revised Stoppages
2. Introduction of New Trains Vijayawada-Howrah-Vijayawada Humsafar Superfast Express (Weekly); Tirupati-JammuTawi-Tirupati Superfast Express (Weekly) & Kadapa-Pendlimarri-Kadapa DEMU
3. N. Chandrababu Naidu and Suresh Prabhu launches Several Rail Infra Works and Flags off three New Trains

References

• 20889/Howrah - Vijayawada Humsafar Express India Rail Info
• 20890/Vijayawada - Howrah Humsafar Express India Rail Info

v t e Humsafar Express
Central Railways	Pune–Ajni Pune–Nagpur
East Central Railways	Patna–SMVT Bengaluru
East Coast Railways	Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru
Eastern Railways	Godda–New Delhi Sealdah–Jammu Tawi
North Central Railways	Prayagraj (Allahabad)–New Delhi Prayagraj (Allahabad)–Anand Vihar Terminal
North Eastern Railways	Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Basti) Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Barhni)
Northeast Frontier Railways	Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Champaran (Katihar–Old Delhi)
Northern Railways	Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal Ajmer–Rameswaram Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Deoghar) Varanasi–Indore (via Lucknow) Varanasi–Indore (via Allahabad)
North Western Railways	Udaipur City–Mysuru Udaipur City–Patliputra Bhagat Ki Kothi–Tiruchirappalli Sri Ganganagar–Tiruchirappalli Udaipur City–Delhi Sarai Rohilla
South Central Railways	Hazur Sahib Nanded–Jammu Tawi Tirupati–Jammu Tawi
South East Central Railways	Durg–Hazrat Nizamuddin
South Eastern Railways	Santragachi–Pune Jabalpur–Santragachi Howrah–Tirupati Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru
Southern Railways	Kochuveli–SMVT Bengaluru
West Central Railways	Santragachi–Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) Pune–Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)
Western Railways	Bandra Terminus–Gorakhpur Lingampalli–Indore Indore–Puri Tirunelveli–Gandhidham Bandra Terminus–Bhagat Ki Kothi Bandra Terminus–Saharsa Chennai–Ahmedabad Bandra Terminus–Jamnagar

• Humsafar Express trains
• Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh
• Rail transport in West Bengal
• Rail transport in Odisha
• Trains from Howrah Junction railway station
• Transport in Vijayawada
• Railway services introduced in 2017