Bidar–Machilipatnam Express

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Machilipatnam Express

Machilipatnam Express with a WDP1 loco at Gudivada

Overview

Service type

Superfast Express

Locale

Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

Current operator(s)

South Central Railways

Route

Termini

Bidar
Machilipatnam

Distance travelled

594 km (369 mi)

Average journey time

10 hrs 58 minutes

Service frequency

Daily

Train number(s)

12750 / 12749

On-board services

Class(es)

IAC, 2AC, 3AC, Sleeper Class, Unreserved

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

Technical

Operating speed

54 km/h (Average)

Route map

Machilipatnam Express (12750) is a Superfast Express operated between Bidar and Machilipatnam. It belongs to South Central Railway of Indian Railways. The train was introduced on 31 August 1999 between Secunderabad and Machilipatnam. It takes 10 hours 58 minutes to cover 594 km (369 mi) between its nodal stations.

Route

This train runs via Secunderabad, Warangal and Vijayawada. The table shows the list of stations between the two nodal stations. The train was extended up to Bidar from 1 March 2018. From 2022, the route has been electrified till Bidar and operational. A WAP7 or WAP4 is used to haul this Superfast express 12749/50 from BIDAR to MACHELIPATNAM and back.

S.No.	Station Name	Forward Arrival	Backward Arrival
1	Bidar	19:25 (Origin)	(07:38) Last Stop
2	Zahirabad	19:53
3	Vikarabad Junction	20:48
4	Lingampally	21:34
5	Secunderabad	22:20
6	Jangaon	23:35
7	Kazipet	00:23
8	Warangal	00:38
9	Kesamudram	01:13
10	Mahbubabad	01:26
11	Dornakal Junction	01:55
12	Khammam	02:15
13	Madhira	03:01
14	Kondapalli	04:00
15	Vijayawada	04:25
16	Gudivada Junction	05:28
17	Nujella	05:36
18	Gudlavalleru	05:43
19	Kavutaram	05:50
20	Vadlamannadu	05:55
21	Pedana	06:04
22	Chilakalapudi	06:09
23	Machilipatnam	06:23 (Last Stop)	20:40 (Origin)

References

"Train Name Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. p. 13. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
"Two express trains get superfast status – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
"Time Line and Milestones of Events". South Central Railway. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ "Route info". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

v t e South Central Railway
Administration	Ministry of Railways Rail Nilayam
History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Divisions	Hyderabad Nanded Secunderabad
Sections / Branch lines	Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section Secunderabad–Dhone section Nallapadu–Nandyal section
Railway stations	Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana
Subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification
Institutes	Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Transits	Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
See also	Rail transport in India

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Railway companies

Accidents
and incidents

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