Godavari Express

The Godavari Express (Telugu: గోదావరి బండి) is one of the most prestigious trains of South Central Railway and runs between Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. It is currently being operated with 12727 / 12728 train numbers and it used to be (2727 / 2728, 7007 / 7008) in the past.

The Central Railway has also operated a Godavari Express between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Kurla, Mumbai) and Manmad junction since 1993. The Godavari Express is a superfast train running daily, covering a distance of in 4 hours 35 minutes.

Train details

Stations

The train stops at the following stations:

Relevance

This train is named after River Godavari which is an important river in Andhra Pradesh forming one of the richest delta with River Krishna. This train crosses River Godavari near Rajahmundhry. It was first started on the occasion of opening of road cum railway bridge by the president of India.

Fares

The IRCTC handles the online ticket booking for this train. The table below shows the fares of different classes per one traveler. The fares of luggage cum sleeper cars and the unreserved general coaches are flexible and change from time to time.

Coach Composition

The train is a set of Two Luggage-cum-sleeper vans, Two unreserved general coaches, Twelve sleeper class coaches, Three AC Three tier coaches, Two AC tier coaches and one AC first class coach. It is one of the longest trains running with 24 coaches, and the first to get 6 AC coaches among South Central...
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