Andhra Pradesh Express
The Andhra Pradesh Express is a daily Superfast Trains run by Indian Railways's East Coast Railway zone. It connects Visakhapatnam, the largest city in Andhra Pradesh, to India's capital, New Delhi.
The train was first introduced in 2015 as the Andhra Pradesh AC Express. In 2020, Sleeper coaches were added, and it was renamed the Andhra Pradesh Express.
Its name comes from the state of Andhra Pradesh. This is because, before the state of Telangana was formed, a train with the same name ran between Hyderabad and New Delhi. After the bifurcation, that train became the Telangana Express, and a new Andhra Pradesh Express with modern LHB coaches was started from Visakhapatnam.
Among Railfans it is abbreviated as King of East Coast Railway zone and Pride of Andhra
It is the fastest and the only daily train between New Delhi and Visakhapatnam taking about 32.10 hours on average.
Also, it the fastest train between Delhi and Nagpur taking 14.25 hours while the Secunderabad Rajdhani Express, Chennai Rajdhani Express and Bangalore Rajdhani Express take 13.30 hours between Delhi and Nagpur.
Operations
It is a train with LHB coach. The train runs daily, passing through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana, before reaching Andhra Pradesh. It has a single 1 AC first class coach, 5 AC 2 tier coaches, 7 AC 3 tier coaches, 6 Sleeper coaches, 1 AC pantry car and 2 guard cum generator cars. It starts from Visakhapatnam and reaches New Delhi by next day. Similarly, it starts from New Delhi and reaches Visakhapatnam on next day. The average speed of the train is. Loco attached from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada Indian [locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4] of Visakhapatnam/Vijayawada Shed or WAP-7 of Lallaguda/Visakhapatnam shed and Vijayawada shed to New Delhi WAP-4 or WAP-7 of Lallaguda/Ghaziabad shed.| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| EOG2 | S6 | S5 | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1 | B7 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | PC | A5 | A4 | A3 | A2 | A1 | H1 | EOG1 |
Schedule
Train runs daily from both the sides from 23.1.2020 in a new schedule and new train number with Sleeper coaches. There will be total 4 LHB rakes are dedicated to this train.| Train number | Station code | Departure station | Departure time | Arrival station | Arrival time |
| 20805 | VSKP | Visakhapatnam | 10:00pm | New Delhi | 5:40am |
| 20806 | NDLS | New Delhi | 8:00pm | Visakhapatnam | 4:10am |
Old schedule
Train used to run daily as AP AC Express from both the sides till January 22, 2020. There were total 4 rakes which were dedicated to this train.| Train number | Station code | Departure station | Departure time | Arrival station | Arrival time |
| 22415 | VSKP | Visakhapatnam | 8:35am | New Delhi | 7:15pm |
| 22416 | NDLS | New Delhi | 6:25am | Visakhapatnam | 5:50pm |
Route and halts
- ''''''
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed / Lallaguda Loco Shed /Vijayawada Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from end to end.