Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express
The 22809 / 22810 Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express is an superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways-East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India.
It operates as train number 22809 from Paradeep to Visakhapatnam and as train number 22810 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Coaches
The 22809 / 10 Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express has one AC 2 tier, three AC 3 tier, seven sleeper coaches, six general unreserved and two SLR coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
Service
The 22809 Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express covers the distance of in 9 hours 20 mins and in 9 hours 15 mins as the 22810 Visakhapatnam–Paradeep Express.As the average speed of the train is higher than, as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.
Schedule
22809 – Starts from Paradeep every Wednesday at 22:55 IST and reaches Vishakapatnama next day morning 08:20 AM22810 – Starts from Vishakapatnama every Sundayat 23:50 IST and reaches Paradeep next day morning 09:10 AM IST
Routing
The 22809 / 10 Paradeep–Visakhapatnam Express runs from Paradeep via,, to Visakhapatnam.Traction
As the route is electrified, a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive pulls the train to its destination.Reverse
The train reverses at.Rake composition
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| EoG | GEN | GEN | GEN | GEN | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | B1 | B2 | B3 | A1 | GEN | GEN | SLR |