Golconda Express

Golconda Express

Golconda Express with WAP4 locomotive at Aler
Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Current operator(s)	South Central Railways
Route
Start	Guntur
End	Secunderabad Junction
Distance travelled	385 km (239 mi)
Average journey time	8 hrs 15 min for both upwards and downwards journey
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	17201 / 17202
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, Second Sitting, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	46.91 km/h (29.15 mph) average with halts
Route map

Golconda Express is an intercity express train running between Secunderabad and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. Numbered 17201/17202 this train belongs to South Central Railway of India.This train is a slow running train taking 8 hours to cover 383 km as it stops at each and every stop.

Name

This train is named after the historic Golconda Fort in Hyderabad. It is one of the important landmark in Hyderabad built by the Qutub Shahi Dynasty of Hyderabad.

Records

In 1973, this service was the fastest steam passenger train in India.

Route

17202 Guntur bound Golconda Express enters Aler Railway Station in Nalgonda district

This train runs via Vijayawada, Warangal and Kazipet. This leaves Guntur at 5:45AM to reach Secunderabad at 13:45hrs. Return a second rake of this train leaves Secunderabad at 13:05hrs to reach Guntur at 21:20 hrs.

Derailment

On the morning of July 2, 2003 part of the Secunderabad-bound Golconda Express fell from a bridge near Warangal, killing at least 21 people. In 1999 the train derailed near Ghanpur (Station) in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.