19 year-long wait ends; weekly Vizag-Bengaluru express train from May 10

The 19-year-long hold of commuters successful Visakhapatnam has ended, arsenic the Ministry of Railways connected Tuesday approved regular play bid services betwixt Visakhapatnam – SMVT Bengaluru – Visakhapatnam.

This long-standing request of North Andhra residents, peculiarly IT professionals and students frequenting the Karnataka capital, has been met with the conversion of the existent “Train-on-Demand” peculiar into a imperishable Weekly Express service. With effectual from May 10, 2026, the existing peculiar bid (08581/08582) volition run nether caller regular numbers 18509 and 18510.