Visakhapatnam–Guntur Uday Express

The 22701 / 22702 Visakhapatnam–Guntur Uday Express is a Double-decker AC chair Car train of the Indian Railways connecting Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.^[1][2] It is currently being operated with 22701/22702 train numbers on five days a week. It operates at an average speed of 55 km/h.^[3][4]

Visakhapatnam – Guntur UDAY Express
Overview
Service type	Uday Express
Locale	Andhra Pradesh
First service	26 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-26)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railways (ECoR)
Route
Termini	Visakhapatnam (VSKP) Guntur Junction (GNT)
Stops	8
Distance travelled	384 km (239 mi)
Average journey time	7h 40m
Service frequency	Five Days (except Sunday, Thursday)
Train number(s)	22701 / 22702
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On-board catering
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Yes
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB-Uday
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	55 km/h (34 mph) average including halts
Route map Legend 22701 ↓ Visakhapatnam Duvvada Anakapalle Tuni Samalkot Junction Rajahmundry Tadepalligudem Eluru Vijayawada Junction 22702 ↑ Guntur Junction

Coach composition

Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri Express will be double-decker trains with 40% additional passenger capacity.^[5] They will run on busy route by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.^[6]

UDAY Express has a total of 10 coaches; 3 coaches with Dining facility with seating capacity of 104 Seats each and 5 coaches without dining with seating capacity of 120 seats. The remaining two will be power cars.^[7]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
22701		EOG	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	SLR
22702		SLR	C7	C6	C5	C4	C3	C2	C1	EOG

Service

It averages 50 km/h as 22701 Uday Express starts from Visakhapatnam, covering 381 km in 7 hrs 40 mins and 55 km/h as 22702 Uday Express starts from Guntur, covering 381 km in 6 hrs 55 min.^[8][9]

Route & halts

1. Visakhapatnam
2. Duvvada
3. Anakapalle
4. Tuni
5. Samalkot Junction
6. Rajahmundry
7. Tadepalligudem
8. Eluru
9. Vijayawada Junction
10. Guntur Junction

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Visakhapatnam-based WAP-7 locomotive on its entire journey.

See also

• Visakhapatnam–Tirupati Double Decker Express
• Uday Express