Korba–Visakhapatnam Express

The Korba-Visakhapatnam Express is a daily train in India that runs between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, travelling through much of Odisha. It began to operate in 1989. The route is 731 km long and passes through 31 stations.



Schedule
The express (18517) service departs from Korba (KRBA) at 16:30 every evening, it reaches Visakhapatnam (VSKP) the following morning at 06:20. The 18518 service departs Visakhapatnam at 21:05 and reaches Korba at 11:15 the next morning. This train passes through many important industrial centres and cities like bilaspur, raipur, Rayagada, Vizianagaram, Simhachalam.

The route operates year-round.

Stops

 * Visakhapatnam
 * Simhachalam
 * Vizianagaram
 * Bobbili
 * Parvatipuram
 * Parvatipuram Town
 * Rayagada
 * Kesinga
 * Titlagarh
 * Kantabanji
 * Harishanker Road
 * Khariar Road
 * Bagbahra
 * Mahasamund
 * Raipur
 * Tilda Neora
 * Bhatapara
 * Bilaspur
 * Akaltara
 * Janjgir Naila
 * Champa
 * Korba

Locomotion
It is hauled by WAP-7 of visakhapatnam loco shed from Korba to Visakhapatnam and Vice versa