Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express

The Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express is an express train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Visakhapatnam and Banaras in India. It is currently being operated with 18311/18312 train numbers on twice in a week basis.

Service
The 18311 Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express has an average speed of 48 km/h and covers 1405 km in 29h 05m. 18312 Banaras–Visakhapatnam Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 1405 km in 28h 30m.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Visakhapatnam
 * Kottavalasa Junction
 * Vizianagaram Junction
 * Bobbili Junction
 * Parvathipuram
 * Rayagada
 * Muniguda
 * Kesinga
 * Titlagarh Junction
 * Balangir Junction
 * Bargarh Road
 * Sambalpur Junction
 * Jharsuguda Junction
 * Rourkela Junction
 * Hatia
 * Ranchi Junction
 * Muri Junction
 * Ramgarh Cantonment
 * Barkakana Junction
 * Patratu
 * Tori Junction
 * Latehar
 * Barwadih Junction
 * Daltonganj
 * Dehri-on-Sone
 * Sasaram Junction
 * Bhabua Road
 * Mughalsarai Junction
 * Kashi
 * Varanasi Junction
 * Banaras

Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakeswith max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 21 coaches:


 * 1 AC II Tier
 * 4 AC III Tier
 * 8 Sleeper coaches
 * 6 General
 * 1 EOG
 * 1 SLR

Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Tatanagar Loco Shed-based WAM-4 electric locomotive from Sambalpur to Banaras, and vice versa.

Rake sharing
No RSA single rake PM at VSKP