Rail users from Visakhapatnam region are in an upbeat mood on the successful run of the 08577/78 Visakhapatnam – Yelahanka – Visakhapatnam Tatkal Special train. They took to Twitter to thank DRM Waltair, DRM SBC and other railway officials for their initiative.
Though the train was jampacked, and a bit delayed as it was a special train and had to give precedence to the regular ones, they seem to have no regret. Krishna@Krish528, @UttamChakram and @13lrvamsi sought more trips and permanent regularisation of the train.
N. Gajapathi Rao, BJP State Council Member and a former ZRUCC Member of E Co R, in a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, earlier this month, sought introduction of a direct train between Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru. He recalled how the Prasanthi Express, introduced between Visakhapatnam and Yeswanatpur in 1998, was extended to Bhubaneswar from 2006, after which there is no originating train from Visakhapatnam to Bengaluru.
