South Central Railway – Vijayawada Division PR. No. 66 Date: 20th Nov, 2019

First MEMU Service from Macherla

South Central Railway will run MEMU Train service between Macherla and Vijayawada along with permanent augmentation of 3 additional general coaches in place of Train no. 77298 Macherla – Bhimavaram DEMU Service with effect from 3rd December, 2019. Accordingly, Train no. 77298 Macherla – Bhimavaram DEMU Service will run as two different services i.e., with Train no. 67213 Macherla – Vijayawada MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) Service from Macherla to Vijayawada Railway Station due to completion of Electrification of Macherla- Section and Train no. 77298 Vijayawada – Bhimavaram DEMU (Diesel – Electric Multiple Unit) Service from Vijayawada to Bhimavaram Jn. Railway Station with effect from 3rd December, 2019.

The new train timings due to change in Traction are as follows…

1. Train no. 67213 Macherla – Vijayawada MEMU Service:

Sl. No. Station Name Station Code Arrival Departure 1. Macherla MCLA ***** 05:30 2. RCA 05:50 05:51 3. Gurujala GZA 06:03 06:04 4. Nadikudi Jn. NDKD 06:20 06:25 5. Tummalacheruvu TMLU 06:36 06:37 6. PGRL 06:49 06:50 7. BMKD 07:05 07:06 8. Reddigudem REM 07:11 07:12 9. SAP 07:24 07:25 10. Gudipudi GPDE 07:32 07:33 11. Peddakurapadu PKPU 07:39 07:40 12. Lingamguntla LIN 07:44 07:45 13. Siripuram SRPM 07:54 07:55 14. Mandapadu MDPD 07:59 08:00 15. Bandarupalle BDPL 08:09 08:10 16. Nallapadu NLPD 08:29 08:30 17. Guntur Jn. GNT 08:55 09:05 18. -Halt PDKN 09:12 09:13 19. Nambur NBR 09:27 09:28 20. MAG 09:47 09:48 21. Krishna Canal Jn. KCC 10:00 10:01 22. Vijayawada Jn. BZA 10:50 *****

2. Train no. 77298 Vijayawada – Bhimavaram DEMU Service:

Sl. No. Station Name Station Code Arrival Departure

1. Vijayawada Jn. BZA ***** 11:00 2. Madhuranagar MDUN 11:09 11:10 3. Ramavarapadu RMV 11:14 11:15 4. Nidamanuru NDM 11:21 11:22 5. Uppaluru UPL 11:29 11:30 6. Tenneru TNRU 11:34 11:35 7. Tarigopulla TGU 11:39 11:40 8. Indupalli-Halt IDP-H 11:44 11:45 9. Ventrapragada-Halt VPG-H 11:49 11:50 10. Dosapadu DPD 11:54 11:55 11. Gudivada GDV 12:13 12:15 12. Moturu OTR 12:23 12:24 13. Guntakoderu GUK 12:28 12:29 14. Pasalapudi PSLP 12:33 12:34 15. Putlacheruvu PCU 12:38 12:39 16. Mokhasakalavapudi MVP 12:43 12:44 17. Mandavalli MDVL 12:49 12:50 18. Kaikaluru KKLR 12:58 12:59 19. Pallivada-Halt PLVA-H 13:07 13:08 20. Akividu AKVD 13:19 13:20 21. Cherukuvada-Halt CKV-H 13:26 13:27 22. Undi UNDI 13:34 13:35 23. Bhimavaram Town BVRT 13:58 14:00 24. Bhimavaram Jn. BVRM 14:40 *****

Note:

* It is therefore once again informed to our esteemed passengers and general public that to undertake the journey from Macherla to Bhimavaram, the commuters will have to alight at Vijayawada Railway Station and Board Train no. 77298 Vijayawada – Bhimavaram DEMU passenger.

** The Direct train service between Macherla and Bhimavaram stands cancelled.

*** Passengers are requested to kindly note the change.

Public Relations Officer Vijayawada Division South Central Railway