The Narayanadri Express, No. 12733/12734, is a superfast

Superfast Mail/Express

Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...

 train of Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

, connecting Secundrabad to Tirupati. The train belongs to the South Central Railway. It runs daily, via Guntur

Guntur

Guntur , is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and south east of state capital, Hyderabad. Guntur is the fourth largest city in Andhra...

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The train is named after one of the seven hills of Tirupathi. The train departs from Secunderabad

Secunderabad

Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...

 at 18:05 hours and arrives in Tirupati Railway Station at 06:05 hours the next day. From Tirupati Railway Station, the train departs at 18:25 hours and arrives in Secunderabad

Secunderabad

Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...

 at 06:25 hours the next day.

Route

The train halts at the following places: Bibinagar

Bibinagar

Bibinagar is a mandal headquarter in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located on Warangal Highway between Hyderabad and Bhongir.-Commercial area:...

, Ramannapet, Chityala, Nalgonda

Nalgonda

Nalgonda is a town and a municipality in Nalgonda district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla and Konda . Nalgonda in the past is referred to as Nilagiri. During the period of Bahamani kingdom, it had been renamed as Nallagonda...

, Miryalaguda, Vishnupuram, Nadikudi

Nadikudi

Nadikudi is a railway junction in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India . Trains that go to Macherla divert at Nadikudi Junction. The town nearest town to Nadikudi is Dachepalle....

, Piduguralla

Piduguralla

Piduguralla is a town and mandal headquarters in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh state. It is famous for white cement and lime stone industries, cotton, rice and mirchi farming fields...

, Sattenapalle, Guntur Junction

Guntur Junction

Guntur Junction is the major intercity rail station in the city of Guntur. It is located in Guntur District in a south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the central station in Guntur city as well as Guntur district . ....

, Tenali

Tenali

Tenali , is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 . It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is...

, Bapatla

Bapatla

Bapatla, formerly known as Bhavapuri, is a town and mandal of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south of Guntur City on the East Coast.-Assembly constituency:Bapatla is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh....

, Chirala

Chirala

Chirala is a large town, mandal and a municipality located in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.It has a population of 85,460 . It used to be a Taluk of Guntur District, and later became part of then formed Prakasam District. The town is situated at a distance of...

, Ongole, Singarayakonda

Singarayakonda

Singarayakonda is a census town in Prakasam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-About:This is situated on the NH-5 Highway and has a connectivity of the Railway line between Vijayawada and Chennai. This gives highest revenue than any other station in this line of South Central Railway...

, Kavali

Kavali

For a village in Nellore district, see Kavali, Nellore.Kavali is the second largest town in Nellore district on the East Coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh on National Highway 5. It is one of the municipalities in Nellore district. Its position on the Grand Trunk Road...

, Nellore

Nellore

Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....

, Gudur

Gudur

Gudur is third largest town and municipality,in Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh. In India, Gudur is the largest division in Nellore and a very old municipality. The mica belt around Gudur is considered the 2nd largest in the country. The mica deposits are located in a 1000sq.km...

, Venkatagiri

Venkatagiri

Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...

, Sri Kalahasti and Renigunta

Renigunta

Renigunta is a suburban area of Tirupati, a major pilgrimage centre for Hindus. Renigunta was initially set up as a railway junction to decongest the traffic at Tirupati East railway station. Later in the 1970s, Tirupati Airport was set up. This Tirupati suburb is popularly known as the 'Dwaar' ...

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It halts for a maximum of 20mins at Guntur for a locomotive change.

Loco links

It gets a WDP4(Krishnarajapuram shed)loco in the Secunderabad to Guntur section and a Erode based WAP-4 locomotive for the Guntur to Tirupathi section. The same links are in either way

Classes

The train usually has a 1AC and 2AC combo coach(added in Sep'09), 1 AC 2-Tier Coach, 2 AC 3-Tier Coaches, 14 Sleeper Class Coaches, 1 Pantry Car, and 3 General Compartments and 2SLR's. A rake of the Narayanadri Express consists of 24 Coaches. It shares its rakes with the Falaknuma Express

Falaknuma Express

2703/2704 Falaknuma Express is a superfast train of The Indian Railways connecting Howrah to Secunderabad. The train belongs to the South Central Railway. It runs daily and connects important stations such as Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur. It is a fast alternative to other...

. One can see the Tirupati-Secunderabad

Secunderabad

Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...

-Howrah boards in the rakes.