The South Central Railways has allocated two new-generation Vande Bharat Express trains for the state of Andhra Pradesh as per a notification sent by the Indian Railways. To this extent, the South Central Railway has received a notification from the Railway Ministry Department. The first Vande Bharat Express train will be launched between Secunderabad Railway Station here and
For consideration of Rs 1954 croreAdani Ports & Special Economic Zone is acquiring the 31.5% stake held by Windy Lakeside Investment (an affiliate of Warburg Pincus) in Gangavaram Port (GPL). The acquisition is valued at Rs.1,954 crore and subject to regulatory approvals.
GPL is located in the northern part of Andhra Pradesh next to Vizag Port. It is the
second largest non major port in Andhra Pradesh with a 64 MMT capacity established
under concession from Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) that extends till 2059.
It is an all weather, deep water, multi-purupose port capable of handling fully laden
super cape size vessels of upto 200,000 DWT. Currently, GPL operates 9 berths and
Considering the Sankranti festival rush, the South Central Railway (SCR) zone will run more than 30 special trains to ferry passengers from Hyderabad to multiple places in Andhra Pradesh from Saturday. In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival, SCR will run special trains between Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad and Secunderabad - Tirupati, said a railway zone official on Friday. As many as 17 Sankranti specials will depart to Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. Train number 07451 will depart Hyderabad at 10.15 p.m. and arrive at Visakhapatnam the next day at 10.50 a.m. This train has been scheduled from Saturday to January 16. En route, it will halt at the Sankranti extravaganza hotbeds of Bhimavaram, Guntur, Vijayawada, Kaikaluru, Akividu, Tanuku, Nidadavolu, Rajamundry and others.