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12744⇒20815/Tatanagar - Visakhapatnam SF Express
टाटानगर - विशाखपट्टणम सुपरफ़ास्ट एक्सप्रेस

TATA/Tatanagar Junction --> VSKP/Visakhapatnam Junction

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▪️ Departure from Tatanagar on 18.12.23 & 25.12.23 will be diverted via Rajkharswan - Jharsuguda - Sambalpur Road - Angul - Dhenkanal - Cuttack
Thu Dec 14, 2023 (03:07PM)
News History
▪️One 3E will be added from 06.11.23
Fri Oct 13, 2023 (07:37PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 10.50 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 04.09.23
Mon Sep 04, 2023 (10:42AM)
▪️ Departure from Tatanagar on 21.08.23 & 28.08.23 is cancelled
Tue Aug 15, 2023 (10:27PM)
▪️ Departure from Tatanagar on 14.08.23 will be diverted via Naraj Marthapur bypassing Cuttack, with stoppage at Naraj & Kapilas Road.
Fri Aug 11, 2023 (01:06AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.50 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 12.06.23
Mon Jun 12, 2023 (08:39AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 10.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 29.05.23
Mon May 29, 2023 (09:49AM)
J.C.O. 22/05/2023 has been rescheduled to depart Tatanagar at 9.50 AM instead of scheduled departure time of 7.20 AM (Delayed by 2.30 hrs)
Mon May 22, 2023 (07:55AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 10.00 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 08.05.23
Mon May 08, 2023 (09:32AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 01.05.23
Mon May 01, 2023 (08:49AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 17.04.23
Mon Apr 17, 2023 (08:55AM)
▪️Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 08:35 hrs instead of 07:20 hrs on 03.04.2023.
Mon Apr 03, 2023 (10:55AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09:50 hrs instead of 07:20 hrs on 27.03.2023.
Mon Mar 27, 2023 (10:46AM)
20815 Tatanagar - Visakhapatnam SF Expresshas been rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09;20 hrs instead of 07;20 hrs on 27.02.2023 due to late running of link train
Mon Feb 27, 2023 (08:50AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.50 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 20.02.23
Mon Feb 20, 2023 (06:50AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 11.00 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 13.02.23
Mon Feb 13, 2023 (09:18AM)
• Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09:20 hrs instead of 07:20 hrs on 06.02.2023 due to late running of link train.
Mon Feb 06, 2023 (08:22AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 08.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 30.01.23
Mon Jan 30, 2023 (07:56AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 23.01.2023 due to late running of link train.
Mon Jan 23, 2023 (09:12AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 16.01.23
Mon Jan 16, 2023 (09:13AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09:00 hrs instead of 07:20 hrs on 02.01.2023 due to late running of link train.
Mon Jan 02, 2023 (10:29AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.20 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 26.12.22
Mon Dec 26, 2022 (08:35AM)
¶ Permanent Augmentation of one extra AC 2 Tier Coach W.E.F 19/12/2022 Ex. TATA ¶ Revised COACH COMPOSITION : EOG – 1, LSLRD – 1, 2A – 2, 3A – 6, SL – 7 & Unreserved – 4. Total = 21 Coaches
Fri Dec 16, 2022 (12:13PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 09.30 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 05.12.22
Mon Dec 05, 2022 (07:48AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 08.50 hrs instead of 07.20 hrs on 28.11.22
Mon Nov 28, 2022 (08:23AM)
➡️ To run with LHB Rakes WEF 15-08-2022 Ex TATA ➡️ Revised COACH COMPOSITION : EOG – 1, LSLRD – 1, 2A – 1, 3A – 3, SL – 11 & Unreserved – 4.
Mon Aug 01, 2022 (08:45PM)
Restoration of Unreserved Booking in this Train will start W.E.F 11/07/2022
Sun Jun 12, 2022 (05:55PM)
Temporary Augmentation of One Extra Sleeper Coach W.E.F 09/05/22 to 30/05/22 Ex. TATA
Tue May 03, 2022 (11:12PM)
📢⚟ JCO 27/09/2021 Cancelled Due To Cyclone Gulab. ▪CC:- 2A–1, 3A–2, SL–12, 2S–6, SLR/D–2
Sat Sep 25, 2021 (09:32PM)
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Pantry/Catering
✕ Pantry Car
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E-Catering is only Available at Tatanagar, Bhubaneswar & Khurda Road
Updated: Oct 02 2023 (12:10) by _V_K_^~
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Rating: 3.8/5 (36 votes)
cleanliness - good (6)
punctuality - good (6)
food - average (6)
ticket avbl - good (6)
u/r coach - good (5)
railfanning - excellent (6)
safety - good (6)
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Nov 05 2018 (07:26)   20815/Tatanagar - Visakhapatnam SF Express
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_V_K_^~   57746 blog posts
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This is a travelogue cum trip report cum travel tip in accordance to my journey on board 20815 TATA-VSKP SF EXP.
1. TATANAGAR -->> The train is usually given on pf 1 but sometimes due to other late running trains , sometimes it gets 4 also. There is no recorded announcement for this train , so do keep an open ear on the manual announcement done. In my case I got pf 2 though. CC for this train is not displayed in the CDS. Before boarding do pack your lunch, snacks & dinner or bring from home. E-Catering is available at TATA + plenty of food stalls are there in the station premises. The train got 80-85% filled at TATA. We
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started 4 mins late as 22857 SRC-ANVT SF was given precedence 1st.
2. RAJKHARSWAN --> Though on-board catering is not present , but the absence of local vendors surprised me. Beggers were coming in and were asking for money & as I had a SL/71 + a SU/72 we were the easy targets for them , but after a certain time u have to turn a deaf ear to them. Reached RKSN 20 mins late. People here mainly boarded GEN coaches and a few in the SL coaches. A few intermediate pax , seeing the seats empty at the entrance , came and sat there.
3. CHAIBASA --> Still no local vendors showed up. But people on board knew this & everybody had their lunch packed or bought from station. The train reached on pf 2 of Chaibasa , 17 mins late. Here a transgender also came and after giving him a 10rs note...he went away.. Here a lot of people boarded the General Coaches while a few boarded the Sleeper coaches , out of which only 3-5 boarded mine.
4. Dangoaposi -> Still no local vendors were there. You can see the work of tripling going on at full swing before approaching DPS. We entered here 31 mins late as were made to wait at outer for a long time as the pf at DPS was taken up by 12022 BBN - HWH JS. At DPS , you could find some stalls selling snacks ( like Samsosa , Aloo Chop etc .. ) so if you want to deboard u can quickly deboard and grab your snacks. Over here many General Pax deboarded and the same amount boarded too. Here many boarded the Sleeper Class too.. Hardly any seat was vacant now in my coach ( S8 ).
5. Banspani --> Post Pada Pahar you will branch off from BARBIL/GUA route. From here on u will encounter trains initiating huge curves , train going b/w the two hills , which u can see clearly - as the curves here are so big and scenic - you will feel that the train is just bisecting the hills with the sun going down and it's last rays just add the extra beauty to that time. Post this station u will see a huge mines area. Arrived here 35 mins late . A huge number of people boarded the Sleeper classes. Still there was no sign of any local vendors here.
6. NAYAGARH --> Post Jaroli you will see that no matter whichever sim you are using , you will hardly find any signal here. Train will just crawl till it reaches Nayagarh as it initiates huge curves at a height . No pax ( gen or reserved ) boarded here. The station was a complete dark one ( don't know whether it was due to power failure or what ). Though the halt was 10 mins , but we departed after a 2 mins stop. Here 2-3 tea-sellers boarded..So if you are traveling in it and need a tea in the evening.. this was the only option. 1-2 vendors selling water bottles also boarded here. After going for about 5 Kms from here... U will once again find signal in your phones.
7. KENDUJHARGARH --> Reached here 47 mins late. This station had two shops selling food items on pf 1 , so as soon as the train halted people flocked around these shops. So if you are hungry this is the only station to grab a bite. Significant amount of People boarded & deboarded here. Just one thing , there is no shops on pf 2/3 , so in case the train arrives here you will be deprived of buying any food items ( don't know whether any trains are given pf 2/3 )
8. HARICHANDANPUR --> 5-10 people boarded here. Reached here 54 mins late. Slowly the delay was increasing. Again this station had no local vendors and no one had come either to take dinner order.
9. SUKINDA ROAD --> Delay increased here to 1.04 hrs. The tea seller had disappeared. Only the one selling water bottles showed up now and then.
10 JAKHAPURA - 55 mins late here. No one significantly boarded here. People going to Jajpur Keonjhar Road can easily deboard here , as many did. From here a local vendor selling Biryani ( Veg & Egg ) showed up . So if you are without ur dinner you shud buy it from him
11. CUTTACK - Reached here 1.14 hrs late. Though it's a big station but all the shops on pf 4/5 were closed as it was post 10 here. Many people deboarded here. Only a small amount boarded. People boarding from Cuttack should know that the announcement in Hindi & English is done like Tatanagar Jn - Vishakapatnam Special , but the odia announcement is Tatanagar - Vishakapatnam Superfast Exp. You can also expect a schedule overtake from 12665 HWH-CAPE SF on your way to CTC .
12. MANCHESWAR --> This is totally waste of a halt. No one boarded/deboarded here. The station was devoid of any passengers. Though the stop was decided to make sure people of Bhubaneswar staying in nearby places can get off here , but at this time of the day there will be no auto/cabs coming here to pick you. So it's better not to deboard here , if you want to go to the place nearby , instead deboard at Bhubaneswar
13. BHUBANESWAR - 1.15 hrs late. A good no of pax boarded the SL & AC coaches while many deboarded from SL. If you are deboarding here you can find plenty of shops for your dinner.
Some pics of my journey - /blog/post/3951813
/blog/post/3954426

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Nov 05 2018 (09:27)
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Amazing....
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Nov 05 2018 (15:55)
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exhaustive note. thanks. one suggestion, you could give the time at one or two places in the note. (example ''we arrived at 4pm'').
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Nov 07 2018 (13:05)
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This train is always kept on Platform no 1 of Kendujhargarh and the pair train 20816 is always given platform 2 at early morning because at that time pf 1 is occupied by KDJR-BBS Fast passenger.
Food stall is only present at pf 1.
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Nov 07 2018 (13:07)
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Yes only 2 stalls.
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May 11 2014 (00:46)   20815/Tatanagar - Visakhapatnam SF Express
shantanupaul
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Entry# 1092496            Tags  
If you are travelling from TATA to BBS, VSKP, etc. make sure that you carry adequate food & water since the stations on route between TATA & CTC do not have any food stalls, even mineral water bottles are not available. No pantry car, no hawkers.
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Oct 23 2014 (19:33)
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route is such that it only belo 10 trains so food wont be avl
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Jan 03 2014 (16:00)   20815/Tatanagar - Visakhapatnam SF Express
Amardeep25
Amardeep25   226 blog posts
Entry# 954008            Tags  
New train is introduce from tatanagar to vskp grear timings to arrive at vskp if som1 plans to go visag to spend thier holidays thn it willb the great train to visit 18515 tatanagar to vskp via cuttack bbs
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