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18311/Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express
विशाखपट्टणम - बनारस एक्सप्रेस

SBP/Sambalpur Junction --> DOS/Dehri On Sone

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🔹Train no. 18311/Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express W.E.F. 01/07/2024 will renumbered to run its service as 18523.
Wed Jun 12, 2024 (02:43PM)
News History
▪️ Departure from Visakhapatnam from 21.04.24 is diverted via Vizianagaram - Bhubaneswar - Angul - Sambalpur City - Jharsuguda with 5 minutes stoppage at Sambalpur City
Wed Apr 10, 2024 (03:13PM)
🔹JCO 14, 18 & 21 Feb 2024 has been Diverted via Barkakana - Hazaribagh Town - Koderma - Gaya - DDU. 🔹Permanent augmentation of 1 AC First & Pantry Car from 14.02.24
Sat Feb 10, 2024 (11:07PM)
🔹JCO 14, 18 & 21 Feb 2024 has been Diverted via Barkakana - Hazaribagh Town - Koderma - Gaya 🔹Permanent augmentation of 1 AC First & Pantry Car from 14.02.24
Sat Feb 10, 2024 (09:45PM)
▪️Permanent augmentation of 1 AC First & Pantry Car from 14.02.24
Mon Feb 05, 2024 (12:21PM)
▪️ Temporary Augmentation of AC III Tier Economy: 1 With Effect From JCO 03.01.2024 to JCO 31.01.2024. Ex. Visakhapatnam.
Thu Dec 28, 2023 (10:03PM)
▪️Will Permanently Originate from Vishakhapatnam WEF 22.11.2023. ▪️Revised Coach Composition; AC II Tier; 1, AC III Tier; 4, Sleeper Class; 8, General Class; 6, LSLRD; 1 & EOG; 1 = Total 21 LHB Coaches.
Sun Nov 19, 2023 (12:36PM)
Will Permanently Originate from Vishakhapatnam WEF 22.11.2023.
Sun Nov 19, 2023 (11:54AM)
▪️ Departure from Sambalpur on 4th, 11th & 15th October 2023 is cancelled
Thu Sep 28, 2023 (12:47AM)
▪️ Departure from Sambalpur from 20.09.23 - 11.10.23 is cancelled
Fri Sep 08, 2023 (02:02PM)
▪️ Cancelled on 20.08.23 & 23.08.23
Thu Aug 10, 2023 (10:01AM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave Sambalpur at 18.05 hrs instead of 13.05 hrs on 30.04.23
Sun Apr 30, 2023 (11:33AM)
🔹18311 Sambalpur-Banaras Express from Sambalpur on 26.04.2023 will be rescheduled by 02 hours 45 minutes.
Tue Apr 25, 2023 (02:26AM)
▪️ Cancelled on 22.02.23
Wed Feb 22, 2023 (01:33PM)
It is decided by the competent authority for Permanent Augmentation of 1 ( AC III Tier) Coach & 1 (Sleeper Class) Coach in Train No. 18311 Sambalpur - Banaras Express from Sambalpur JCO 01.01.2023
Tue Dec 20, 2022 (04:22PM)
🔹दिनांक 14.12.2022 से 27.12.2022 तक रांची / संबलपुर से प्रस्थान करने वाली 18611/18311 रांची/ संबलपुर-बनारस एक्सप्रेस का परिचालन मुरी-बोकारो स्टील सिटी-नेसुबो गोमो-गया- डेहरी ऑन सोन के रास्ते किया जाएगा ।
Tue Dec 13, 2022 (09:53PM)
temporarily augment one sleeper coach from 2/10/22 to 30/10/22.
Thu Sep 29, 2022 (11:26AM)
Train No: 18311/12 Sambalpur - Banaras - Sambalpur Express trains have been temporarily augmented with one Sleeper Coach with the effective from 03.08.2022 to 31.08.2022 ex. Sambalpur and from 04.08.2022 to 01.09.2022 ex. Banaras
Tue Aug 09, 2022 (10:11PM)
▪️ Temporary addition of 1 Sleeper from 03.07.22 - 31.07.22
Tue Jun 28, 2022 (06:13PM)
▪️ Reschedule to leave Sambalpur at 15.05 hrs instead of 13.05 hrs on 30.03.22
Wed Mar 30, 2022 (02:41PM)
Augmented with one sleeper coaches from SBP from 13/02/22
Fri Feb 11, 2022 (10:09AM)
JCO 26.12.2021 has been Diverted via Rourkela Jn. - Chakradharpur Jn. - Chandil Jn. - Muri Jn.
Sun Dec 26, 2021 (04:05PM)
● ट्रेन संख्या 08311 संबलपुर - मंडुवाडीह स्पेशल ट्रेन दिनांक 09/06/2021 (बुधवार) को अपने निर्धारित समय 13:05 बजे के स्थान पर 03 घंटे 05 मिनट विलंब से अर्थात 16:10 बजे संबलपुर से प्रस्थान करेगी। ●
Sun Jun 06, 2021 (10:29AM)
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Rating: 3.6/5 (51 votes)
cleanliness - good (9)
punctuality - good (9)
food - average (7)
ticket avbl - good (9)
u/r coach - excellent (4)
railfanning - good (8)
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Dec 27 2023 (14:19)   18311/Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express | VSKP/Visakhapatnam Junction (8 PFs)
deepak.yerr~
deepak.yerr~   6410 blog posts
Entry# 5924225            Tags  
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18311 Visakhapatnam Varanasi express will be augmented with one 3ACE from Jan 03rd to 31st Jan and 18312 from Varanasi from Jan 04 to Feb 01st.
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Dec 27 2023 (14:58)
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Re# 5924225-1              
Se1 out and third ac economy in
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Dec 28 2023 (08:55)
FanofAlluArjun~
FanofAlluArjun~   1944 blog posts
Re# 5924225-2              
I think 3E should be permanently added to this train
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Dec 28 2023 (09:58)
deepak.yerr~
deepak.yerr~   6410 blog posts
Re# 5924225-3              
Slowly they will reduce SL to 6 and also to GS to 4 by adding 3ACE and one more 2AC as and when they get new coaches. Most LHB rakes of Vskp have 6-7 SL coaches.
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Dec 28 2023 (21:13)
prashant2065   17 blog posts
Re# 5924225-4               Past Edits
One 3AC Economy coach will be added
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Nov 20 2023 (21:57)   18311/Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express | VSKP/Visakhapatnam Junction (8 PFs)
RailwayFiles~
RailwayFiles~   267 blog posts
Entry# 5888423            Tags   Past Edits
4:20 AM departure is little odd, too many stops enroute, 48 kmph average is slow for an express train. As this is an extended train to VSKP, all stops can be retained but TT should have been changed with speed up. Something like morning day time departure from VSKP and noon arrival at Banaras would be good.
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Nov 21 2023 (22:45)
Balgobind Mishra~   1857 blog posts
Re# 5888423-2              
55-60 Average speed is not possible for this train.
Main reason is so many stops and IR official mindset.
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Nov 22 2023 (14:15)
SCoR~
SCoR~   1812 blog posts
Re# 5888423-3              
Let the zone get announced. After that we can change however we want
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Nov 22 2023 (15:17)
kapilpadhan
kapilpadhan   38 blog posts
Re# 5888423-4              
Yeah, but the current speed might cause delays.
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Nov 24 2023 (13:41)
RailwayFiles~
RailwayFiles~   267 blog posts
Re# 5888423-5              
When is that going to happen ? Its pending from very long time. All the revenue from VSKP and north AP is going to EcoR and empty bowl is given back to VSKP.
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Nov 29 2023 (21:57)
SCoR~
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Re# 5888423-6              
do you know when ECoR was announced ? it was in 1997
do you know when ECoR operations started ? it was in 2003

for every thing it takes time buddy

bdw
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zone may start just before elections of both odisha and AP

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Nov 22 2023 (15:15)   18311/Visakhapatnam - Banaras Express
kapilpadhan
kapilpadhan   38 blog posts
Entry# 5890332            Tags   Past Edits
Coach Composition - 18311 VSKP-BSBS Express

LOCO-SLR-GS-GS-GS-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-SE1-A1-B1-B2-B3-B4-GS-GS-GS-EOG
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Nov 21 2023 (14:00)   18312/Banaras - Visakhapatnam Express
VisakhaRF_SCoR~
VisakhaRF_SCoR~   384 blog posts
Entry# 5889220            Tags   Past Edits
కాశీ వెళ్లే ప్రయాణికులకు శుభవార్త...
విశాఖపట్నం - కాశీ (బనారస్) రైలు
22 నవంబర్ 2023 నుండి
ప్రారంభం అవుతుంది...

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: @visakhapatnamjn

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Nov 20 2023 (11:05)   08315/Sambalpur - Visakhapatnam Inaugural Special (UnReserved) | SBP/Sambalpur Junction (4 PFs)
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Entry# 5887824            Tags   Past Edits
Boosting Connectivity & Cultural Ties.

Extension of Banaras-Sambalpur Exp up to Visakhapatnam.

Union Ministers @dpradhanbjp Ji & @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji to flag off from Sambalpur.
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