Today I had a discussion with my father about railways in his childhood and his career starting. My father native place is Eluru 60km from Vijayawada towards Visakhapatnam.
He came to Visakhapatnam in 1974-1975 for taking up job, at that time the following trains are running
1. Madras Howarh mail (premium pirority train used to run with diesel engine)
2. Madras Howrah janta...
more... express had goods coaches attached to it.
3. Bokaro Madras express
4. Hyderabad Puri express which was later extended to Howrah as East coast
5. Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Godavari Express in 1974
Passenger trains
1. Hyderabad Puri passenger.( not sure when it was cancelled)
2. Visakhapatnam Madras passenger morning dep morning arrival in Madras
3. Visakhapatnam Madras evening dep evening arrival Madras. These 2 passenger trains are later cutoff to Vijayawada
4. Kakinada Tirupati passenger
5. Eluru Rajahmundry passenger in early 1960s
Visakhapatnam Madras and Kakinada Tirupati used to run from 1950s when he was in school. Travelled in Madras passenger in 1956 for 3 times from Eluru to Madras and regular commute in Tirupati passenger from Nidadavolu , Tadepalliguem, Eluru to Tenali to his grandmother house in childhood.
Doubling of Visakhapatnam Rjy section took place in after 1967-70 period while Vijayawada Machilipatnam Bhimavaram Nidadavolu line board Guage conversion completed in 1962. So they tookup doubling of Kovvur Nidadavolu doubling in 1962. My gramdfather is the Tharsildar for land acquisition of doubling and track construction of 15km completed in 6 months. Circar express was introduced in 1964 via BVRM from kakinada to Madras and via Guntur.
During 1968-72 used to travel in Guntur Guntakal Hubli night passenger upto Dhone and then take bus to anantapur.
Passenger trains are then like our present intercity express catering to unreserved passemger but were late and more travel time. In mail, East coast or even Janta express the unreserved compartments used to be one in either ends and to travel to standing from Eluru to Visakhapatnam. Even after 50 years the situation is same in unreserved coaches of long distance trains.
please wait...Translate to EnglishToday I had a discussion with my father about railways in his childhood and the beginning of his career. My father's native place is Eluru, 60 km from Vijayawada towards Visakhapatnam.
He came to Visakhapatnam in 1974-1975 to take up a job. At that time, the following trains were running:
1. Madras Howrah Mail (a premium priority train that used to run with a diesel engine)
2. Madras Howrah Janta Express, which had goods coaches attached to it.
3. Bokaro Madras Express
4. Hyderabad Puri Express, which was later extended to Howrah as the East Coast Express
5. Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Godavari Express in 1974
Passenger trains:
1. Hyderabad Puri Passenger (not sure when it was canceled)
2. Visakhapatnam Madras Passenger, morning departure and morning arrival in Madras
3. Visakhapatnam Madras Passenger, evening departure and evening arrival in Madras. These two passenger trains were later cut off to Vijayawada
4. Kakinada Tirupati Passenger
5. Eluru Rajahmundry Passenger in the early 1960s
The Visakhapatnam Madras and Kakinada Tirupati trains used to run from the 1950s when he was in school. He traveled on the Madras Passenger three times in 1956 from Eluru to Madras and regularly commuted on the Tirupati Passenger from Nidadavolu, Tadepalligudem, Eluru to Tenali to his grandmother's house in his childhood.
The doubling of the Visakhapatnam-Rjy section took place after the 1967-70 period, while the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu line broad gauge conversion was completed in 1962. So they took up the doubling of Kovvur-Nidadavolu in 1962. My grandfather was the Tharsildar for land acquisition for the doubling and track construction of 15 km, which was completed in six months. The Circar Express was introduced in 1964 via BVRM from Kakinada to Madras and via Guntur.
During 1968-72, he used to travel on the Guntur-Guntakal-Hubli night passenger up to Dhone and then take a bus to Anantapur.
Passenger trains were then like our present intercity express catering to unreserved passengers, but they were late and had more travel time. In the Mail, East Coast, or even Janta Express, the unreserved compartments used to be at either end, and to travel standing from Eluru to Visakhapatnam. Even after 50 years, the situation is the same in unreserved coaches of long-distance trains.
