As announced in the Railway budget-2011-12, Train No. 57478/57477 Guntakal-Tirupati-Gunatakal daily Passenger Train, via Dharmavaram and Pakala, will be flagged off by Shri Ananta Venkatrami Reddy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament / Anantapur at Guntakal Railway Stationat 18 00 hrs on 10th March, 2012.
The Train will run to the following regular schedule as published in the Southern Zone Time Table: July-2011 issue :-
Train No. 57478 Guntakal-Tirupati Passenger will depart Guntakal at 18 00 hrs and arrive Tirupati at 6 20 hrs, the next day. In the return direction, Train No. 57477 Tirupati-Guntakal Passenger will depart Tirupati at 22 30 hrs and arrive Guntakal at 09 05 hrs the next day.
Enroute, the trains will stop at Hanuman Circle Halt, Gulapalayamu, Venkatampalle, Khaderpet, Kalluru, Garladinne, Anantapur, Zangalapalli, Chigicherla, Dharmavaram, Chennekuntapalli, Mudigubba, Kalasamudram, Kadiri, Nallacheruvu, Danakallu, Mulakalacheruvu, Thummanamgutta, Kurabalakota, Madanapalli Road, Vayalpadu, Kalikiri, Piler, Pulichurla, Damalacheruvu, Pakala, Panapakam and Chandragiri in both the directions.
The train will fulfill the aspirations of the people of the region for an overnight convenient passenger train service between Guntakal and the most famous pilgrimage and business centre Viz., Tirupati.