East Coast Railway offers customized train services to accommodate the increased summer demand. As part of it, the SMV Bengaluru Special Express train (08581) would depart Visakhapatnam on Sundays at 3:20 pm (five trips altogether) between June 1 and June 29. At 4 p.m., it will arrive in Duvvada and leave at 4:02 p.m. At 12.45 p.m. the next day, the train arrives at SMV Bengaluru.
In exchange, Mondays from June 2 to June 30 at 3.50 pm, the SMV Bengaluru – Visakhapatnam Special Express train (08582) will depart SMVT Bengaluru (five trips total). The next day, it will arrive in Duvvada at 12.40 pm, leave at 12.42 pm, and arrive in Visakhapatnam at 1.30 pm.
Between Visakhapatnam and SMV Bengaluru, the train stops in Duvvada, Anakapalli, Yelamanchili, Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijayawada, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur, Renigunta, Katapadi, Jolarpetai, Kuppam, Bangarpet, and Krishnarajapuram.
Likewise, on Tuesdays from June 3 to June 24, the Visakhapatnam–Shalimar Special Express (08508) will depart Visakhapatnam at 11:20 a.m. It will make four journeys, arriving at Simhachalam at 11:36 am and leaving at 11:38 am, Vizianagaram at 12:08 pm and leaving at 12:10 pm, Chipurupalli at 12:35 pm and leaving at 12:37 pm, and Srikakulam Road at 13:08 pm and leaving at 13:10 pm, and arriving in Shalimar at 3 am the following day. On Wednesdays between June 4 and June 25, the Shalimar-Vishakhpatnam Special Express train (08507) will depart Shalimar at 5 a.m. in exchange. A total of four journeys will be made, arriving at Srikakulam Road at 6:10 p.m. and leaving at 6.12 p.m.; Chipurupalli at 6:38 p.m. and leaving at 6.40 p.m.; Vizianagaram at 7.03 p.m. and leaving at 7.05 p.m.; Simhachalam at 7:35 p.m. and leaving at 7.37 p.m.; and arriving in Visakhapatnam at 8.50 p.m.
Between Visakhapatnam and Shalimar, the train makes stops at Simhachalam, Vizianagaram, Chipurupalli, Palasa, Brahmapur, Balugaon, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kharagpur, and Santragachi.