The ministry of railways has approved the extension of train no 1743017429 Tirupati-Hyderabad-Tirupati Rayalaseema Express to Nizamabad with effect from November 1, 2017. The train will be speeded up and converted to
superfast express under “Mission Raftar“. Accordingly, the train number will be changed to run as train no 12793 Tirupati-Nizamabad and train no 12794 Nizamabad-Tirupati Rayalaseema Superfast Express.