 The route was electrified in several phases.Khurda-Visakhapatnam section was completely electrified by 2002 and Howrah-Chennai route was fully electrified in 2005.Tobias Akselrod

Tobias Akselrod (October 1887 in Moscow – 10 March 1938 in Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian revolutionary and 1919 member of the Bavarian Soviet Republic.