Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao favored renaming the train from New Delhi-Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Telangana Express and Express. After the bifurcation of the state, Telangana is in the process of changing the names of the institutions with names of legends and leaders of Andhra Pradesh. Similarly, you want the name of the AP Express also to be changed.

Noting that the train owes its current name when undivided Andhra Pradesh existed with Hyderabad as its capital, he felt that continuing with the same after the formation of Telangana is not correct.

The express train does not go through any part of Andhra Pradesh as originating in Hyderabad, the state capital of Telangana, the CM wants the train to be named as Telangana Express. He also sought to rename Telangana Express, which runs between Hyderabad and Sirpur Kagaznagar (in the district of Adilabad) as Komaram Bheem Express.

Rao wrote a letter to the Ministry of Railway Union soon finding the two changes, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said here Thursday.