12204 Amritsar - Saharsa Jn Garib Rath Time Table
- Departs
- 04:00
- Amritsar ASR
- Arrives
- 11:20 day 2
- Saharsa Jn SHC
- Journey
- 31h 20m
- 1708 km · 25 stops
12204 Amritsar - Saharsa Jn Garib Rath leaves Amritsar (ASR) at 04:00 and reaches Saharsa Jn (SHC) at 11:20 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1708 km in 31h 20m, with 25 stops including both ends. It is the quicker of the 2 trains booked from Amritsar (ASR) to Saharsa Jn (SHC), at 31h 20m.
12204 at a glance
| Runs on | Wed, Sat, Sun |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 54.5 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Garib Rath · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12204 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASR Amritsar | start | 04:00 | — | 0 |
| BEAS Beas | 04:28 | 04:30 | 2m | 42 |
| JUC Jalandhar City | 05:05 | 05:10 | 5m | 79 |
| PGW Phagwara Jn | 05:28 | 05:30 | 2m | 100 |
| DDL Dhandari Kalan | 06:20 | 06:30 | 10m | 143 |
| UMB Ambala Cantt Jn | 08:00 | 08:10 | 10m | 249 |
| DLI Delhi Jn | 10:50 | 11:05 | 15m | 446 |
| HPU Hapur | 12:16 | 12:18 | 2m | 503 |
| MB Moradabad | 13:48 | 13:53 | 5m | 607 |
| BE Bareilly(NR) | 15:11 | 15:13 | 2m | 698 |
| HRI Hardoi | 16:51 | 16:53 | 2m | 831 |
| LKO Lucknow Jn | 18:30 | 18:40 | 10m | 933 |
| GKP Gorakhpur Jn | 00:02 +1 | 00:12 +1 | 10m | 1203 |
| DEOS Deoria Sadar | 01:08 +1 | 01:10 +1 | 2m | 1253 |
| SV Siwan Jn | 02:00 +1 | 02:05 +1 | 5m | 1323 |
| CPR Chhapra | 03:05 +1 | 03:10 +1 | 5m | 1384 |
| HJP Hajipur Jn | 04:27 +1 | 04:32 +1 | 5m | 1443 |
| MFP Muzaffarpur Jn | 05:15 +1 | 05:20 +1 | 5m | 1497 |
| SPJ Samastipur Jn | 06:20 +1 | 06:25 +1 | 5m | 1548 |
| DSS Dalsingh Sarai | 06:38 +1 | 06:40 +1 | 2m | 1572 |
| BJU Barauni Jn | 07:35 +1 | 07:45 +1 | 10m | 1599 |
| BGS Begusarai | 08:01 +1 | 08:03 +1 | 2m | 1615 |
| KGG Khagaria Jn | 08:36 +1 | 08:38 +1 | 2m | 1655 |
| SBV S Bhakhtiyarpur | 10:16 +1 | 10:18 +1 | 2m | 1692 |
| SHC Saharsa Jn | 11:20 +1 | end | — | 1708 |
What 12204’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from Amritsar (ASR) to Saharsa Jn (SHC), the other is 15532 Amritsar - Saharsa Jn Jansadharan Express at 33h 15m.
Its longest run without a stop is 270 km and 5h 22m from Lucknow Jn (LKO) to Gorakhpur Jn (GKP). The next longest is 197 km and 2h 40m from Ambala Cantt Jn (UMB) to Delhi Jn (DLI).
At 22:00 it is between Lucknow Jn (LKO) and Gorakhpur Jn (GKP), and at 06:00 it is between Phagwara Jn (PGW) and Dhandari Kalan (DDL).
13 of its 23 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at Delhi Jn (DLI), 10 minutes at Dhandari Kalan (DDL), 10 minutes at Ambala Cantt Jn (UMB), 10 minutes at Lucknow Jn (LKO), 10 minutes at Gorakhpur Jn (GKP). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Beas (BEAS).
The run crosses midnight before Gorakhpur Jn (GKP); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 854 km at Lucknow Jn (LKO), stop number 12 of 25, and is booked to stand at its stops for 120 minutes in all, 6% of the 31h 20m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Samastipur Jn (SPJ) to Dalsingh Sarai (DSS), 24 km at an average of 111 km/h.
After Amritsar it calls first at Beas (BEAS), Jalandhar City (JUC), Phagwara Jn (PGW), Dhandari Kalan (DDL) and Ambala Cantt Jn (UMB).
Its last stops before Saharsa Jn are Dalsingh Sarai (DSS), Barauni Jn (BJU), Begusarai (BGS), Khagaria Jn (KGG) and S Bhakhtiyarpur (SBV).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 10 of the 23 fall in the first half of the distance and 13 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Lucknow Jn (LKO), where 305 trains call, Ambala Cantt Jn (UMB), where 298 trains call, Moradabad (MB), where 284 trains call.
At LKO it is booked in at 18:30 and away again at 18:40, 933 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12204’s route
From 12204’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 15909 Dibrugarh - Lalgarh Jn Avadh Assam Express — DBRG to LGH, 17 stations in common with 12204
- 14673 Jaynagar - Amritsar Shaheed Express — JYG to ASR, 15 stations in common with 12204
- 12507 New Jalpaiguri - Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express — NJP to ASR, 13 stations in common with 12204
- 15651 Guwahati - Jammutavi Lohit Express — GHY to JAT, 13 stations in common with 12204
Reservation chart and seat availability
12204 is booked out of Amritsar at 04:00, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 18:00 on the day before the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12204 is charted at Amritsar. The rule is press-reported: no circular number has been located, and the first report covered one zone. Preparation can be later. The circulars, the second chart and what is still unsettled.
Check live seat availability for 12204 — Amritsar to Saharsa Jn, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).
Where this came from
Every time and distance above is read from timetable version , and from nothing else. Where the timetable data comes from.
The 18:00 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.