12301 Howrah Jn - New Delhi Rajdhani Express Time Table
- Journey
- 17h 15m
- 1449 km · 9 stops
12301 Howrah Jn - New Delhi Rajdhani Express leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 16:50 and reaches New Delhi (NDLS) at 10:05 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1449 km in 17h 15m, with 9 stops including both ends. It is the quickest of the 5 trains booked from Howrah Jn (HWH) to New Delhi (NDLS), at 17h 15m.
Timetable version 2026-08-30 carries the full schedule for train 12301 but no running-days row, so we cannot tell you which days of the week it runs. We will not guess a pattern. Check the running days on the railways' own enquiry service before you travel.
12301 at a glance
| Runs on | Not published in timetable version 2026-08-30. We do not guess a pattern. |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | No calendar row in this timetable version |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 84.0 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Rajdhani · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12301 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWH Howrah Jn | start | 16:50 | — | 0 |
| ASN Asansol Jn | 18:47 | 18:49 | 2m | 200 |
| DHN Dhanbad Jn | 19:55 | 20:00 | 5m | 258 |
| PNME Parasnath | 20:30 | 20:32 | 2m | 306 |
| GAYA Gaya Jn | 22:32 | 22:35 | 3m | 457 |
| DDU PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn | 00:43 +1 | 00:50 +1 | 7m | 661 |
| PRYJ Prayagraj Jn | 02:40 +1 | 02:42 +1 | 2m | 814 |
| CNB Kanpur Central | 04:45 +1 | 04:50 +1 | 5m | 1008 |
| NDLS New Delhi | 10:05 +1 | end | — | 1449 |
What 12301’s schedule looks like
Of the 5 trains booked from Howrah Jn (HWH) to New Delhi (NDLS), the slowest takes 22h 05m.
Its longest run without a stop is 441 km and 5h 15m from Kanpur Central (CNB) to New Delhi (NDLS). The next longest is 204 km and 2h 08m from Gaya Jn (GAYA) to PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU).
At 22:00 it is between Parasnath (PNME) and Gaya Jn (GAYA), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Kanpur Central (CNB) and New Delhi (NDLS).
3 of its 7 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 7 minutes at PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), 5 minutes at Dhanbad Jn (DHN), 5 minutes at Kanpur Central (CNB). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Asansol Jn (ASN).
The run crosses midnight before PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 724 km at Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ), stop number 7 of 9, and is booked to stand at its stops for 26 minutes in all, 3% of the 17h 15m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Howrah Jn (HWH) to Asansol Jn (ASN), 200 km at an average of 103 km/h.
After Howrah Jn it calls first at Asansol Jn (ASN), Dhanbad Jn (DHN), Parasnath (PNME), Gaya Jn (GAYA) and PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU).
Its last stops before New Delhi are Parasnath (PNME), Gaya Jn (GAYA), PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ) and Kanpur Central (CNB).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 5 of the 7 fall in the first half of the distance and 2 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Howrah Jn (HWH), where 704 trains call, Kanpur Central (CNB), where 429 trains call, PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), where 400 trains call.
Other trains that share 12301’s route
From 12301’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12381 Howrah Jn - New Delhi Poorva Express — HWH to NDLS, 9 stations in common with 12301
- 13051 Howrah Jn - Kalka Netaji Express — HWH to KLK, 8 stations in common with 12301
- 22307 Howrah Jn - Bikaner Jn Express — HWH to BKN, 8 stations in common with 12301
- 12324 Barmer - Howrah Jn Superfast Express — BME to HWH, 7 stations in common with 12301
Reservation chart and seat availability
12301 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 16:50, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 06:50 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12301 is charted at Howrah Jn. 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 12301 — Howrah Jn to New Delhi, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).
Data notes for this train
- The feed has no running-days row for this train, so we do not show running days. We will not guess a pattern.
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 06:50 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.