12304 New Delhi - Howrah Jn Poorva Express Time Table
- Journey
- 23h 20m
- 1527 km · 25 stops
12304 New Delhi - Howrah Jn Poorva Express leaves New Delhi (NDLS) at 17:40 and reaches Howrah Jn (HWH) at 17:00 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1527 km in 23h 20m, with 25 stops including both ends. It is the joint 4th quickest of the 5 trains booked from New Delhi (NDLS) to Howrah Jn (HWH), at 23h 20m.
12304 at a glance
| Runs on | Wed, Thu, 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 | 65.4 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12304 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDLS New Delhi | start | 17:40 | — | 0 |
| ALJN Aligarh Jn | 19:13 | 19:15 | 2m | 132 |
| TDL Tundla Jn | 20:13 | 20:15 | 2m | 210 |
| ETW Etawah Jn | 21:08 | 21:10 | 2m | 301 |
| CNB Kanpur Central | 22:55 | 23:05 | 10m | 441 |
| PRYJ Prayagraj Jn | 01:15 +1 | 01:20 +1 | 5m | 635 |
| DDU PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn | 03:38 +1 | 03:45 +1 | 7m | 788 |
| BXR Buxar | 05:03 +1 | 05:05 +1 | 2m | 878 |
| ARA Ara | 05:45 +1 | 05:50 +1 | 5m | 946 |
| DNR Danapur | 06:22 +1 | 06:24 +1 | 2m | 986 |
| PNBE Patna Jn | 06:48 +1 | 06:55 +1 | 7m | 995 |
| BKP Bakhtiyarpur Jn | 07:34 +1 | 07:36 +1 | 2m | 1041 |
| BARH Barh | 07:49 +1 | 07:51 +1 | 2m | 1059 |
| MKA Mokama | 08:10 +1 | 08:12 +1 | 2m | 1085 |
| KIUL Kiul Jn | 09:08 +1 | 09:10 +1 | 2m | 1119 |
| JMU Jamui | 09:39 +1 | 09:41 +1 | 2m | 1147 |
| JAJ Jhajha | 10:55 +1 | 11:00 +1 | 5m | 1173 |
| JSME Jasidih Jn | 11:31 +1 | 11:35 +1 | 4m | 1216 |
| MDP Madhupur Jn | 11:55 +1 | 11:57 +1 | 2m | 1245 |
| JMT Jamtara | 12:27 +1 | 12:29 +1 | 2m | 1287 |
| CRJ Chittaranjan | 12:40 +1 | 12:42 +1 | 2m | 1302 |
| ASN Asansol Jn | 13:16 +1 | 13:26 +1 | 10m | 1327 |
| DGR Durgapur | 13:54 +1 | 13:56 +1 | 2m | 1369 |
| BWN Bardhaman | 15:03 +1 | 15:05 +1 | 2m | 1432 |
| HWH Howrah Jn | 17:00 +1 | end | — | 1527 |
What 12304’s schedule looks like
Of the 5 trains booked from New Delhi (NDLS) to Howrah Jn (HWH), the quickest is 12302 New Delhi - Howrah Jn Rajdhani at 17h 05m, 6h 15m less than 12304.
Its longest run without a stop is 194 km and 2h 10m from Kanpur Central (CNB) to Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ). The next longest is 153 km and 2h 18m from Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ) to PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU).
At 22:00 it is between Etawah Jn (ETW) and Kanpur Central (CNB), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Ara (ARA) and Danapur (DNR).
7 of its 23 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 10 minutes at Kanpur Central (CNB), 10 minutes at Asansol Jn (ASN), 7 minutes at PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), 7 minutes at Patna Jn (PNBE), 5 minutes at Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Aligarh Jn (ALJN).
The run crosses midnight before Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 764 km at PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), stop number 7 of 25, and is booked to stand at its stops for 83 minutes in all, 6% of the 23h 20m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Tundla Jn (TDL) to Etawah Jn (ETW), 91 km at an average of 103 km/h.
After New Delhi it calls first at Aligarh Jn (ALJN), Tundla Jn (TDL), Etawah Jn (ETW), Kanpur Central (CNB) and Prayagraj Jn (PRYJ).
Its last stops before Howrah Jn are Jamtara (JMT), Chittaranjan (CRJ), Asansol Jn (ASN), Durgapur (DGR) and Bardhaman (BWN).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 5 of the 23 fall in the first half of the distance and 18 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 12304’s route
From 12304’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 13005 Howrah Jn - Amritsar Mail — HWH to ASR, 16 stations in common with 12304
- 13041 Howrah Jn - Jammutavi Himgiri Express — HWH to JAT, 15 stations in common with 12304
- 15733 Balurghat - Bathinda Farakka Express — BLGT to BTI, 13 stations in common with 12304
- 15744 Bathinda - Balurghat Farakka Express — BTI to BLGT, 13 stations in common with 12304
Reservation chart and seat availability
12304 is booked out of New Delhi at 17:40, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 07:40 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12304 is charted at New Delhi. 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 12304 — New Delhi to Howrah 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 07:40 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.