12353 Howrah Jn - Lalkua Jn Express Time Table
- Arrives
- 06:55 day 2
- Lalkua Jn LKU
- Journey
- 22h 40m
- 1299 km · 19 stops
12353 Howrah Jn - Lalkua Jn Express leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 08:15 and reaches Lalkua Jn (LKU) at 06:55 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1299 km in 22h 40m, with 19 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Howrah Jn (HWH) through to Lalkua Jn (LKU).
12353 at a glance
| Runs on | Fri |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 57.3 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12353 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 | 08:15 | — | 0 |
| BWN Bardhaman | 09:08 | 09:10 | 2m | 95 |
| DGR Durgapur | 10:01 | 10:03 | 2m | 158 |
| ASN Asansol Jn | 10:33 | 10:38 | 5m | 200 |
| DHN Dhanbad Jn | 11:55 | 12:00 | 5m | 258 |
| GAYA Gaya Jn | 14:40 | 14:45 | 5m | 457 |
| DOS Dehri ON Sone | 15:52 | 15:54 | 2m | 542 |
| SSM Sasaram | 16:08 | 16:10 | 2m | 560 |
| DDU PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn | 17:50 | 17:55 | 5m | 661 |
| BSB Varanasi | 19:00 | 19:10 | 10m | 679 |
| MBDP Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh | 21:30 | 21:35 | 5m | 807 |
| AME Amethi | 22:08 | 22:10 | 2m | 842 |
| RBL Rae Bareli Jn | 23:00 | 23:05 | 5m | 902 |
| LKO Lucknow Jn | 00:55 +1 | 01:05 +1 | 10m | 980 |
| BE Bareilly(NR) | 04:37 +1 | 04:45 +1 | 8m | 1215 |
| BC Bareilly City | 04:55 +1 | 04:57 +1 | 2m | 1218 |
| IZN Izzatnagar Jn | 05:11 +1 | 05:13 +1 | 2m | 1223 |
| KHH Kichha | 06:02 +1 | 06:04 +1 | 2m | 1282 |
| LKU Lalkua Jn | 06:55 +1 | end | — | 1299 |
What 12353’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 235 km and 3h 32m from Lucknow Jn (LKO) to Bareilly(NR) (BE). The next longest is 199 km and 2h 40m from Dhanbad Jn (DHN) to Gaya Jn (GAYA).
At 22:00 it is between Maa Belha Devi Dham Pratapgarh (MBDP) and Amethi (AME), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Izzatnagar Jn (IZN) and Kichha (KHH).
9 of its 17 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 10 minutes at Varanasi (BSB), 10 minutes at Lucknow Jn (LKO), 8 minutes at Bareilly(NR) (BE), 5 minutes at Asansol Jn (ASN), 5 minutes at Dhanbad Jn (DHN). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Bardhaman (BWN).
The run crosses midnight before Lucknow Jn (LKO); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 650 km at PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), stop number 9 of 19, and is booked to stand at its stops for 74 minutes in all, 5% of the 22h 40m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Howrah Jn (HWH) to Bardhaman (BWN), 95 km at an average of 108 km/h.
After Howrah Jn it calls first at Bardhaman (BWN), Durgapur (DGR), Asansol Jn (ASN), Dhanbad Jn (DHN) and Gaya Jn (GAYA).
Its last stops before Lalkua Jn are Lucknow Jn (LKO), Bareilly(NR) (BE), Bareilly City (BC), Izzatnagar Jn (IZN) and Kichha (KHH).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 7 of the 17 fall in the first half of the distance and 10 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Howrah Jn (HWH), where 704 trains call, PT.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU), where 400 trains call, Bardhaman (BWN), where 349 trains call.
Other trains that share 12353’s route
From 12353’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12371 Howrah Jn - Bikaner Jn Superfast Express — HWH to BKN, 13 stations in common with 12353
- 13009 Howrah Jn - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Doon Express — HWH to YNRK, 12 stations in common with 12353
- 13065 Howrah Jn - Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express — HWH to ANVT, 12 stations in common with 12353
- 13005 Howrah Jn - Amritsar Mail — HWH to ASR, 11 stations in common with 12353
Reservation chart and seat availability
12353 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 08:15, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-A: its first reservation chart is expected at about 20:00 on the day before the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12353 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 12353 — Howrah Jn to Lalkua 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 20:00 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.