12409 Raigarh - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Gondwana Superfast Express Time Table
- Departs
- 03:25
- Raigarh RIG
- Journey
- 25h 35m
- 1632 km · 36 stops
12409 Raigarh - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Gondwana Superfast Express leaves Raigarh (RIG) at 03:25 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM) at 05:00 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1632 km in 25h 35m, with 36 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Raigarh (RIG) through to Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM).
12409 at a glance
| Runs on | Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 63.8 km/h including halts — ours (how) Treat this as unreliable: at least one leg of this train's timings in this timetable version implies a speed no train can reach (see the data notes below), so the journey time this average is divided by is wrong. |
| Type | Superfast · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12409 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIG Raigarh | start | 03:25 | — | 0 |
| KHS Kharsia | 03:50 | 03:52 | 2m | 34 |
| SKT Sakti | 04:05 | 04:07 | 2m | 50 |
| CPH Champa | 04:31 | 04:36 | 5m | 80 |
| AKT Akaltara | 04:54 | 04:56 | 2m | 106 |
| BSP Bilaspur Jn | 05:40 | 05:50 | 10m | 133 |
| BYT Bhatapara | 06:28 | 06:30 | 2m | 184 |
| TLD Tilda | 06:51 | 06:53 | 2m | 210 |
| R Raipur Jn | 07:30 | 07:40 | 10m | 248 |
| DURG Durg | 08:30 | 08:35 | 5m | 285 |
| RJN Rajnandgaon | 08:54 | 08:56 | 2m | 316 |
| DGG Dongargarh | 09:19 | 09:21 | 2m | 348 |
| G Gondia Jn | 10:28 | 10:30 | 2m | 421 |
| TMR Tumsar Road | 11:06 | 11:08 | 2m | 470 |
| BRD Bhandara Road | 11:22 | 11:24 | 2m | 488 |
| NGP Nagpur Jn | 12:35 | 12:55 | 20m | 551 |
| KATL Katol | 13:44 | 13:45 | 1m | 610 |
| NRKR Narkher | 14:03 | 14:04 | 1m | 635 |
| PAR Pandhurna | 14:09 | 14:10 | 1m | 653 |
| MTY Multai | 14:44 | 14:45 | 1m | 694 |
| AMLA Amla Jn | 15:00 | 15:02 | 2m | 717 |
| BZU Betul | 15:18 | 15:20 | 2m | 740 |
| GDYA Ghoradongri | 15:57 | 15:58 | 1m | 776 |
| ET Itarsi Jn | 17:45 | 17:50 | 5m | 847 |
| NDPM Narmadapuram | 18:08 | 18:10 | 2m | 864 |
| BPL Bhopal Jn | 19:25 | 19:35 | 10m | 938 |
| BHS Vidisha | 20:15 | 20:17 | 2m | 992 |
| BAQ Ganj Basoda | 20:36 | 20:38 | 2m | 1031 |
| BINA Bina Jn | 21:38 | 21:40 | 2m | 1077 |
| LAR Lalitpur | 22:20 | 22:22 | 2m | 1139 |
| VGLJ Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn | 23:30 | 23:38 | 8m | 1228 |
| DAA Datia | 00:01 +1 | 00:03 +1 | 2m | 1253 |
| GWL Gwalior Jn | 00:48 +1 | 00:50 +1 | 2m | 1326 |
| AGC Agra Cantt Jn | 02:15 +1 | 02:20 +1 | 5m | 1445 |
| MTJ Mathura Jn | 02:55 +1 | 02:57 +1 | 2m | 1498 |
| NZM Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn | 05:00 +1 | end | — | 1632 |
What 12409’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 134 km from Mathura Jn (MTJ) to Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM). The next longest is 119 km from Gwalior Jn (GWL) to Agra Cantt Jn (AGC).
At 22:00 it is between Bina Jn (BINA) and Lalitpur (LAR), and at 06:00 it is between Bilaspur Jn (BSP) and Bhatapara (BYT).
9 of its 34 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Nagpur Jn (NGP), 10 minutes at Bilaspur Jn (BSP), 10 minutes at Raipur Jn (R), 10 minutes at Bhopal Jn (BPL), 8 minutes at Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Katol (KATL).
The run crosses midnight before Datia (DAA); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 816 km at Itarsi Jn (ET), stop number 24 of 36, and is booked to stand at its stops for 123 minutes in all, 8% of the 25h 35m journey.
After Raigarh it calls first at Kharsia (KHS), Sakti (SKT), Champa (CPH), Akaltara (AKT) and Bilaspur Jn (BSP).
Its last stops before Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn are Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), Datia (DAA), Gwalior Jn (GWL), Agra Cantt Jn (AGC) and Mathura Jn (MTJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 22 of the 34 fall in the first half of the distance and 12 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Itarsi Jn (ET), where 417 trains call, Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), where 321 trains call, Nagpur Jn (NGP), where 296 trains call.
At ET it is booked in at 17:45 and away again at 17:50, 847 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12409’s route
From 12409’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 18237 Korba - Amritsar Chattisgarh Express — KRBA to ASR, 33 stations in common with 12409
- 12405 Bhusaval Jn - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Gondwana Express — BSL to NZM, 20 stations in common with 12409
- 12721 Hyderabad - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Dakshin Superfast Express — HYB to NZM, 19 stations in common with 12409
- 12807 Visakhapatnam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Samta Express — VSKP to NZM, 19 stations in common with 12409
Reservation chart and seat availability
12409 is booked out of Raigarh at 03:25, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 17:25 on the day before the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12409 is charted at Raigarh. 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 12409 — Raigarh to Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).
Data notes for this train
- The feed's timings imply at least 162 km/h in a straight line between NRKR and PAR, which is not possible. The timing for this leg is wrong in the source data. (stop 19)
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 17:25 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.