12421 Nanded - Amritsar Superfast Express Time Table
- Departs
- 11:05
- Nanded NED
- Arrives
- 18:35 day 2
- Amritsar ASR
- Journey
- 31h 30m
- 1929 km · 25 stops
12421 Nanded - Amritsar Superfast Express leaves Nanded (NED) at 11:05 and reaches Amritsar (ASR) at 18:35 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1929 km in 31h 30m, with 25 stops including both ends. It is the quicker of the 2 trains booked from Nanded (NED) to Amritsar (ASR), at 31h 30m. Runs Wed. That is a stop every 80 km on average.
12421 at a glance
| Runs on | Wed |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 61.2 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Superfast · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12421 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NED Nanded | start | 11:05 | — | 0 |
| PAU Purna Jn | 11:35 | 11:55 | 20m | 30 |
| HNL Hingoli Deccan | 12:59 | 13:00 | 1m | 111 |
| WHM Washim | 13:49 | 13:50 | 1m | 160 |
| AK Akola Jn | 15:55 | 16:00 | 5m | 239 |
| SEG Shegaon | 16:29 | 16:30 | 1m | 277 |
| MKU Malkapur | 17:00 | 17:02 | 2m | 329 |
| KNW Khandwa Junction | 20:12 | 20:15 | 3m | 496 |
| ET Itarsi Jn | 22:40 | 22:45 | 5m | 673 |
| BPL Bhopal Jn | 00:20 +1 | 00:30 +1 | 10m | 765 |
| BINA Bina Jn | 02:15 +1 | 02:18 +1 | 3m | 903 |
| VGLJ Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn | 04:01 +1 | 04:09 +1 | 8m | 1055 |
| GWL Gwalior Jn | 05:09 +1 | 05:11 +1 | 2m | 1153 |
| AGC Agra Cantt Jn | 06:45 +1 | 06:50 +1 | 5m | 1272 |
| NDLS New Delhi | 10:10 +1 | 10:25 +1 | 15m | 1466 |
| ROK Rohtak Jn | 11:30 +1 | 11:32 +1 | 2m | 1537 |
| NRW Narwana Jn | 12:33 +1 | 12:35 +1 | 2m | 1628 |
| JHL Jakhal Jn | 13:41 +1 | 13:43 +1 | 2m | 1666 |
| SAG Sangrur | 14:23 +1 | 14:25 +1 | 2m | 1716 |
| DUI Dhuri Jn | 14:46 +1 | 14:48 +1 | 2m | 1732 |
| LDH Ludhiana Jn | 16:00 +1 | 16:10 +1 | 10m | 1794 |
| PGW Phagwara Jn | 16:39 +1 | 16:41 +1 | 2m | 1830 |
| JUC Jalandhar City | 17:10 +1 | 17:15 +1 | 5m | 1851 |
| BEAS Beas | 17:45 +1 | 17:47 +1 | 2m | 1887 |
| ASR Amritsar | 18:35 +1 | end | — | 1929 |
What 12421’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from Nanded (NED) to Amritsar (ASR), the other is 12715 Nanded - Amritsar Sachkhand Superfast Express at 36h 15m.
Its longest run without a stop is 194 km and 3h 20m from Agra Cantt Jn (AGC) to New Delhi (NDLS). The next longest is 177 km and 2h 25m from Khandwa Junction (KNW) to Itarsi Jn (ET).
At 22:00 it is between Khandwa Junction (KNW) and Itarsi Jn (ET), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Gwalior Jn (GWL) and Agra Cantt Jn (AGC).
9 of its 23 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Purna Jn (PAU), 15 minutes at New Delhi (NDLS), 10 minutes at Bhopal Jn (BPL), 10 minutes at Ludhiana Jn (LDH), 8 minutes at Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Hingoli Deccan (HNL).
The run crosses midnight before Bhopal Jn (BPL); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 964 km at Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), stop number 12 of 25, and is booked to stand at its stops for 110 minutes in all, 6% of the 31h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Shegaon (SEG) to Malkapur (MKU), 52 km at an average of 104 km/h.
After Nanded it calls first at Purna Jn (PAU), Hingoli Deccan (HNL), Washim (WHM), Akola Jn (AK) and Shegaon (SEG).
Its last stops before Amritsar are Dhuri Jn (DUI), Ludhiana Jn (LDH), Phagwara Jn (PGW), Jalandhar City (JUC) and Beas (BEAS).
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 Itarsi Jn (ET), where 417 trains call, New Delhi (NDLS), where 335 trains call, Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), where 321 trains call.
At ET it is booked in at 22:40 and away again at 22:45, 673 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12421’s route
From 12421’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12485 Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express — NED to SGNR, 19 stations in common with 12421
- 12439 Nanded - Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express — NED to SGNR, 18 stations in common with 12421
- 12751 Nanded - Jammutavi Humsafar — NED to JAT, 16 stations in common with 12421
- 12715 Nanded - Amritsar Sachkhand Superfast Express — NED to ASR, 15 stations in common with 12421
Reservation chart and seat availability
12421 is booked out of Nanded at 11:05, 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 12421 is charted at Nanded. 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 12421 — Nanded to Amritsar, 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.