12509 SMVT Bengaluru - Guwahati Express Time Table
- Departs
- 23:40
- SMVT Bengaluru SMVB
- Arrives
- 04:50 day 4
- Guwahati GHY
- Journey
- 53h 10m
- 2965 km · 41 stops
12509 SMVT Bengaluru - Guwahati Express leaves SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) at 23:40 and reaches Guwahati (GHY) at 04:50 on day 4 of the run. The booked run is 2965 km in 53h 10m, with 41 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) through to Guwahati (GHY). Runs Wed, Thu, Fri.
12509 at a glance
| Runs on | Wed, Thu, Fri |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 55.8 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12509 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMVB SMVT Bengaluru | start | 23:40 | — | 0 |
| KJM Krishnarajapurm | 23:53 | 23:55 | 2m | 7 |
| BWT Bangarapet Jn | 00:33 +1 | 00:35 +1 | 2m | 64 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 01:58 +1 | 02:00 +1 | 2m | 133 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 03:10 +1 | 03:25 +1 | 15m | 217 |
| AJJ Arakkonam Jn | 04:13 +1 | 04:15 +1 | 2m | 278 |
| PER Perambur | 05:05 +1 | 05:10 +1 | 5m | 341 |
| OGL Ongole | 10:18 +1 | 10:20 +1 | 2m | 632 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 12:50 +1 | 13:00 +1 | 10m | 771 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 15:28 +1 | 15:30 +1 | 2m | 920 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 19:05 +1 | 19:25 +1 | 20m | 1121 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 20:15 +1 | 20:20 +1 | 5m | 1182 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 21:08 +1 | 21:10 +1 | 2m | 1251 |
| PSA Palasa | 22:18 +1 | 22:20 +1 | 2m | 1324 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 23:15 +1 | 23:20 +1 | 5m | 1398 |
| BALU Balugan | 00:13 +2 | 00:15 +2 | 2m | 1474 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 01:15 +2 | 01:25 +2 | 10m | 1544 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 01:50 +2 | 01:55 +2 | 5m | 1563 |
| CTC Cuttack | 02:25 +2 | 02:30 +2 | 5m | 1591 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 03:18 +2 | 03:20 +2 | 2m | 1663 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 04:18 +2 | 04:20 +2 | 2m | 1706 |
| BLS Balasore | 05:07 +2 | 05:09 +2 | 2m | 1765 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 06:38 +2 | 06:48 +2 | 10m | 1886 |
| DKAE Dankuni | 09:32 +2 | 09:37 +2 | 5m | 2008 |
| BHP Bolpur S Niktn | 11:38 +2 | 11:43 +2 | 5m | 2139 |
| RPH Rampur Hat | 12:46 +2 | 12:51 +2 | 5m | 2199 |
| NFK New Farakka Jn | 14:53 +2 | 14:55 +2 | 2m | 2287 |
| MLDT Malda Town | 15:55 +2 | 16:05 +2 | 10m | 2322 |
| BOE Barsoi Jn | 17:23 +2 | 17:25 +2 | 2m | 2410 |
| KNE Kishanganj | 18:08 +2 | 18:10 +2 | 2m | 2467 |
| NJP New Jalpaiguri | 19:35 +2 | 19:45 +2 | 10m | 2554 |
| JPE Jalpaiguri Road | 20:40 +2 | 20:42 +2 | 2m | 2588 |
| DQG Dhupguri | 21:08 +2 | 21:10 +2 | 2m | 2620 |
| NCB New Cooch Behar | 22:08 +2 | 22:10 +2 | 2m | 2680 |
| NOQ New Alipurduar | 22:30 +2 | 22:32 +2 | 2m | 2699 |
| KOJ Kokrajhar | 23:35 +2 | 23:37 +2 | 2m | 2777 |
| NBQ New Bongaigaon | 00:20 +3 | 00:30 +3 | 10m | 2809 |
| BPRD Barpeta Road | 01:15 +3 | 01:17 +3 | 2m | 2853 |
| RNY Rangiya Jn | 02:20 +3 | 02:25 +3 | 5m | 2918 |
| KYQ Kamakhya | 04:10 +3 | 04:12 +3 | 2m | 2959 |
| GHY Guwahati | 04:50 +3 | end | — | 2965 |
What 12509’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 291 km and 5h 08m from Perambur (PER) to Ongole (OGL). The next longest is 201 km and 3h 35m from Rajamundry (RJY) to Visakhapatnam (VSKP).
At 22:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Srikakulam Road (CHE) and Palasa (PSA), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Perambur (PER) and Ongole (OGL).
17 of its 39 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 15 minutes at Katpadi Jn (KPD), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 10 minutes at Kharagpur Jn (KGP). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Krishnarajapurm (KJM).
The run crosses midnight before Bangarapet Jn (BWT); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1482 km at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), stop number 17 of 41, and is booked to stand at its stops for 184 minutes in all, 6% of the 53h 10m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Krishnarajapurm (KJM) to Bangarapet Jn (BWT), 57 km at an average of 90 km/h.
After SMVT Bengaluru it calls first at Krishnarajapurm (KJM), Bangarapet Jn (BWT), Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ), Katpadi Jn (KPD) and Arakkonam Jn (AJJ).
Its last stops before Guwahati are Kokrajhar (KOJ), New Bongaigaon (NBQ), Barpeta Road (BPRD), Rangiya Jn (RNY) and Kamakhya (KYQ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 15 of the 39 fall in the first half of the distance and 24 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Perambur (PER), where 346 trains call, Kharagpur Jn (KGP), where 337 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 12:50 and away again at 13:00, 771 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12509’s route
From 12509’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 15627 Coimbatore Jn - Silchar Express — CBE to SCL, 36 stations in common with 12509
- 15607 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Aronai Express — TVC to SCL, 35 stations in common with 12509
- 15645 Charlapalli - Silchar Express — CHZ to SCL, 29 stations in common with 12509
- 22501 SMVT Bengaluru - New Tinsukia Newtinsukia Express — SMVB to NTSK, 29 stations in common with 12509
Reservation chart and seat availability
12509 is booked out of SMVT Bengaluru at 23:40, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 13:40 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12509 is charted at SMVT Bengaluru. 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 12509 — SMVT Bengaluru to Guwahati, 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 13:40 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.