12642 Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn - Kanniyakumari Tirukkural Express Time Table
- Arrives
- 04:05 day 3
- Kanniyakumari CAPE
- Journey
- 46h 45m
- 2919 km · 23 stops
12642 Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn - Kanniyakumari Tirukkural Express leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM) at 05:20 and reaches Kanniyakumari (CAPE) at 04:05 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2919 km in 46h 45m, with 23 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM) through to Kanniyakumari (CAPE).
12642 at a glance
| Runs on | Mon, Sat |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 62.4 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12642 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZM Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn | start | 05:20 | — | 0 |
| AGC Agra Cantt Jn | 08:00 | 08:05 | 5m | 187 |
| VGLJ Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn | 11:25 | 11:33 | 8m | 404 |
| BPL Bhopal Jn | 15:30 | 15:40 | 10m | 693 |
| ET Itarsi Jn | 17:25 | 17:30 | 5m | 785 |
| BZU Betul | 19:33 | 19:35 | 2m | 892 |
| NGP Nagpur Jn | 22:20 | 22:25 | 5m | 1080 |
| BPQ Balharshah | 01:45 +1 | 01:50 +1 | 5m | 1289 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 08:25 +1 | 08:35 +1 | 10m | 1743 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 13:03 +1 | 13:05 +1 | 2m | 2036 |
| MS Chennai Egmore | 15:55 +1 | 16:10 +1 | 15m | 2177 |
| TBM Tambaram | 16:35 +1 | 16:37 +1 | 2m | 2202 |
| CGL Chengalpattu Jn | 17:03 +1 | 17:05 +1 | 2m | 2233 |
| VM Villupuram Jn | 18:53 +1 | 18:55 +1 | 2m | 2336 |
| VRI Vriddhachalam Jn | 19:36 +1 | 19:38 +1 | 2m | 2390 |
| TPJ Tiruchchirappalli Jn | 21:25 +1 | 21:30 +1 | 5m | 2513 |
| DG Dindigul Jn | 22:30 +1 | 22:35 +1 | 5m | 2606 |
| MDU Madurai Jn | 23:45 +1 | 23:50 +1 | 5m | 2673 |
| VPT Virudunagar Jn | 00:23 +2 | 00:25 +2 | 2m | 2717 |
| SRT Satur | 00:43 +2 | 00:45 +2 | 2m | 2743 |
| TEN Tirunelveli Jn | 02:10 +2 | 02:15 +2 | 5m | 2830 |
| NCJ Nagercoil Junction | 03:20 +2 | 03:23 +2 | 3m | 2903 |
| CAPE Kanniyakumari | 04:05 +2 | end | — | 2919 |
What 12642’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 454 km and 6h 35m from Balharshah (BPQ) to Vijayawada Jn (BZA). The next longest is 293 km and 4h 28m from Vijayawada Jn (BZA) to Gudur Jn (GDR).
At 22:00 it is between Betul (BZU) and Nagpur Jn (NGP), and at 06:00 it is between Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM) and Agra Cantt Jn (AGC).
12 of its 21 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at Chennai Egmore (MS), 10 minutes at Bhopal Jn (BPL), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 8 minutes at Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), 5 minutes at Agra Cantt Jn (AGC). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Betul (BZU).
The run crosses midnight before Balharshah (BPQ); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1460 km at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), stop number 9 of 23, and is booked to stand at its stops for 102 minutes in all, 4% of the 46h 45m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Tiruchchirappalli Jn (TPJ) to Dindigul Jn (DG), 93 km at an average of 93 km/h.
After Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn it calls first at Agra Cantt Jn (AGC), Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), Bhopal Jn (BPL), Itarsi Jn (ET) and Betul (BZU).
Its last stops before Kanniyakumari are Madurai Jn (MDU), Virudunagar Jn (VPT), Satur (SRT), Tirunelveli Jn (TEN) and Nagercoil Junction (NCJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 7 of the 21 fall in the first half of the distance and 14 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Tambaram (TBM), where 526 trains call, Chennai Egmore (MS), where 495 trains call, Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call.
At TBM it is booked in at 16:35 and away again at 16:37, 2202 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12642’s route
From 12642’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12665 Howrah Jn - Kanniyakumari Superfast Express — HWH to CAPE, 14 stations in common with 12642
- 16787 Tirunelveli Jn - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express — TEN to SVDK, 14 stations in common with 12642
- 22631 Madurai Jn - Bikaner Jn Anuvrat Superfast Express — MDU to BKN, 14 stations in common with 12642
- 16317 Kanniyakumari - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express — CAPE to SVDK, 11 stations in common with 12642
Reservation chart and seat availability
12642 is booked out of Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn at 05:20, 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 12642 is charted at Hazrat Nizamuddin 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 12642 — Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn to Kanniyakumari, 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.