12665 Howrah Jn - Kanniyakumari Superfast Express Time Table
- Arrives
- 09:45 day 3
- Kanniyakumari CAPE
- Journey
- 41h 45m
- 2407 km · 30 stops
12665 Howrah Jn - Kanniyakumari Superfast Express leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 16:00 and reaches Kanniyakumari (CAPE) at 09:45 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2407 km in 41h 45m, with 30 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Howrah Jn (HWH) through to Kanniyakumari (CAPE). Runs Mon.
12665 at a glance
| Runs on | Mon |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 57.7 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Superfast · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12665 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 | 16:00 | — | 0 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 17:35 | 17:40 | 5m | 116 |
| BLS Balasore | 19:00 | 19:02 | 2m | 237 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 19:50 | 19:52 | 2m | 296 |
| CTC Cuttack | 21:45 | 21:50 | 5m | 411 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 22:15 | 22:20 | 5m | 438 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 22:40 | 22:50 | 10m | 457 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 00:25 +1 | 00:30 +1 | 5m | 604 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 05:30 +1 | 05:50 +1 | 20m | 881 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 08:39 +1 | 08:40 +1 | 1m | 1082 |
| EE Eluru | 10:03 +1 | 10:05 +1 | 2m | 1172 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 11:50 +1 | 12:00 +1 | 10m | 1231 |
| OGL Ongole | 13:59 +1 | 14:00 +1 | 1m | 1370 |
| NLR Nellore | 15:34 +1 | 15:35 +1 | 1m | 1486 |
| MS Chennai Egmore | 19:45 +1 | 20:00 +1 | 15m | 1665 |
| TBM Tambaram | 20:28 +1 | 20:30 +1 | 2m | 1690 |
| CGL Chengalpattu Jn | 20:58 +1 | 21:00 +1 | 2m | 1721 |
| MLMR Melmaruvathur | 21:28 +1 | 21:30 +1 | 2m | 1756 |
| VM Villupuram Jn | 23:50 +1 | 23:52 +1 | 2m | 1824 |
| VRI Vriddhachalam Jn | 00:34 +2 | 00:36 +2 | 2m | 1878 |
| TPJ Tiruchchirappalli Jn | 02:25 +2 | 02:30 +2 | 5m | 2001 |
| DG Dindigul Jn | 03:35 +2 | 03:40 +2 | 5m | 2094 |
| KQN Kodaikanal Road | 03:56 +2 | 03:58 +2 | 2m | 2119 |
| MDU Madurai Jn | 04:40 +2 | 04:45 +2 | 5m | 2161 |
| VPT Virudunagar Jn | 05:18 +2 | 05:20 +2 | 2m | 2204 |
| SRT Satur | 05:38 +2 | 05:40 +2 | 2m | 2231 |
| CVP Kovilpatti | 05:58 +2 | 06:00 +2 | 2m | 2253 |
| TEN Tirunelveli Jn | 07:15 +2 | 07:20 +2 | 5m | 2318 |
| NCJ Nagercoil Junction | 08:45 +2 | 08:50 +2 | 5m | 2391 |
| CAPE Kanniyakumari | 09:45 +2 | end | — | 2407 |
What 12665’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 277 km and 5h 00m from Brahmapur (BAM) to Visakhapatnam (VSKP). The next longest is 201 km and 2h 49m from Visakhapatnam (VSKP) to Rajamundry (RJY).
At 22:00 it is between Cuttack (CTC) and Bhubaneswar (BBS), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Visakhapatnam (VSKP) and Rajamundry (RJY).
13 of its 28 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 15 minutes at Chennai Egmore (MS), 10 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 5 minutes at Kharagpur Jn (KGP). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Rajamundry (RJY).
The run crosses midnight before Brahmapur (BAM); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1204 km at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), stop number 12 of 30, and is booked to stand at its stops for 127 minutes in all, 5% of the 41h 45m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Dindigul Jn (DG) to Kodaikanal Road (KQN), 25 km at an average of 94 km/h.
After Howrah Jn it calls first at Kharagpur Jn (KGP), Balasore (BLS), Bhadrakh (BHC), Cuttack (CTC) and Bhubaneswar (BBS).
Its last stops before Kanniyakumari are Virudunagar Jn (VPT), Satur (SRT), Kovilpatti (CVP), Tirunelveli Jn (TEN) and Nagercoil Junction (NCJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 10 of the 28 fall in the first half of the distance and 18 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Howrah Jn (HWH), where 704 trains call, Tambaram (TBM), where 526 trains call, Chennai Egmore (MS), where 495 trains call.
Other trains that share 12665’s route
From 12665’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12663 Howrah Jn - Tiruchchirappalli Jn SUF Express — HWH to TPJ, 21 stations in common with 12665
- 22605 Purulia Jn - Tirunelveli Jn Superfast Express — PRR to TEN, 19 stations in common with 12665
- 20603 New Jalpaiguri - Nagercoil Junction Amrit Bharat Express — NJP to NCJ, 18 stations in common with 12665
- 20609 New Jalpaiguri - Tiruchchirappalli Jn Amrit Bharat Express — NJP to TPJ, 16 stations in common with 12665
Reservation chart and seat availability
12665 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 16:00, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 06:00 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12665 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 12665 — Howrah 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 06:00 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.