12703 Howrah Jn - Secunderabad Jn Falaknuma Express Time Table
- Journey
- 26h 05m
- 1541 km · 26 stops
12703 Howrah Jn - Secunderabad Jn Falaknuma Express leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 08:25 and reaches Secunderabad Jn (SC) at 10:30 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1541 km in 26h 05m, with 26 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Howrah Jn (HWH) through to Secunderabad Jn (SC).
12703 at a glance
| Runs on | Daily |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 59.1 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12703 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 | 08:25 | — | 0 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 10:00 | 10:05 | 5m | 116 |
| BLS Balasore | 11:25 | 11:27 | 2m | 237 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 12:20 | 12:22 | 2m | 296 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 12:51 | 12:53 | 2m | 339 |
| CTC Cuttack | 14:00 | 14:05 | 5m | 411 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 14:40 | 14:45 | 5m | 438 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 15:05 | 15:25 | 20m | 457 |
| BALU Balugan | 16:38 | 16:40 | 2m | 528 |
| KIT Khallikot | 16:50 | 16:52 | 2m | 545 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 17:35 | 17:40 | 5m | 604 |
| IPM Ichchpuram | 17:58 | 18:00 | 2m | 628 |
| PSA Palasa | 19:08 | 19:10 | 2m | 678 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 20:10 | 20:12 | 2m | 751 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 21:05 | 21:10 | 5m | 820 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 22:10 | 22:30 | 20m | 881 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 00:39 +1 | 00:40 +1 | 1m | 1032 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 01:18 +1 | 01:20 +1 | 2m | 1082 |
| TDD Tadepalligudem | 02:04 +1 | 02:05 +1 | 1m | 1124 |
| EE Eluru | 02:44 +1 | 02:45 +1 | 1m | 1172 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 04:00 +1 | 04:10 +1 | 10m | 1231 |
| GNT Guntur Jn | 04:55 +1 | 05:00 +1 | 5m | 1267 |
| PGRL Piduguralla | 06:04 +1 | 06:05 +1 | 1m | 1341 |
| MRGA Miryalaguda | 07:01 +1 | 07:02 +1 | 1m | 1401 |
| NLDA Nalgonda | 07:50 +1 | 07:51 +1 | 1m | 1439 |
| SC Secunderabad Jn | 10:30 +1 | end | — | 1541 |
What 12703’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 151 km and 2h 09m from Visakhapatnam (VSKP) to Samalkot Jn (SLO). The next longest is 121 km and 1h 20m from Kharagpur Jn (KGP) to Balasore (BLS).
At 22:00 it is between Vizianagram Jn (VZM) and Visakhapatnam (VSKP), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Guntur Jn (GNT) and Piduguralla (PGRL).
9 of its 24 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 5 minutes at Kharagpur Jn (KGP), 5 minutes at Cuttack (CTC). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Samalkot Jn (SLO).
The run crosses midnight before Samalkot Jn (SLO); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 770 km at Vizianagram Jn (VZM), stop number 15 of 26, and is booked to stand at its stops for 104 minutes in all, 7% of the 26h 05m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Balugan (BALU) to Khallikot (KIT), 17 km at an average of 102 km/h.
After Howrah Jn it calls first at Kharagpur Jn (KGP), Balasore (BLS), Bhadrakh (BHC), Jajpur K Road (JJKR) and Cuttack (CTC).
Its last stops before Secunderabad Jn are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), Guntur Jn (GNT), Piduguralla (PGRL), Miryalaguda (MRGA) and Nalgonda (NLDA).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 13 of the 24 fall in the first half of the distance and 11 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Howrah Jn (HWH), where 704 trains call, Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Kharagpur Jn (KGP), where 337 trains call.
Other trains that share 12703’s route
From 12703’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12839 Howrah Jn - Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL Chennai Mail — HWH to MAS, 20 stations in common with 12703
- 12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express — SMVB to HWH, 19 stations in common with 12703
- 16223 SMVT Bengaluru - Radhikapur Express — SMVB to RDP, 18 stations in common with 12703
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 17 stations in common with 12703
Reservation chart and seat availability
12703 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 08:25, 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 12703 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 12703 — Howrah Jn to Secunderabad Jn, 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.