12839 Howrah Jn - Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL Chennai Mail Time Table
- Arrives
- 03:20 day 3
- Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL MAS
- Journey
- 27h 35m
- 1659 km · 35 stops
12839 Howrah Jn - Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL Chennai Mail leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 23:45 and reaches Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL (MAS) at 03:20 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 1659 km in 27h 35m, with 35 stops including both ends. It is the slower of the 2 trains booked from Howrah Jn (HWH) to Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL (MAS), at 27h 35m.
12839 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 | 60.1 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Mail · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12839 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 | 23:45 | — | 0 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 01:20 +1 | 01:25 +1 | 5m | 116 |
| BLS Balasore | 02:45 +1 | 02:50 +1 | 5m | 237 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 03:50 +1 | 03:52 +1 | 2m | 296 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 04:23 +1 | 04:25 +1 | 2m | 339 |
| CTC Cuttack | 05:20 +1 | 05:25 +1 | 5m | 411 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 05:55 +1 | 06:00 +1 | 5m | 438 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 06:30 +1 | 06:50 +1 | 20m | 457 |
| BALU Balugan | 07:28 +1 | 07:30 +1 | 2m | 528 |
| CAP Chatrapur | 08:08 +1 | 08:10 +1 | 2m | 583 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 08:20 +1 | 08:25 +1 | 5m | 604 |
| IPM Ichchpuram | 08:53 +1 | 08:55 +1 | 2m | 628 |
| SPT Sompeta | 09:13 +1 | 09:15 +1 | 2m | 646 |
| PSA Palasa | 10:22 +1 | 10:24 +1 | 2m | 678 |
| NWP Naupada Jn | 10:53 +1 | 10:55 +1 | 2m | 704 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 11:30 +1 | 11:32 +1 | 2m | 751 |
| CPP Chipurupalle | 11:58 +1 | 12:00 +1 | 2m | 790 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 12:35 +1 | 12:40 +1 | 5m | 820 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 13:50 +1 | 14:10 +1 | 20m | 881 |
| AKP Anakapalle | 14:59 +1 | 15:00 +1 | 1m | 914 |
| TUNI Tuni | 15:44 +1 | 15:45 +1 | 1m | 978 |
| ANV Annavaram | 16:09 +1 | 16:10 +1 | 1m | 995 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 16:44 +1 | 16:45 +1 | 1m | 1032 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 17:28 +1 | 17:30 +1 | 2m | 1082 |
| NDD Nidadavolu Jn | 17:58 +1 | 18:00 +1 | 2m | 1104 |
| TDD Tadepalligudem | 18:29 +1 | 18:30 +1 | 1m | 1124 |
| EE Eluru | 18:59 +1 | 19:00 +1 | 1m | 1172 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 20:10 +1 | 20:20 +1 | 10m | 1231 |
| TEL Tenali Jn | 20:49 +1 | 20:50 +1 | 1m | 1263 |
| BPP Bapatla | 21:24 +1 | 21:25 +1 | 1m | 1305 |
| CLX Chirala | 21:44 +1 | 21:45 +1 | 1m | 1320 |
| OGL Ongole | 22:24 +1 | 22:25 +1 | 1m | 1370 |
| NLR Nellore | 00:04 +2 | 00:05 +2 | 1m | 1486 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 00:48 +2 | 00:50 +2 | 2m | 1524 |
| MAS Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL | 03:20 +2 | end | — | 1659 |
What 12839’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from Howrah Jn (HWH) to Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL (MAS), the other is 12841 Howrah Jn - Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL Coromandal Express at 25h 50m.
Its longest run without a stop is 135 km and 2h 30m from Gudur Jn (GDR) to Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL (MAS). The next longest is 121 km and 1h 20m from Kharagpur Jn (KGP) to Balasore (BLS).
At 22:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Chirala (CLX) and Ongole (OGL), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is standing at Bhubaneswar (BBS).
9 of its 33 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 Balasore (BLS). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Anakapalle (AKP).
The run crosses midnight before Kharagpur Jn (KGP); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 830 km at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), stop number 19 of 35, and is booked to stand at its stops for 117 minutes in all, 7% of the 27h 35m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Chatrapur (CAP) to Brahmapur (BAM), 21 km at an average of 126 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 Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL are Bapatla (BPP), Chirala (CLX), Ongole (OGL), Nellore (NLR) and Gudur Jn (GDR).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 17 of the 33 fall in the first half of the distance and 16 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 12839’s route
From 12839’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express — SMVB to HWH, 25 stations in common with 12839
- 16223 SMVT Bengaluru - Radhikapur Express — SMVB to RDP, 24 stations in common with 12839
- 22841 Santragachi Jn - Tambaram Antyodaya Express — SRC to TBM, 24 stations in common with 12839
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 22 stations in common with 12839
Reservation chart and seat availability
12839 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 23:45, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 13:45 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12839 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 12839 — Howrah Jn to Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL, 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 13:45 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.