12846 SMVT Bengaluru - Bhubaneswar Express Time Table
- Departs
- 16:40
- SMVT Bengaluru SMVB
- Journey
- 25h 45m
- 1499 km · 21 stops
12846 SMVT Bengaluru - Bhubaneswar Express leaves SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) at 16:40 and reaches Bhubaneswar (BBS) at 18:25 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1499 km in 25h 45m, with 21 stops including both ends. Both of the 2 trains booked from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) to Bhubaneswar (BBS) take 25h 45m. Runs Mon. That is a stop every 75 km on average.
12846 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 | 58.2 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12846 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 | 16:40 | — | 0 |
| KJM Krishnarajapurm | 16:53 | 16:55 | 2m | 7 |
| WFD Whitefield | 17:04 | 17:05 | 1m | 17 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 19:08 | 19:10 | 2m | 133 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 20:15 | 20:20 | 5m | 217 |
| CTO Chittoor | 20:57 | 20:59 | 2m | 250 |
| TPTY Tirupati | 22:05 | 22:10 | 5m | 321 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 22:30 | 22:40 | 10m | 331 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 00:03 +1 | 00:05 +1 | 2m | 414 |
| NLR Nellore | 00:34 +1 | 00:35 +1 | 1m | 452 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 04:10 +1 | 04:20 +1 | 10m | 707 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 06:43 +1 | 06:45 +1 | 2m | 856 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 07:34 +1 | 07:35 +1 | 1m | 906 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 10:25 +1 | 10:45 +1 | 20m | 1057 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 11:35 +1 | 11:40 +1 | 5m | 1118 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 12:28 +1 | 12:30 +1 | 2m | 1187 |
| PSA Palasa | 13:58 +1 | 14:00 +1 | 2m | 1260 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 14:35 +1 | 14:40 +1 | 5m | 1334 |
| BALU Balugan | 15:18 +1 | 15:20 +1 | 2m | 1410 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 16:40 +1 | 16:45 +1 | 5m | 1481 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 18:25 +1 | end | — | 1499 |
What 12846’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) to Bhubaneswar (BBS), the other is 22834 SMVT Bengaluru - Bhubaneswar Humsafar at 25h 45m.
Its longest run without a stop is 255 km and 3h 35m from Nellore (NLR) to Vijayawada Jn (BZA). The next longest is 151 km and 2h 50m from Samalkot Jn (SLO) to Visakhapatnam (VSKP).
At 22:00 it is between Chittoor (CTO) and Tirupati (TPTY), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Vijayawada Jn (BZA) and Rajamundry (RJY).
8 of its 19 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 10 minutes at Renigunta Jn (RU), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 5 minutes at Katpadi Jn (KPD), 5 minutes at Tirupati (TPTY). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Whitefield (WFD).
The run crosses midnight before Gudur Jn (GDR); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 750 km at Rajamundry (RJY), stop number 12 of 21, and is booked to stand at its stops for 84 minutes in all, 5% of the 25h 45m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Palasa (PSA) to Brahmapur (BAM), 74 km at an average of 127 km/h.
After SMVT Bengaluru it calls first at Krishnarajapurm (KJM), Whitefield (WFD), Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ), Katpadi Jn (KPD) and Chittoor (CTO).
Its last stops before Bhubaneswar are Srikakulam Road (CHE), Palasa (PSA), Brahmapur (BAM), Balugan (BALU) and Khurda Road Jn (KUR).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 10 of the 19 fall in the first half of the distance and 9 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Bhubaneswar (BBS), where 312 trains call, Katpadi Jn (KPD), where 312 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 04:10 and away again at 04:20, 707 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12846’s route
From 12846’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express — SMVB to HWH, 19 stations in common with 12846
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 18 stations in common with 12846
- 16597 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipur Duar Jn Amritbharat — SMVB to APDJ, 16 stations in common with 12846
- 22833 Bhubaneswar - SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express — BBS to SMVB, 16 stations in common with 12846
Reservation chart and seat availability
12846 is booked out of SMVT Bengaluru at 16:40, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 06:40 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12846 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 12846 — SMVT Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar, 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 06:40 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.