12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express Time Table
- Departs
- 10:40
- SMVT Bengaluru SMVB
- Journey
- 33h 30m
- 1938 km · 35 stops
12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express leaves SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) at 10:40 and reaches Howrah Jn (HWH) at 20:10 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1938 km in 33h 30m, with 35 stops including both ends. It is the 4th quickest of the 4 trains booked from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) to Howrah Jn (HWH), at 33h 30m.
12864 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 | 57.9 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12864 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 | 10:40 | — | 0 |
| KJM Krishnarajapurm | 10:53 | 10:55 | 2m | 7 |
| BWT Bangarapet Jn | 11:33 | 11:35 | 2m | 64 |
| KPN Kuppam | 11:59 | 12:00 | 1m | 95 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 12:58 | 13:00 | 2m | 133 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 14:15 | 14:20 | 5m | 217 |
| TPTY Tirupati | 16:00 | 16:05 | 5m | 321 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 16:30 | 16:40 | 10m | 331 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 17:48 | 17:50 | 2m | 414 |
| NLR Nellore | 18:23 | 18:25 | 2m | 452 |
| OGL Ongole | 20:03 | 20:05 | 2m | 568 |
| CLX Chirala | 20:48 | 20:50 | 2m | 618 |
| BPP Bapatla | 21:03 | 21:05 | 2m | 633 |
| TEL Tenali Jn | 21:43 | 21:45 | 2m | 675 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 22:30 | 22:40 | 10m | 707 |
| EE Eluru | 23:33 | 23:35 | 2m | 766 |
| TDD Tadepalligudem | 00:13 +1 | 00:15 +1 | 2m | 814 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 01:03 +1 | 01:05 +1 | 2m | 856 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 01:48 +1 | 01:50 +1 | 2m | 906 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 04:35 +1 | 04:55 +1 | 20m | 1057 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 05:45 +1 | 05:50 +1 | 5m | 1118 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 06:38 +1 | 06:40 +1 | 2m | 1187 |
| PSA Palasa | 08:10 +1 | 08:12 +1 | 2m | 1260 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 09:00 +1 | 09:10 +1 | 10m | 1334 |
| BALU Balugan | 09:53 +1 | 09:55 +1 | 2m | 1410 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 11:10 +1 | 11:30 +1 | 20m | 1481 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 12:00 +1 | 12:05 +1 | 5m | 1499 |
| CTC Cuttack | 12:35 +1 | 12:40 +1 | 5m | 1527 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 13:31 +1 | 13:33 +1 | 2m | 1599 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 14:23 +1 | 14:25 +1 | 2m | 1642 |
| BLS Balasore | 15:18 +1 | 15:20 +1 | 2m | 1701 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 17:00 +1 | 17:05 +1 | 5m | 1822 |
| MCA Mecheda | 17:53 +1 | 17:55 +1 | 2m | 1880 |
| SRC Santragachi Jn | 18:58 +1 | 19:00 +1 | 2m | 1930 |
| HWH Howrah Jn | 20:10 +1 | end | — | 1938 |
What 12864’s schedule looks like
Of the 4 trains booked from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) to Howrah Jn (HWH), the quickest is 12246 SMVT Bengaluru - Howrah Jn Duronto Express at 29h 50m, 3h 40m less than 12864.
Its longest run without a stop is 151 km and 2h 45m from Samalkot Jn (SLO) to Visakhapatnam (VSKP). The next longest is 121 km and 1h 40m from Balasore (BLS) to Kharagpur Jn (KGP).
At 22:00 it is between Tenali Jn (TEL) and Vijayawada Jn (BZA), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Vizianagram Jn (VZM) and Srikakulam Road (CHE).
11 of its 33 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 20 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 10 minutes at Renigunta Jn (RU), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Brahmapur (BAM). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Kuppam (KPN).
The run crosses midnight before Tadepalligudem (TDD); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 969 km at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), stop number 20 of 35, and is booked to stand at its stops for 143 minutes in all, 7% of the 33h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Brahmapur (BAM) to Balugan (BALU), 76 km at an average of 106 km/h.
After SMVT Bengaluru it calls first at Krishnarajapurm (KJM), Bangarapet Jn (BWT), Kuppam (KPN), Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ) and Katpadi Jn (KPD).
Its last stops before Howrah Jn are Bhadrakh (BHC), Balasore (BLS), Kharagpur Jn (KGP), Mecheda (MCA) and Santragachi Jn (SRC).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 18 of the 33 fall in the first half of the distance and 15 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 12864’s route
From 12864’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 27 stations in common with 12864
- 16223 SMVT Bengaluru - Radhikapur Express — SMVB to RDP, 27 stations in common with 12864
- 16597 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipur Duar Jn Amritbharat — SMVB to APDJ, 27 stations in common with 12864
- 16523 SMVT Bengaluru - Balurghat Express — SMVB to BLGT, 26 stations in common with 12864
Reservation chart and seat availability
12864 is booked out of SMVT Bengaluru at 10:40, 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 12864 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 12864 — SMVT Bengaluru to Howrah 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.