12909 Bandra Terminus - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Garib Rath Time Table
- Journey
- 16h 45m
- 1362 km · 8 stops
12909 Bandra Terminus - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn Garib Rath leaves Bandra Terminus (BDTS) at 17:30 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM) at 10:15 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1362 km in 16h 45m, with 8 stops including both ends. It is the joint quickest of the 3 trains booked from Bandra Terminus (BDTS) to Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM), at 16h 45m.
12909 at a glance
| Runs on | Tue, Thu, Sat |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 81.3 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Garib Rath · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12909 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDTS Bandra Terminus | start | 17:30 | — | 0 |
| BVI Borivali | 17:55 | 17:59 | 4m | 19 |
| ST Surat | 20:50 | 20:55 | 5m | 252 |
| BRC Vadodara Jn | 22:19 | 22:29 | 10m | 381 |
| RTM Ratlam Jn | 01:50 +1 | 01:53 +1 | 3m | 638 |
| KOTA Kota Jn | 04:35 +1 | 04:40 +1 | 5m | 905 |
| MTJ Mathura Jn | 08:18 +1 | 08:20 +1 | 2m | 1229 |
| NZM Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn | 10:15 +1 | end | — | 1362 |
What 12909’s schedule looks like
Of the 3 trains booked from Bandra Terminus (BDTS) to Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn (NZM), the slowest takes 16h 45m.
Its longest run without a stop is 324 km and 3h 38m from Kota Jn (KOTA) to Mathura Jn (MTJ). The next longest is 267 km and 2h 42m from Ratlam Jn (RTM) to Kota Jn (KOTA).
At 22:00 it is between Surat (ST) and Vadodara Jn (BRC), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Kota Jn (KOTA) and Mathura Jn (MTJ).
3 of its 6 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 10 minutes at Vadodara Jn (BRC), 5 minutes at Surat (ST), 5 minutes at Kota Jn (KOTA). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Mathura Jn (MTJ).
The run crosses midnight before Ratlam Jn (RTM); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 681 km at Kota Jn (KOTA), stop number 6 of 8, and is booked to stand at its stops for 29 minutes in all, 3% of the 16h 45m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Ratlam Jn (RTM) to Kota Jn (KOTA), 267 km at an average of 99 km/h.
After Bandra Terminus it calls first at Borivali (BVI), Surat (ST), Vadodara Jn (BRC), Ratlam Jn (RTM) and Kota Jn (KOTA).
Its last stops before Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn are Surat (ST), Vadodara Jn (BRC), Ratlam Jn (RTM), Kota Jn (KOTA) and Mathura Jn (MTJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 4 of the 6 fall in the first half of the distance and 2 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vadodara Jn (BRC), where 454 trains call, Surat (ST), where 429 trains call, Ratlam Jn (RTM), where 301 trains call.
At BRC it is booked in at 22:19 and away again at 22:29, 381 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12909’s route
From 12909’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12471 Bandra Terminus - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express — BDTS to SVDK, 8 stations in common with 12909
- 12903 Bandra Terminus - Amritsar Golden Temple — BDTS to ASR, 8 stations in common with 12909
- 12925 Bandra Terminus - Amritsar Paschim Express — BDTS to ASR, 8 stations in common with 12909
- 19019 Bandra Terminus - Haridwar Jn Express — BDTS to HW, 8 stations in common with 12909
Reservation chart and seat availability
12909 is booked out of Bandra Terminus at 17:30, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 07:30 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12909 is charted at Bandra Terminus. 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 12909 — Bandra Terminus to Hazrat Nizamuddin 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 07:30 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.