12961 Mumbai Central - Indore Jn Avantika Express Time Table
- Arrives
- 09:05 day 2
- Indore Jn INDB
- Journey
- 12h 10m
- 828 km · 20 stops
12961 Mumbai Central - Indore Jn Avantika Express leaves Mumbai Central (MMCT) at 20:55 and reaches Indore Jn (INDB) at 09:05 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 828 km in 12h 10m, with 20 stops including both ends. It is the 2nd quickest of the 4 trains booked from Mumbai Central (MMCT) to Indore Jn (INDB), at 12h 10m.
12961 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 | 68.1 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 12961 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMCT Mumbai Central | start | 20:55 | — | 0 |
| BVI Borivali | 21:21 | 21:24 | 3m | 30 |
| VAPI Vapi | 22:48 | 22:50 | 2m | 168 |
| BL Valsad | 23:08 | 23:10 | 2m | 194 |
| NVS Navsari | 23:33 | 23:35 | 2m | 233 |
| ST Surat | 00:22 +1 | 00:27 +1 | 5m | 262 |
| AKV Ankleshwar Jn | 00:58 +1 | 01:00 +1 | 2m | 312 |
| BH Bharuch Jn | 01:10 +1 | 01:12 +1 | 2m | 321 |
| BRC Vadodara Jn | 02:02 +1 | 02:12 +1 | 10m | 392 |
| GDA Godhra Jn | 03:11 +1 | 03:13 +1 | 2m | 464 |
| DHD Dahod | 04:01 +1 | 04:03 +1 | 2m | 536 |
| MGN Meghnagar | 04:26 +1 | 04:28 +1 | 2m | 569 |
| THDR Thandla Road | 04:38 +1 | 04:39 +1 | 1m | 577 |
| BMI Bamnia | 05:09 +1 | 05:10 +1 | 1m | 604 |
| RTM Ratlam Jn | 05:50 +1 | 05:55 +1 | 5m | 649 |
| KUH Khachrod | 06:19 +1 | 06:21 +1 | 2m | 677 |
| NAD Nagda Jn | 06:38 +1 | 06:40 +1 | 2m | 691 |
| UJN Ujjain Jn | 07:30 +1 | 07:35 +1 | 5m | 746 |
| DWX Dewas | 08:10 +1 | 08:12 +1 | 2m | 786 |
| INDB Indore Jn | 09:05 +1 | end | — | 828 |
What 12961’s schedule looks like
Of the 4 trains booked from Mumbai Central (MMCT) to Indore Jn (INDB), the quickest is 12227 Mumbai Central - Indore Jn Duronto at 11h 10m, 1h 00m less than 12961.
Its longest run without a stop is 138 km and 1h 24m from Borivali (BVI) to Vapi (VAPI). The next longest is 72 km and 0h 59m from Vadodara Jn (BRC) to Godhra Jn (GDA).
At 22:00 it is between Borivali (BVI) and Vapi (VAPI), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Ratlam Jn (RTM) and Khachrod (KUH).
4 of its 18 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 Ratlam Jn (RTM), 5 minutes at Ujjain Jn (UJN). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Thandla Road (THDR).
The run crosses midnight before Surat (ST); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 414 km at Godhra Jn (GDA), stop number 10 of 20, and is booked to stand at its stops for 52 minutes in all, 7% of the 12h 10m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Valsad (BL) to Navsari (NVS), 39 km at an average of 102 km/h.
After Mumbai Central it calls first at Borivali (BVI), Vapi (VAPI), Valsad (BL), Navsari (NVS) and Surat (ST).
Its last stops before Indore Jn are Ratlam Jn (RTM), Khachrod (KUH), Nagda Jn (NAD), Ujjain Jn (UJN) and Dewas (DWX).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 8 of the 18 fall in the first half of the distance and 10 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 02:02 and away again at 02:12, 392 km into the run.
Other trains that share 12961’s route
From 12961’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 19019 Bandra Terminus - Haridwar Jn Express — BDTS to HW, 16 stations in common with 12961
- 12925 Bandra Terminus - Amritsar Paschim Express — BDTS to ASR, 13 stations in common with 12961
- 19037 Bandra Terminus - Barauni Jn Avadh Express — BDTS to BJU, 13 stations in common with 12961
- 12471 Bandra Terminus - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Swaraj Express — BDTS to SVDK, 11 stations in common with 12961
Reservation chart and seat availability
12961 is booked out of Mumbai Central at 20:55, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 10:55 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 12961 is charted at Mumbai Central. 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 12961 — Mumbai Central to Indore 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 10:55 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.