16317 Kanniyakumari - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express Time Table
- Departs
- 14:15
- Kanniyakumari CAPE
- Arrives
- 10:45 day 4
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra SVDK
- Journey
- 68h 30m
- 3788 km · 67 stops
16317 Kanniyakumari - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express leaves Kanniyakumari (CAPE) at 14:15 and reaches Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) at 10:45 on day 4 of the run. The booked run is 3788 km in 68h 30m, with 67 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Kanniyakumari (CAPE) through to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK).
16317 at a glance
| Runs on | Fri |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 55.3 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 16317 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE Kanniyakumari | start | 14:15 | — | 0 |
| NCJ Nagercoil Junction | 14:35 | 14:40 | 5m | 16 |
| KZT Kulitthurai | 15:14 | 15:15 | 1m | 49 |
| TVC Thiruvananthapuram Central | 16:07 | 16:12 | 5m | 87 |
| QLN Kollam Jn | 17:12 | 17:15 | 3m | 151 |
| KYJ Kayankulam Jn | 17:43 | 17:45 | 2m | 192 |
| CNGR Chengannur | 18:11 | 18:13 | 2m | 212 |
| TRVL Tiruvalla | 18:22 | 18:23 | 1m | 221 |
| KTYM Kottayam | 19:02 | 19:05 | 3m | 247 |
| ERN Ernakulam Town | 20:40 | 20:45 | 5m | 307 |
| AWY Aluva | 21:10 | 21:12 | 2m | 323 |
| TCR Thrisur | 22:02 | 22:05 | 3m | 378 |
| OTP Ottappalam | 23:19 | 23:20 | 1m | 423 |
| PGT Palakkad Jn | 23:47 | 23:50 | 3m | 454 |
| CBE Coimbatore Jn | 01:15 +1 | 01:20 +1 | 5m | 511 |
| TUP Tiruppur | 02:03 +1 | 02:05 +1 | 2m | 562 |
| ED Erode Jn | 03:00 +1 | 03:05 +1 | 5m | 612 |
| SA Salem Jn | 03:55 +1 | 04:00 +1 | 5m | 671 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 05:58 +1 | 06:00 +1 | 2m | 795 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 07:15 +1 | 07:20 +1 | 5m | 879 |
| CTO Chittoor | 08:04 +1 | 08:05 +1 | 1m | 911 |
| TPTY Tirupati | 09:05 +1 | 09:10 +1 | 5m | 983 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 09:30 +1 | 09:40 +1 | 10m | 992 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 10:53 +1 | 10:55 +1 | 2m | 1076 |
| NLR Nellore | 11:23 +1 | 11:25 +1 | 2m | 1114 |
| OGL Ongole | 12:59 +1 | 13:00 +1 | 1m | 1230 |
| TEL Tenali Jn | 14:29 +1 | 14:30 +1 | 1m | 1337 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 15:05 +1 | 15:15 +1 | 10m | 1368 |
| KMT Khammam | 16:49 +1 | 16:50 +1 | 1m | 1469 |
| WL Warangal | 18:13 +1 | 18:15 +1 | 2m | 1575 |
| RDM Ramgundam | 20:04 +1 | 20:05 +1 | 1m | 1678 |
| BPQ Balharshah | 22:15 +1 | 22:20 +1 | 5m | 1821 |
| CD Chandrapur | 22:35 +1 | 22:37 +1 | 2m | 1835 |
| SEGM Sevagram | 00:23 +2 | 00:25 +2 | 2m | 1953 |
| NGP Nagpur Jn | 01:40 +2 | 01:45 +2 | 5m | 2029 |
| ET Itarsi Jn | 07:20 +2 | 07:30 +2 | 10m | 2325 |
| BPL Bhopal Jn | 09:05 +2 | 09:10 +2 | 5m | 2417 |
| VGLJ Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn | 13:25 +2 | 13:33 +2 | 8m | 2706 |
| GWL Gwalior Jn | 14:40 +2 | 14:42 +2 | 2m | 2805 |
| DHO Dhaulpur | 16:10 +2 | 16:12 +2 | 2m | 2871 |
| AGC Agra Cantt Jn | 16:50 +2 | 16:55 +2 | 5m | 2923 |
| FDB Faridabad | 19:33 +2 | 19:35 +2 | 2m | 3089 |
| NZM Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn | 20:05 +2 | 20:10 +2 | 5m | 3110 |
| NDLS New Delhi | 20:55 +2 | 21:10 +2 | 15m | 3117 |
| SSB Shakurbasti | 21:39 +2 | 21:41 +2 | 2m | 3128 |
| BGZ Bahadurgarh | 21:57 +2 | 21:59 +2 | 2m | 3148 |
| ROK Rohtak Jn | 22:31 +2 | 22:33 +2 | 2m | 3188 |
| JIND Jind Jn | 23:15 +2 | 23:18 +2 | 3m | 3245 |
| NRW Narwana Jn | 23:47 +2 | 23:49 +2 | 2m | 3279 |
| TUN Tohana | 00:09 +3 | 00:11 +3 | 2m | 3305 |
| JHL Jakhal Jn | 00:40 +3 | 00:43 +3 | 3m | 3317 |
| LHA Lehra Gaga | 00:57 +3 | 00:59 +3 | 2m | 3333 |
| SFMU Sunam Udham Singh Wala | 01:16 +3 | 01:18 +3 | 2m | 3355 |
| SAG Sangrur | 01:30 +3 | 01:32 +3 | 2m | 3368 |
| DUI Dhuri Jn | 01:54 +3 | 01:57 +3 | 3m | 3383 |
| MET Malerkotla | 02:12 +3 | 02:14 +3 | 2m | 3400 |
| AHH Ahmadgarh | 02:29 +3 | 02:31 +3 | 2m | 3419 |
| LDH Ludhiana Jn | 03:10 +3 | 03:20 +3 | 10m | 3445 |
| PGW Phagwara Jn | 03:49 +3 | 03:51 +3 | 2m | 3481 |
| JRC Jalandhar Cantt | 04:08 +3 | 04:13 +3 | 5m | 3498 |
| MEX Mukerian | 05:22 +3 | 05:24 +3 | 2m | 3571 |
| PTKC Pathankot Cantt | 06:00 +3 | 06:05 +3 | 5m | 3610 |
| MSKT MSKT Kathua | 06:34 +3 | 06:36 +3 | 2m | 3634 |
| SMBX Samba | 07:18 +3 | 07:20 +3 | 2m | 3678 |
| JAT Jammutavi | 08:25 +3 | 08:30 +3 | 5m | 3710 |
| MCTM Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan | 09:43 +3 | 09:45 +3 | 2m | 3763 |
| SVDK Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | 10:45 +3 | end | — | 3788 |
What 16317’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 296 km and 5h 35m from Nagpur Jn (NGP) to Itarsi Jn (ET). The next longest is 289 km and 4h 15m from Bhopal Jn (BPL) to Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ).
At 22:00 it is between Aluva (AWY) and Thrisur (TCR), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is standing at Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ).
22 of its 65 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at New Delhi (NDLS), 10 minutes at Renigunta Jn (RU), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Itarsi Jn (ET), 10 minutes at Ludhiana Jn (LDH). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Kulitthurai (KZT).
The run crosses midnight before Coimbatore Jn (CBE); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1894 km at Sevagram (SEGM), stop number 34 of 67, and is booked to stand at its stops for 228 minutes in all, 6% of the 68h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ) to Gwalior Jn (GWL), 99 km at an average of 89 km/h.
After Kanniyakumari it calls first at Nagercoil Junction (NCJ), Kulitthurai (KZT), Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC), Kollam Jn (QLN) and Kayankulam Jn (KYJ).
Its last stops before Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra are Pathankot Cantt (PTKC), MSKT Kathua (MSKT), Samba (SMBX), Jammutavi (JAT) and Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan (MCTM).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 32 of the 65 fall in the first half of the distance and 33 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Itarsi Jn (ET), where 417 trains call, New Delhi (NDLS), where 335 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 15:05 and away again at 15:15, 1368 km into the run.
Other trains that share 16317’s route
From 16317’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 16787 Tirunelveli Jn - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express — TEN to SVDK, 50 stations in common with 16317
- 16031 Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express — MAS to SVDK, 43 stations in common with 16317
- 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central - New Delhi Kerala Superfast Express — TVC to NDLS, 37 stations in common with 16317
- 22647 Korba - Thiruvananthapuram North Superfast Express — KRBA to TVCN, 28 stations in common with 16317
Reservation chart and seat availability
16317 is booked out of Kanniyakumari at 14:15, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 04:15 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 16317 is charted at Kanniyakumari. 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 16317 — Kanniyakumari to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, 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 04:15 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.