16523 SMVT Bengaluru - Balurghat Express Time Table
- Departs
- 10:15
- SMVT Bengaluru SMVB
- Arrives
- 04:15 day 3
- Balurghat BLGT
- Journey
- 42h 00m
- 2414 km · 43 stops
16523 SMVT Bengaluru - Balurghat Express leaves SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) at 10:15 and reaches Balurghat (BLGT) at 04:15 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2414 km in 42h 00m, with 43 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) through to Balurghat (BLGT). Runs Wed. That is a stop every 57 km on average.
16523 at a glance
| Runs on | Wed |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 57.5 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 16523 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 | 10:15 | — | 0 |
| KJM Krishnarajapurm | 10:28 | 10:30 | 2m | 7 |
| BWT Bangarapet Jn | 11:08 | 11:10 | 2m | 64 |
| KPN Kuppam | 11:34 | 11:36 | 2m | 95 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 12:25 | 12:30 | 5m | 133 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 13:40 | 13:45 | 5m | 217 |
| AJJ Arakkonam Jn | 14:33 | 14:35 | 2m | 278 |
| PER Perambur | 15:30 | 15:35 | 5m | 341 |
| NYP Nayudupeta | 17:18 | 17:20 | 2m | 450 |
| NLR Nellore | 18:08 | 18:10 | 2m | 516 |
| OGL Ongole | 19:38 | 19:40 | 2m | 632 |
| CLX Chirala | 20:23 | 20:25 | 2m | 682 |
| TEL Tenali Jn | 21:13 | 21:15 | 2m | 739 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 21:50 | 22:00 | 10m | 771 |
| EE Eluru | 22:53 | 22:55 | 2m | 830 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 00:38 +1 | 00:40 +1 | 2m | 920 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 01:23 +1 | 01:25 +1 | 2m | 970 |
| AKP Anakapalle | 02:53 +1 | 02:55 +1 | 2m | 1087 |
| DVD Duvvada | 03:35 +1 | 03:37 +1 | 2m | 1103 |
| PDT Pendurti | 04:18 +1 | 04:20 +1 | 2m | 1125 |
| KTV Kottavalasa | 04:28 +1 | 04:30 +1 | 2m | 1134 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 05:00 +1 | 05:10 +1 | 10m | 1168 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 05:58 +1 | 06:00 +1 | 2m | 1238 |
| PSA Palasa | 07:35 +1 | 07:37 +1 | 2m | 1310 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 08:27 +1 | 08:32 +1 | 5m | 1384 |
| BALU Balugan | 09:15 +1 | 09:17 +1 | 2m | 1460 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 10:25 +1 | 10:40 +1 | 15m | 1531 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 11:05 +1 | 11:10 +1 | 5m | 1550 |
| CTC Cuttack | 11:43 +1 | 11:45 +1 | 2m | 1577 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 12:50 +1 | 12:52 +1 | 2m | 1649 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 13:42 +1 | 13:44 +1 | 2m | 1693 |
| BLS Balasore | 14:48 +1 | 14:50 +1 | 2m | 1752 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 16:35 +1 | 16:43 +1 | 8m | 1873 |
| ADL Andul | 18:05 +1 | 18:10 +1 | 5m | 1976 |
| DKAE Dankuni | 19:05 +1 | 19:10 +1 | 5m | 1995 |
| BWN Bardhaman | 20:00 +1 | 20:02 +1 | 2m | 2074 |
| BHP Bolpur S Niktn | 20:44 +1 | 20:46 +1 | 2m | 2126 |
| RPH Rampur Hat | 21:36 +1 | 21:38 +1 | 2m | 2186 |
| MLDT Malda Town | 01:00 +2 | 01:10 +2 | 10m | 2308 |
| EKI Eklakhi | 01:40 +2 | 01:42 +2 | 2m | 2328 |
| BNDP Buniadpur | 02:13 +2 | 02:15 +2 | 2m | 2370 |
| GRMP Ganga Rampur | 02:26 +2 | 02:28 +2 | 2m | 2382 |
| BLGT Balurghat | 04:15 +2 | end | — | 2414 |
What 16523’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 122 km and 3h 22m from Rampur Hat (RPH) to Malda Town (MLDT). The next longest is 121 km and 1h 45m from Balasore (BLS) to Kharagpur Jn (KGP).
At 22:00 it is standing at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is standing at Srikakulam Road (CHE).
12 of its 41 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Vizianagram Jn (VZM), 10 minutes at Malda Town (MLDT), 8 minutes at Kharagpur Jn (KGP). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Krishnarajapurm (KJM).
The run crosses midnight before Rajamundry (RJY); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1207 km at Srikakulam Road (CHE), stop number 23 of 43, and is booked to stand at its stops for 146 minutes in all, 6% of the 42h 00m 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 Balurghat are Rampur Hat (RPH), Malda Town (MLDT), Eklakhi (EKI), Buniadpur (BNDP) and Ganga Rampur (GRMP).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 21 of the 41 fall in the first half of the distance and 20 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Bardhaman (BWN), where 349 trains call, Perambur (PER), where 346 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 21:50 and away again at 22:00, 771 km into the run.
Other trains that share 16523’s route
From 16523’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 16223 SMVT Bengaluru - Radhikapur Express — SMVB to RDP, 38 stations in common with 16523
- 16597 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipur Duar Jn Amritbharat — SMVB to APDJ, 36 stations in common with 16523
- 12509 SMVT Bengaluru - Guwahati Express — SMVB to GHY, 26 stations in common with 16523
- 12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express — SMVB to HWH, 26 stations in common with 16523
Reservation chart and seat availability
16523 is booked out of SMVT Bengaluru at 10:15, 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 16523 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 16523 — SMVT Bengaluru to Balurghat, 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.