16619 Podanur Jn - Dhanbad Jn Amrit Bharat Time Table
- Departs
- 06:15
- Podanur Jn PTJ
- Journey
- 45h 45m
- 2199 km · 36 stops
16619 Podanur Jn - Dhanbad Jn Amrit Bharat leaves Podanur Jn (PTJ) at 06:15 and reaches Dhanbad Jn (DHN) at 04:00 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2199 km in 45h 45m, with 36 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Podanur Jn (PTJ) through to Dhanbad Jn (DHN).
16619 at a glance
| Runs on | Sat |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 48.1 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Amrit Bharat · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 16619 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTJ Podanur Jn | start | 06:15 | — | 0 |
| CBE Coimbatore Jn | 06:30 | 06:35 | 5m | 6 |
| TUP Tiruppur | 07:17 | 07:20 | 3m | 57 |
| ED Erode Jn | 08:00 | 08:05 | 5m | 107 |
| SA Salem Jn | 09:00 | 09:05 | 5m | 166 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 10:48 | 10:50 | 2m | 290 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 12:00 | 12:10 | 10m | 373 |
| TRT Tiruttani | 13:13 | 13:15 | 2m | 443 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 14:50 | 15:00 | 10m | 497 |
| NLR Nellore | 17:40 | 17:42 | 2m | 619 |
| OGL Ongole | 19:10 | 19:12 | 2m | 735 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 21:10 | 21:20 | 10m | 873 |
| EE Eluru | 22:20 | 22:22 | 2m | 933 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 23:45 | 23:55 | 10m | 1022 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 00:48 +1 | 00:50 +1 | 2m | 1073 |
| DVD Duvvada | 04:43 +1 | 04:45 +1 | 2m | 1206 |
| KTV Kottavalasa | 05:38 +1 | 05:40 +1 | 2m | 1236 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 06:10 +1 | 06:25 +1 | 15m | 1271 |
| VBL Bobbili | 07:08 +1 | 07:10 +1 | 2m | 1324 |
| PVP Parvatipuram | 07:33 +1 | 07:35 +1 | 2m | 1348 |
| RGDA Rayagada | 08:35 +1 | 08:45 +1 | 10m | 1395 |
| MNGD Muniguda | 09:40 +1 | 09:42 +1 | 2m | 1449 |
| KSNG Kesinga | 10:45 +1 | 10:47 +1 | 2m | 1521 |
| TIG Titlagarh | 11:05 +1 | 11:15 +1 | 10m | 1534 |
| BLGR Balangir | 12:10 +1 | 12:12 +1 | 2m | 1598 |
| BRGA Bargarh Road | 13:15 +1 | 13:17 +1 | 2m | 1674 |
| SBP Sambalpur Jn | 14:15 +1 | 14:25 +1 | 10m | 1716 |
| JSG Jharsuguda Jn | 17:30 +1 | 17:32 +1 | 2m | 1765 |
| ROU Rourkela | 18:50 +1 | 18:55 +1 | 5m | 1866 |
| HTE Hatia | 22:15 +1 | 22:20 +1 | 5m | 2030 |
| RNC Ranchi | 22:35 +1 | 22:45 +1 | 10m | 2037 |
| MURI Muri Jn | 23:56 +1 | 23:58 +1 | 2m | 2097 |
| BKSC Bokaro Steel City | 01:00 +2 | 01:05 +2 | 5m | 2150 |
| CRP Chandrapura | 01:51 +2 | 01:53 +2 | 2m | 2165 |
| KTH Katrasgarh | 02:25 +2 | 02:30 +2 | 5m | 2186 |
| DHN Dhanbad Jn | 04:00 +2 | end | — | 2199 |
What 16619’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 164 km and 3h 20m from Rourkela (ROU) to Hatia (HTE). The next longest is 138 km and 1h 58m from Ongole (OGL) to Vijayawada Jn (BZA).
At 22:00 it is between Vijayawada Jn (BZA) and Eluru (EE), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Kottavalasa (KTV) and Vizianagram Jn (VZM).
16 of its 34 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at Vizianagram Jn (VZM), 10 minutes at Katpadi Jn (KPD), 10 minutes at Renigunta Jn (RU), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Rajamundry (RJY). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ).
The run crosses midnight before Samalkot Jn (SLO); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1100 km at Duvvada (DVD), stop number 16 of 36, and is booked to stand at its stops for 167 minutes in all, 6% of the 45h 45m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Nellore (NLR) to Ongole (OGL), 116 km at an average of 79 km/h.
After Podanur Jn it calls first at Coimbatore Jn (CBE), Tiruppur (TUP), Erode Jn (ED), Salem Jn (SA) and Jolarpettai Jn (JTJ).
Its last stops before Dhanbad Jn are Ranchi (RNC), Muri Jn (MURI), Bokaro Steel City (BKSC), Chandrapura (CRP) and Katrasgarh (KTH).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 14 of the 34 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, Katpadi Jn (KPD), where 312 trains call, Ongole (OGL), where 272 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 21:10 and away again at 21:20, 873 km into the run.
Other trains that share 16619’s route
From 16619’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 13352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad Jn Express — ALLP to DHN, 33 stations in common with 16619
- 22837 Hatia - Ernakulam Jn Dharti Abba Express — HTE to ERS, 26 stations in common with 16619
- 18189 Tatanagar Jn - Ernakulam Jn Express — TATA to ERS, 24 stations in common with 16619
- 18637 Hatia - SMVT Bengaluru Express — HTE to SMVB, 20 stations in common with 16619
Reservation chart and seat availability
16619 is booked out of Podanur Jn at 06:15, 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 16619 is charted at Podanur Jn. 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 16619 — Podanur Jn to Dhanbad 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.