20609 New Jalpaiguri - Tiruchchirappalli Jn Amrit Bharat Express Time Table
- Arrives
- 16:15 day 3
- Tiruchchirappalli Jn TPJ
- Journey
- 47h 30m
- 2618 km · 40 stops
20609 New Jalpaiguri - Tiruchchirappalli Jn Amrit Bharat Express leaves New Jalpaiguri (NJP) at 16:45 and reaches Tiruchchirappalli Jn (TPJ) at 16:15 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2618 km in 47h 30m, with 40 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) through to Tiruchchirappalli Jn (TPJ).
20609 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 | 55.1 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Amrit Bharat · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 20609 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJP New Jalpaiguri | start | 16:45 | — | 0 |
| KNE Kishanganj | 17:45 | 17:47 | 2m | 87 |
| BOE Barsoi Jn | 18:30 | 18:32 | 2m | 145 |
| MLDT Malda Town | 21:00 | 21:10 | 10m | 233 |
| RPH Rampur Hat | 23:00 | 23:05 | 5m | 355 |
| BHP Bolpur S Niktn | 23:53 | 23:55 | 2m | 415 |
| DKAE Dankuni | 02:35 +1 | 02:40 +1 | 5m | 546 |
| ADL Andul | 03:55 +1 | 04:00 +1 | 5m | 565 |
| KGP Kharagpur Jn | 05:15 +1 | 05:23 +1 | 8m | 668 |
| BLS Balasore | 06:48 +1 | 06:50 +1 | 2m | 789 |
| BHC Bhadrakh | 08:20 +1 | 08:22 +1 | 2m | 848 |
| JJKR Jajpur K Road | 08:57 +1 | 08:59 +1 | 2m | 892 |
| CTC Cuttack | 09:40 +1 | 09:45 +1 | 5m | 964 |
| BBS Bhubaneswar | 10:15 +1 | 10:20 +1 | 5m | 991 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 10:35 +1 | 10:45 +1 | 10m | 1010 |
| BALU Balugan | 11:42 +1 | 11:44 +1 | 2m | 1081 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 12:35 +1 | 12:40 +1 | 5m | 1157 |
| IPM Ichchpuram | 13:05 +1 | 13:07 +1 | 2m | 1181 |
| SPT Sompeta | 13:20 +1 | 13:22 +1 | 2m | 1199 |
| PSA Palasa | 14:05 +1 | 14:07 +1 | 2m | 1231 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 14:58 +1 | 15:00 +1 | 2m | 1303 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 15:55 +1 | 16:00 +1 | 5m | 1373 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 17:10 +1 | 17:30 +1 | 20m | 1433 |
| DVD Duvvada | 17:58 +1 | 18:00 +1 | 2m | 1451 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 21:08 +1 | 21:10 +1 | 2m | 1634 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 00:20 +2 | 00:30 +2 | 10m | 1784 |
| OGL Ongole | 02:28 +2 | 02:30 +2 | 2m | 1922 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 04:48 +2 | 04:50 +2 | 2m | 2076 |
| NYP Nayudupeta | 05:28 +2 | 05:30 +2 | 2m | 2104 |
| SPE Sullurupeta | 05:48 +2 | 05:50 +2 | 2m | 2131 |
| MS Chennai Egmore | 08:15 +2 | 08:30 +2 | 15m | 2217 |
| TBM Tambaram | 08:58 +2 | 09:00 +2 | 2m | 2242 |
| CGL Chengalpattu Jn | 09:28 +2 | 09:30 +2 | 2m | 2273 |
| VM Villupuram Jn | 10:50 +2 | 10:55 +2 | 5m | 2376 |
| TDPR Tiruppadiripuliyur | 11:38 +2 | 11:40 +2 | 2m | 2418 |
| CDM Chidambaram | 12:18 +2 | 12:20 +2 | 2m | 2461 |
| MV Mayiladuturai Jn | 13:18 +2 | 13:20 +2 | 2m | 2498 |
| KMU Kumbakonam | 13:58 +2 | 14:00 +2 | 2m | 2529 |
| TJ Thanjavur Jn | 14:33 +2 | 14:35 +2 | 2m | 2568 |
| TPJ Tiruchchirappalli Jn | 16:15 +2 | end | — | 2618 |
What 20609’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 183 km and 3h 08m from Duvvada (DVD) to Rajamundry (RJY). The next longest is 154 km and 2h 18m from Ongole (OGL) to Gudur Jn (GDR).
At 22:00 it is between Malda Town (MLDT) and Rampur Hat (RPH), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Kharagpur Jn (KGP) and Balasore (BLS).
14 of its 38 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 15 minutes at Chennai Egmore (MS), 10 minutes at Malda Town (MLDT), 10 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Kishanganj (KNE).
The run crosses midnight before Dankuni (DKAE); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1309 km at Vizianagram Jn (VZM), stop number 22 of 40, and is booked to stand at its stops for 161 minutes in all, 6% of the 47h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Jajpur K Road (JJKR) to Cuttack (CTC), 72 km at an average of 105 km/h.
After New Jalpaiguri it calls first at Kishanganj (KNE), Barsoi Jn (BOE), Malda Town (MLDT), Rampur Hat (RPH) and Bolpur S Niktn (BHP).
Its last stops before Tiruchchirappalli Jn are Tiruppadiripuliyur (TDPR), Chidambaram (CDM), Mayiladuturai Jn (MV), Kumbakonam (KMU) and Thanjavur Jn (TJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 20 of the 38 fall in the first half of the distance and 18 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Tambaram (TBM), where 526 trains call, Chennai Egmore (MS), where 495 trains call, Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call.
At TBM it is booked in at 08:58 and away again at 09:00, 2242 km into the run.
Other trains that share 20609’s route
From 20609’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 20603 New Jalpaiguri - Nagercoil Junction Amrit Bharat Express — NJP to NCJ, 28 stations in common with 20609
- 16223 SMVT Bengaluru - Radhikapur Express — SMVB to RDP, 26 stations in common with 20609
- 16597 SMVT Bengaluru - Alipur Duar Jn Amritbharat — SMVB to APDJ, 24 stations in common with 20609
- 12509 SMVT Bengaluru - Guwahati Express — SMVB to GHY, 23 stations in common with 20609
Reservation chart and seat availability
20609 is booked out of New Jalpaiguri at 16:45, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 06:45 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 20609 is charted at New Jalpaiguri. 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 20609 — New Jalpaiguri to Tiruchchirappalli 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 06:45 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.