22403 Pondicherry - New Delhi Superfast Express Time Table
- Departs
- 09:55
- Pondicherry PDY
- Journey
- 38h 25m
- 2379 km · 15 stops
22403 Pondicherry - New Delhi Superfast Express leaves Pondicherry (PDY) at 09:55 and reaches New Delhi (NDLS) at 00:20 on day 3 of the run. The booked run is 2379 km in 38h 25m, with 15 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Pondicherry (PDY) through to New Delhi (NDLS). Runs Wed.
22403 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 | 61.9 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Superfast · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 22403 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDY Pondicherry | start | 09:55 | — | 0 |
| VM Villupuram Jn | 10:30 | 10:35 | 5m | 38 |
| MS Chennai Egmore | 13:00 | 13:15 | 15m | 196 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 15:33 | 15:35 | 2m | 337 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 20:00 | 20:10 | 10m | 630 |
| WL Warangal | 23:08 | 23:10 | 2m | 836 |
| SKZR Sirpur Kaghaznagar | 02:09 +1 | 02:10 +1 | 1m | 1012 |
| BPQ Balharshah | 03:20 +1 | 03:25 +1 | 5m | 1082 |
| NGP Nagpur Jn | 06:45 +1 | 06:50 +1 | 5m | 1291 |
| ET Itarsi Jn | 12:15 +1 | 12:20 +1 | 5m | 1586 |
| BPL Bhopal Jn | 13:50 +1 | 13:55 +1 | 5m | 1678 |
| VGLJ Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn | 18:00 +1 | 18:05 +1 | 5m | 1968 |
| AGC Agra Cantt Jn | 21:05 +1 | 21:10 +1 | 5m | 2185 |
| MTJ Mathura Jn | 21:45 +1 | 21:47 +1 | 2m | 2238 |
| NDLS New Delhi | 00:20 +2 | end | — | 2379 |
What 22403’s schedule looks like
Its longest run without a stop is 295 km and 5h 25m from Nagpur Jn (NGP) to Itarsi Jn (ET). The next longest is 293 km and 4h 25m from Gudur Jn (GDR) to Vijayawada Jn (BZA).
At 22:00 it is between Vijayawada Jn (BZA) and Warangal (WL), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Balharshah (BPQ) and Nagpur Jn (NGP).
9 of its 13 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 15 minutes at Chennai Egmore (MS), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 5 minutes at Villupuram Jn (VM), 5 minutes at Balharshah (BPQ), 5 minutes at Nagpur Jn (NGP). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Sirpur Kaghaznagar (SKZR).
The run crosses midnight before Sirpur Kaghaznagar (SKZR); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 1190 km at Nagpur Jn (NGP), stop number 9 of 15, and is booked to stand at its stops for 67 minutes in all, 3% of the 38h 25m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Agra Cantt Jn (AGC) to Mathura Jn (MTJ), 53 km at an average of 91 km/h.
After Pondicherry it calls first at Villupuram Jn (VM), Chennai Egmore (MS), Gudur Jn (GDR), Vijayawada Jn (BZA) and Warangal (WL).
Its last stops before New Delhi are Itarsi Jn (ET), Bhopal Jn (BPL), Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn (VGLJ), Agra Cantt Jn (AGC) and Mathura Jn (MTJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 7 of the 13 fall in the first half of the distance and 6 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Chennai Egmore (MS), where 495 trains call, Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Itarsi Jn (ET), where 417 trains call.
At MS it is booked in at 13:00 and away again at 13:15, 196 km into the run.
Other trains that share 22403’s route
From 22403’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12615 Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL - New Delhi Grand Trunk Express — MAS to NDLS, 12 stations in common with 22403
- 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central - New Delhi Kerala Superfast Express — TVC to NDLS, 12 stations in common with 22403
- 16031 Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express — MAS to SVDK, 12 stations in common with 22403
- 12642 Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn - Kanniyakumari Tirukkural Express — NZM to CAPE, 10 stations in common with 22403
Reservation chart and seat availability
22403 is booked out of Pondicherry at 09:55, 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 22403 is charted at Pondicherry. 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 22403 — Pondicherry to New Delhi, 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.