22879 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast Time Table
- Arrives
- 08:30 day 2
- Tirupati TPTY
- Journey
- 20h 20m
- 1179 km · 21 stops
22879 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast leaves Bhubaneswar (BBS) at 12:10 and reaches Tirupati (TPTY) at 08:30 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1179 km in 20h 20m, with 21 stops including both ends. Both of the 2 trains booked from Bhubaneswar (BBS) to Tirupati (TPTY) take 20h 20m. Runs Sat. That is a stop every 59 km on average.
22879 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 | 58.0 km/h including halts — ours (how) Treat this as unreliable: at least one leg of this train's timings in this timetable version implies a speed no train can reach (see the data notes below), so the journey time this average is divided by is wrong. |
| Type | Superfast · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 22879 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBS Bhubaneswar | start | 12:10 | — | 0 |
| KUR Khurda Road Jn | 12:25 | 12:30 | 5m | 19 |
| BALU Balugan | 13:13 | 13:15 | 2m | 90 |
| CAP Chatrapur | 13:44 | 13:46 | 2m | 144 |
| BAM Brahmapur | 13:57 | 14:02 | 5m | 166 |
| IPM Ichchpuram | 14:36 | 14:38 | 2m | 190 |
| SPT Sompeta | 14:44 | 14:46 | 2m | 208 |
| PSA Palasa | 15:48 | 15:50 | 2m | 240 |
| CHE Srikakulam Road | 16:38 | 16:40 | 2m | 312 |
| VZM Vizianagram Jn | 17:35 | 17:40 | 5m | 382 |
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | 18:50 | 19:10 | 20m | 443 |
| DVD Duvvada | 19:43 | 19:45 | 2m | 460 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 21:23 | 21:25 | 2m | 593 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 22:23 | 22:25 | 2m | 643 |
| EE Eluru | 23:43 | 23:45 | 2m | 733 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 01:20 +1 | 01:30 +1 | 10m | 793 |
| OGL Ongole | 03:44 +1 | 03:45 +1 | 1m | 931 |
| NLR Nellore | 05:03 +1 | 05:05 +1 | 2m | 1047 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 05:48 +1 | 05:50 +1 | 2m | 1086 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 07:28 +1 | 07:30 +1 | 2m | 1169 |
| TPTY Tirupati | 08:30 +1 | end | — | 1179 |
What 22879’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from Bhubaneswar (BBS) to Tirupati (TPTY), the other is 22871 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast at 20h 20m.
Its longest run without a stop is 138 km from Vijayawada Jn (BZA) to Ongole (OGL). The next longest is 133 km from Duvvada (DVD) to Samalkot Jn (SLO).
At 22:00 it is between Samalkot Jn (SLO) and Rajamundry (RJY), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Gudur Jn (GDR) and Renigunta Jn (RU).
5 of its 19 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 20 minutes at Visakhapatnam (VSKP), 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 5 minutes at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), 5 minutes at Brahmapur (BAM), 5 minutes at Vizianagram Jn (VZM). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Ongole (OGL).
The run crosses midnight before Vijayawada Jn (BZA); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 590 km at Samalkot Jn (SLO), stop number 13 of 21, and is booked to stand at its stops for 72 minutes in all, 6% of the 20h 20m journey.
After Bhubaneswar it calls first at Khurda Road Jn (KUR), Balugan (BALU), Chatrapur (CAP), Brahmapur (BAM) and Ichchpuram (IPM).
Its last stops before Tirupati are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), Ongole (OGL), Nellore (NLR), Gudur Jn (GDR) and Renigunta Jn (RU).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 11 of the 19 fall in the first half of the distance and 8 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Bhubaneswar (BBS), where 312 trains call, Khurda Road Jn (KUR), where 298 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 01:20 and away again at 01:30, 793 km into the run.
Other trains that share 22879’s route
From 22879’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12839 Howrah Jn - Puratchi Thalaivar DR. MGR CTL Chennai Mail — HWH to MAS, 18 stations in common with 22879
- 22841 Santragachi Jn - Tambaram Antyodaya Express — SRC to TBM, 18 stations in common with 22879
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 17 stations in common with 22879
- 12864 SMVT Bengaluru Howrah Express — SMVB to HWH, 17 stations in common with 22879
Reservation chart and seat availability
22879 is booked out of Bhubaneswar at 12:10, 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 22879 is charted at Bhubaneswar. 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 22879 — Bhubaneswar to Tirupati, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).
Data notes for this train
- The feed's timings imply at least 178 km/h in a straight line between IPM and SPT, which is not possible. The timing for this leg is wrong in the source data. (stop 7)
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.