22961 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Jn Vande Bharat Express Time Table
- Journey
- 5h 30m
- 491 km · 6 stops
22961 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Jn Vande Bharat Express leaves Mumbai Central (MMCT) at 15:45 and reaches Ahmedabad Jn (ADI) at 21:15 the same day. The booked run is 491 km in 5h 30m, with 6 stops including both ends. It is the quickest of the 5 trains booked from Mumbai Central (MMCT) to Ahmedabad Jn (ADI), at 5h 30m.
22961 at a glance
| Runs on | Daily except Sun |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 89.3 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Vande Bharat · Premium |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 22961 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMCT Mumbai Central | start | 15:45 | — | 0 |
| BVI Borivali | 16:10 | 16:13 | 3m | 30 |
| VAPI Vapi | 17:40 | 17:42 | 2m | 168 |
| ST Surat | 18:38 | 18:43 | 5m | 262 |
| BRC Vadodara Jn | 20:07 | 20:10 | 3m | 392 |
| ADI Ahmedabad Jn | 21:15 | end | — | 491 |
What 22961’s schedule looks like
Of the 5 trains booked from Mumbai Central (MMCT) to Ahmedabad Jn (ADI), the slowest takes 8h 50m.
Its longest run without a stop is 138 km and 1h 27m from Borivali (BVI) to Vapi (VAPI). The next longest is 130 km and 1h 24m from Surat (ST) to Vadodara Jn (BRC).
One of its 4 intermediate stops is booked for five minutes or more: 5 minutes at Surat (ST). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Vapi (VAPI).
It passes its own halfway mark of 246 km at Surat (ST), stop number 4 of 6, and is booked to stand at its stops for 13 minutes in all, 4% of the 5h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Vapi (VAPI) to Surat (ST), 94 km at an average of 101 km/h.
After Mumbai Central it calls first at Borivali (BVI), Vapi (VAPI), Surat (ST) and Vadodara Jn (BRC).
Its last stops before Ahmedabad Jn are Borivali (BVI), Vapi (VAPI), Surat (ST) and Vadodara Jn (BRC).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 2 of the 4 fall in the first half of the distance and 2 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vadodara Jn (BRC), where 454 trains call, Surat (ST), where 429 trains call, Ahmedabad Jn (ADI), where 298 trains call.
At BRC it is booked in at 20:07 and away again at 20:10, 392 km into the run.
Other trains that share 22961’s route
From 22961’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 12009 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Jn Shatabdi Express — MMCT to ADI, 6 stations in common with 22961
- 22945 Mumbai Central - Okha Saurashtra Mail — MMCT to OKHA, 6 stations in common with 22961
- 22953 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Jn Gujrat Superfast Express — MMCT to ADI, 6 stations in common with 22961
- 12953 Mumbai Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Jn AK Tejas Rajdhani Express — MMCT to NZM, 5 stations in common with 22961
Reservation chart and seat availability
22961 is booked out of Mumbai Central at 15:45, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-B: its first reservation chart is expected at about 05:45 on the day of the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 22961 is charted at Mumbai Central. 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 22961 — Mumbai Central to Ahmedabad 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 05:45 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.