Night train route
Duronto Express
Mumbai → Kolkata (Howrah) · India
Duronto Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,968 km
- Fastest time
- 27 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 72 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- Indian Railways ↗
- Train
- LHB AC rake
- Countries
- India
- In service since
- 2009
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
An all-AC, near-non-stop “Duronto” linking India’s two biggest cities across the central heartland in about 27 hours.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 3816685 (411 km), relation 5700055 (570 km) — 981 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 87.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 12 m); the longest stretch away from it is 23.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Duronto Express?
The Duronto Express runs 1,968 km from Mumbai to Kolkata (Howrah).
How long does the Duronto Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 27 h 25 min for the 1,968 km. That is an average of 72 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Duronto Express?
Indian Railways, with LHB AC rake.
How old is the Duronto Express?
The line has been in service since 2009. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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