Reading the Time Table
- Arr / Dep — scheduled arrival and departure. The originating station has no arrival; the destination has no departure.
- Halt — how many minutes the train actually stands there. Two minutes is common at small stations; ten or more usually means a crew change, a loco change or a technical halt.
- Day — which day of the run, counting the departure from the origin as day 1. A train leaving Mumbai on Tuesday evening and showing day 2 at Delhi arrives on Wednesday.
- KM — distance covered from the originating station.
Halts and Track Points
A long-distance route contains hundreds of track points, but a train only stops at a fraction of them. By default this shows the halts — the stations you can actually board or alight at. The toggle reveals every point, which is useful for following a train's exact path but not for planning a journey.
The Day Number Trap
Running days shown here are the days the train departs its originating station, not the days it reaches yours. On a journey that spans two or three days, a train that leaves its origin on Monday may only reach an intermediate station on Tuesday or Wednesday. If you are boarding mid-route, add the day number from the table to the departure day before assuming it runs on your date.
Scheduled, Not Live
This is the published timetable. It does not know that today's train is running two hours late. For that, use live train status. To see what is actually leaving a station right now, use the station live board, and to find your coach on the platform, coach position.