Howrah–Jodhpur/Bikaner Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Howrah Junction and Jodhpur & Bikaner in India. It operates as train number 12307 from Howrah Junction to Jodhpur and as train number 12308 in the reverse direction. 4 days a week. It also runs as 22307/22308 Howrah-Bikaner Superfast Express 3 days a week. It gets a high priority on its route regularly. Also, it is the first train to have permission of running at 130 km/h during the first LHB inauguration in the Howrah Division.
History
Broad Gauge Line reached Jaipur on 1992/1993. To connect Kolkata with Jaipur, on 20th June 1993, 2307/2308 Howrah- Jaipur Express was started. Abstract timings were 2307:- Howrah 23.45 pm; Bardhaman 01.17 am; Durgapur 02.13 am; Asansol 03.05 am; Dhanbad 04.13 am; Gaya 07.30 am; Mughalsarai 11.00 am; Allahabad 13.45 pm; Kanpur Central 16.55 pm; Tundla 20.30 pm; Agra Fort 21.25 pm; Sawai Madhopur 01.45 am; Jaipur 04.15 am. In return as 2308:- Jaipur 23.30 pm; Sawai Madhopur 01.55 am; Agra Fort 06.15 am; Tundla 07.05 am; Kanpur Central 10.45 am; Allahabad 13.55 pm; Mughalsarai 16.45 pm; Gaya 20.10 pm; Dhanbad 23.42 pm; Asansol 00.50 am; Durgapur 01.33 am; Bardhaman 02.30 am; Howrah 04.00 am. 2307/2308 Howrah-Jaipur Express was covering in 28 hours 30 mins at speed. Then on 3rd July 1995, this service was extended to Jodhpur & Bikaner after Broad Gauge Line reached there in 1995. Timings in Jaipur-Jodhpur were 2307:- Jaipur 04.15 am; Merta Road Jn. 07.30/08.00; Jodhpur 10.00. Timings in Jaipur-Bikaner were 2307A:- Jaipur 04.15 am; Merta Road Jn. 07.30/08.20; Bikaner 11.30. Return timings were Jodhpur 17.45; Merta Road Jn. 19.30/20.00; Jaipur 23.30 for 2308 & Bikaner 16.15; Merta Road Jn. 19.20/20.00, Jaipur 23.30 for 2308A. Both the train 2307/2308 & 2307A/2308A used this timetable until 2005 to cover Howrah-Jodhpur in 34 hrs 15 mins at speed & to cover Howrah-Bikaner in 35 hrs 45 mins at speed
in 2007 after Agra - Achhnera - Bharatpur - Bandikui line was made Broad Gauge Line from Meter Gauge, Sawai Madhopur lost this Howrah train. From 2007-2020, 2307/2308 & 2307A/2308A (later 12307/12308 & 22307/22308) timings were same in Howrah - Agra -Howrah part with slight speed up. Howrah 23.30 pm; Mughalsarai 10.35 am; Allahabad 12.55 pm, Kanpur 15.35 pm, Agra Fort 20.00 pm; Bharatpur 21.05 pm; Jaipur 00.30 am; Merta Road 04.20 am; Jodhpur 06.15 am for 12307 (Merta Road Jn. 04.40 am; Bikaner 07.45 for 22307). In return for 12308 was Jodhpur 21.15 pm; Merta Road Jn. 23.15;(for 22308 was Bikaner 20.00; Merta Road Jn. 23.15) Jaipur 02.50 am; Bharatpur 06.01 am; Agra Fort 07.05 am; Kanpur Central 11.30 am; Allahabad 14.20 pm; Mughalsarai 17.10 pm; Howrah 04.00 am. The train 12307/12308 was covering in 30 hours 45 mins at speed & the train 22307/22308 was covering in 32 hrs 00 mins at . Merta Road Junction was the reversal & bifurcation/amalgamation point of 12307/08 & 22307/08 until 2020, the trains were separated & 22307/22308 started running via Merta Road Bypass(MTDB) station to avoid reversal.
Current Service
The 12307 Howrah–Jodhpur Express covers the distance of in 30 hours 00 mins at speed and in 29 hours as 12308 Jodhpur–Howrah Express at speed. 22307 Howrah-Bikaner Express covers the distance of in 30 hrs 50 mins at speed and in 30 hrs 40 mins at speed. Earlier it was daily service & used to run combined in Howrah - Merta Road Jn. stretch of journey. Then at Merta Road Jn, 12307 used to separate towards Jodhpur & another part used to proceed to Bikaner as 12307A. Similarly in return 12308 coming from Jodhpur & 12308A coming from Bikaner, used to join at Merta Road Jn. for proceeding towards Howrah as a combined train. Merta Road Junction was the reversal & bifurcation/amalgamation point of 12307/08 & 22307/08 until 2020. This type of operation was stopped from 2020 after the COVID-19 period when Merta Road Bypass(MTDB) station to avoid reversal.
As the average speed of the train is more than 55 km/h, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.
Current Timings of 12307/12308 & 22307/22308 with Route and halts
12307 Jodhpur Express
Station code Station name Arrival Departure HWH Howrah Junction --- 23:30 BWN Barddhaman Junction 00:22 00:24 ASN Asansol Junction 02:05 01:55 DHN Dhanbad Junction 03:13 03:23 PNME Parasnath 04:06 04:08 KQR Koderma Junction 04:58 05:00 GAYA Gaya Junction 06:20 06:30 RFJ Rafiganj 07:06 07:08 AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 07:26 07:28 DOS Dehri On Sone 07:43 07:45 SSM Sasaram Junction 08:00 08:02 BBU Bhabua Road 08:42 08:44 DDU Pt DD Upadhyaya Junction 09:40 09:55 MZP Mirzapur 10:58 11:00 PRYJ Prayagraj Junction 12:10 12:15 FTP Fatehpur 13:35 13:37 CNB Kanpur central 14:45 14:55 ETW Etawah Junction 16:37 16:39 TDL Tundla Junction 18:20 18:25 AF Agra fort 19:05 19:15 AH Achhnera Junction 19:44 19:46 BTE Bharatpur Junction 20:12 20:17 JP Jaipur Junction 23:35 23:55 NAC Nawa City 01:18 01:20 KMNC Kuchaman City 01:35 01:37 MKN Makrana Junction 01:51 01:53 DNA Degana Junction 02:33 02:35 MTD Merta Road Junction 03:20 03:25 JU Jodhpur Junction 05:20 ---
12308 Howrah Express
Station code Station name Arrival Departure JU Jodhpur Junction --- 23:55 MTD Merta Road Junction 01:20 01:25 DNA Degana Junction 02:10 02:12 MKN Makrana Junction 02:52 02:54 KMNC Kuchaman City 03:06 03:08 NAC Nawa City 03:23 03:25 JP Jaipur Junction 04:55 05:05 BTE Bharatpur Junction 08:05 08:10 AH Achhnera Junction 08:36 08:38 AF Agra fort 09:05 09:15 TDL Tundla Junction 09:54 09:59 ETW Etawah Junction 11:20 11:22 CNB Kanpur central 13:25 13:35 FTP Fatehpur 14:41 14:43 PRYJ Prayagraj Junction 16:10 16:15 MZP Mirzapur 17:27 17:29 PaDDU Pt DD Upadhyaya Junction 18:30 18:45 BBU Bhabua Road 19:37 19:39 SSM Sasaram Junction 20:21 20:23 DOS Dehri On Sone 20:38 20:40 AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 20:55 20:57 RFJ Rafiganj 21:15 21:17 GAYA Gaya Junction 21:55 22:05 KQR Koderma Junction 23:21 23:23 PNME Parasnath 00:08 00:10 DHN Dhanbad Junction 00:50 01:00 ASN Asansol Junction 01:58 02:08 BWN Barddhaman Junction 03:37 03:39 HWH Howrah Junction 04:55 ---
22307 Bikaner Express
Station code Station name Arrival Departure HWH Howrah Junction --- 23:25 BWN Barddhaman Junction 00:35 00:37 DGR Durgapur 01.28 01:30 ASN Asansol Junction 02:05 02:15 DHN Dhanbad Junction 03:13 03:23 PNME Parasnath 04:06 04:08 KQR Koderma Junction 04:58 05:00 GAYA Gaya Junction 06:20 06:30 RFJ Rafiganj 07:06 07:08 AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 07:26 07:28 DOS Dehri On Sone 07:43 07:45 SSM Sasaram Junction 08:00 08:02 BBU Bhabua Road 08:42 08:44 DDU Pt DD Upadhyaya Junction 09:40 09:55 MZP Mirzapur 10:58 11:00 PRYJ Prayagraj Junction 12:10 12:15 FTP Fatehpur 13:35 13:37 CNB Kanpur central 14:45 14:55 ETW Etawah Junction 16:37 16:39 TDL Tundla Junction 18:20 18:25 AF Agra fort 19:05 19:15 AH Achhnera Junction 19:44 19:46 BTE Bharatpur Junction 20:12 20:17 BKI Bandikui Junction Passing 22:07 JP Jaipur Junction 23:35 23:45 NAC Nawa City 01:11 01:13 KMNC Kuchaman City 01:28 01:30 MKN Makrana Junction 01:44 01:46 DNA Degana Junction 02:26 02:28 MTDB Merta Road Bypass 03:10 03:15 NGO Nagaur 04:09 04:11 NOK Nokha 04:56 04:58 DSO Nokha 05:30 05:32 BKN Bikaner Junction 06:15 ---
22308 Howrah Express
Station code Station name Arrival Departure BKN Bikaner Junction --- 22:15 DSO Nokha 22:45 22:47 NOK Nokha 23:17 23:19 NGO Nagaur 00:53 00:58 MTDB Merta Road Bypass 01:20 01:25 DNA Degana Junction 02:10 02:12 MKN Makrana Junction 02:52 02:54 KMNC Kuchaman City 03:06 03:08 NAC Nawa City 03:23 03:25 JP Jaipur Junction 04:55 05:05 BKI Bandikui Junction Passing 06:27 BTE Bharatpur Junction 08:05 08:10 AH Achhnera Junction 08:36 08:38 AF Agra fort 09:05 09:15 TDL Tundla Junction 09:54 09:59 ETW Etawah Junction 11:20 11:22 CNB Kanpur central 13:25 13:35 FTP Fatehpur 14:41 14:43 PRYJ Prayagraj Junction 16:10 16:15 MZP Mirzapur 17:27 17:29 PaDDU Pt DD Upadhyaya Junction 18:30 18:45 BBU Bhabua Road 19:37 19:39 SSM Sasaram Junction 20:21 20:23 DOS Dehri On Sone 20:38 20:40 AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 20:55 20:57 RFJ Rafiganj 21:15 21:17 GAYA Gaya Junction 21:55 22:05 KQR Koderma Junction 23:21 23:23 PNME Parasnath 00:08 00:10 DHN Dhanbad Junction 00:50 01:00 ASN Asansol Junction 01:58 02:08 DGR Durgapur 02.41 02:43 BWN Barddhaman Junction 03:37 03:39 HWH Howrah Junction 04:55 ---
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Howrah Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Howrah to Jodhpur and vice versa.
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