Poorva Express (via Patna) 12303 train schedule

Poorva Express (via Patna) starts from Howrah Jn (HWH) at 08:00, reaches Barddhaman Jn (BWN) at 09:07, Asansol Jn (ASN) at 10:32, Patna Jn (PNBE) at 16:00, Danapur (DNR) at 16:23, Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn (DDU) at 19:34, Allahabad Jn (ALD) at 21:40 and Kanpur Central (CNB) at 00:05. It arrives at New Delhi on second day at 06:05. It stops at 22 stations in its route between Howrah Jn and New Delhi. Passengers use 12303 Poorva Express (via Patna) to travel mostly from Kolkata to Delhi, Madhupur Jn to Delhi, Kolkata to Patna, Durgapur to Delhi and Asansol to Delhi.

Poorva Express (via Patna) runs with an LHB Rake and has a total of 22 coaches. It has 2 second ac coaches, 5 third ac coaches, 2 second seating unreserved coaches, 1 pantry car coach, 9 sleeper coaches and 1 first ac cum second ac coach. The full coach composition is:

Engine--EOG--GS--GS--S1--S2--S3--S4--S5--S6--S7--S8--S9--PC--HA1--B1--B2--B3--B4--B5--A1--A2--EOG

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