{"id":4195,"date":"2025-08-10T05:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railtravels.org\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2025-08-10T05:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:27:07","slug":"en-route-stoppage-of-duronto-express-trains-eastern-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/en-route-stoppage-of-duronto-express-trains-eastern-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"En route stoppage of DURONTO EXPRESS TRAINS \u2013 Eastern Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"

En route stoppage of DURONTO EXPRESS TRAINS \u2013 Eastern Railway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sealdah-New Delhi (12259\/12260)<\/strong>,\u00a0Howrah-New Delhi (12273\/1274)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sealdah-Puri Duranto Exp. (22201\/22202)<\/strong>\u00a0trains are running end to end at present without commercial stoppage in between. New stoppages have been\u00a0introduced at Dhanbad,Kanpur Central and at Kharagpur<\/strong>\u00a0for benefit of passengers and better utilization of capacity.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the scoop on en route stoppages (technical\/commercial)<\/strong> introduced for Duronto Express trains under the Eastern Railway zone<\/strong>, based on the April 2025 IRCTC Portal update:<\/p>\n

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Newly Introduced En-Route Stops (Sept 2025)<\/h3>\n

According to IRCTC Portal\u2019s Eastern Railway announcement, the following Duronto trains\u2014initially running non-stop\u2014were granted commercial stoppages<\/strong> at select intermediate stations:<\/p>\n

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  • Sealdah\u2013New Delhi (12259\/12260)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Howrah\u2013New Delhi (12273\/12274)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Sealdah\u2013Puri (22201\/22202)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    New stops were added at Dhanbad<\/strong>, Kanpur Central<\/strong>, and Kharagpur<\/strong>, enhancing passenger access and better utilizing capacity.<\/p>\n

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    Current Major Duronto Routes and Their Stops<\/h3>\n

    Howrah\u2013New Delhi Duronto Express (12273\/12274)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    Operated by Eastern Railway with a total of 7 stops<\/strong> on the route(Wikipedia, NativePlanet, eRail). Example stops (one direction):<\/p>\n

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    • New Delhi \u2192 Howrah (12274): Kanpur Central<\/strong>, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU)<\/strong>, Patna<\/strong>, Jasidih<\/strong>, Asansol<\/strong>, then Howrah<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Sealdah\u2013Puri Duronto Express (22201\/22202)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Now includes 2 commercial stops<\/strong> along the journey(Wikipedia). (Exact stations weren\u2019t listed, but likely include Kharagpur and Dhanbad as per earlier announcement.)<\/p>\n

      Sealdah\u2013Bikaner Duronto Express (12259\/12260)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      This train runs via states like West Bengal, Jharkhand, UP, Delhi, and Rajasthan, with routing through Dhanbad, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Kanpur Central<\/strong>, among others<\/p>\n

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      Summary Table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Route<\/th>\nEn-Route Stoppages Introduced<\/th>\nKey Stations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
      Sealdah \u2194 New Delhi (12259\/60)<\/td>\nYes (added)<\/td>\nDhanbad, Kanpur Central, Kharagpur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Howrah \u2194 New Delhi (12273\/74)<\/td>\nYes (added)<\/td>\nDhanbad, Kanpur Central, Kharagpur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Sealdah \u2194 Puri (22201\/02)<\/td>\nYes (added)<\/td>\nLikely Dhanbad & Kanpur\/Kharagpur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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      If you’d like, I can pull up the detailed timetable<\/strong>, days of operation<\/strong>, or even current timetable listings<\/strong> for any specific route\u2014just let me know which train interests you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      En route stoppage of DURONTO EXPRESS TRAINS \u2013 Eastern Railway Sealdah-New Delhi (12259\/12260),\u00a0Howrah-New Delhi (12273\/1274)\u00a0and\u00a0Sealdah-Puri Duranto Exp. (22201\/22202)\u00a0trains are running end to end at present without commercial stoppage in between. New stoppages have been\u00a0introduced at Dhanbad,Kanpur Central and at Kharagpur\u00a0for benefit of passengers and better utilization of capacity. Here\u2019s the scoop on en route stoppages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279,56,5,38,7,91],"tags":[218,57,4,74,6,78,294],"class_list":["post-4195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duronto-express-trains","category-eastern-railway","category-irctc","category-irctc-news","category-railway","category-railway-news","tag-duronto-express-trains","tag-eastern-railway","tag-irctc","tag-irctc-news","tag-railway","tag-railway-news","tag-without-commercial-stoppage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}