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Railways Time Table

Considering the convenience and comfort of passengers, Indian railways introduced a handy railways time table. The timetable comprises of train status, train names along with the numbers and destination stations. The guide may not specify all train stoppages, only the prime ones are mentioned. The Indian rail timetable is a quick and useful guide for domestic and international tourists. The Indian rail time table includes complete information about the arrival and departure of trains, daily services, pantry car accessibility and plenty more.


Recently, Indian Railways has announced new and updated Indian Rail Time Table known as “Trains at a Glance (TAG)”. The timetable has come into effect from July, 1st 2010. Also, sixteen zonal Railways have also announced their new Indian train timetable with effect from July 1st, 2010.


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Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you use Indian train timetable.


Method 1: Using the Station Index

  • Move to the page 9 of the station index, where entire details are enlisted related to the destinations in an alphabetical order.
  • Main stations have many destination stations under them. There are table numbers along destination stations. For your reference, the numbers of trains connecting these stations are also mentioned.
  • In case destination station is not in the list, then tit would be mentioned opposite to originating station.
  • Go to the relevant table and select the most convenient train for yourself.


Method II: Making use of Train Number Index
This is beneficial when you know the train number

  • Toggle to the page 40 of Train Number Index. Here train numbers are mentioned in ascending order along with the names of trains.
  • Simply look for your train number and go to the tale number mentioned alongside.


Method III: Making use of Train Name Index
This is helpful when you know the name of your train.

  • Simply toggle one to page 46 of Train Name Index, where names of trains are mentioned an alphabetical order along with train and table number.
  • Simply locate your train number and go to the corresponding table number given alongside.


Method IV: Making use of Route Map with Table Numbers

  • Toggle on to Page 8 of Route Map.
  • Find your starting station and trace the route to your destination.
  • The numbers alongside the routes are the table numbers.


Indian rail timetable can be of immense for both domestic as well as international passengers. Learn about Indian train schedule and plan your trip anywhere in this beautiful country.


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Railways Time Table