What is the exact rail track distance between HOWRAH JN (HWH) and CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS)?

The shortest rail track distance is 1656 km, covering 275 stations between HOWRAH JN (HWH) and CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS). This is the shortest available track route across the indexed network, passing 273 intermediate stations.

How many junctions fall between HOWRAH JN and CHENNAI CENTRAL?

52 junction stations fall on the shortest route, including HWH, TPKR, SRC, BVA, DTE, MCA, BOP, NPMR, PKU, HAUR, KGP, HIJ, ROP, JKPR, JEN, KIS, NRG, KNPR, CTC, KTJI, BRAG, PTAB, LGTR, RTN, KUR, NWP, GVI, NML, VZM, KTV, SCMN, DVD, DGDG, GLP, PAP, SLO, RJY, KVR, NDD, BZA, KCC, CLVR, DIG, TEL, TSR, VKT, MBL, GDR, AIP, ENR, KOK, BBQ.

Is break journey allowed between HOWRAH JN and CHENNAI CENTRAL?

Indian Railways generally permits a break journey on long-distance journeys beyond a prescribed distance, allowing you to pause at an intermediate station and continue later. Use the RailKM route mapper to add via stations and check the cumulative kilometres at every stop before planning a break.

What is the shortest rail route from HOWRAH JN to CHENNAI CENTRAL?

RailKM computes the shortest track route by total kilometres rather than the fastest train path. The shortest route totals 1656 km and lists every passing station with cumulative distance in the table above.

How much does a train ticket from HOWRAH JN (HWH) to CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS) cost?

Over the 1656 km journey, an approximate Sleeper (SL) fare is around ₹1,440, AC 3-Tier (3AC) around ₹3,895, with AC 2-Tier and AC First Class proportionally higher. These are standard-slab estimates only — actual fares differ by train type, dynamic pricing and GST.

Exact Railway Distance from HOWRAH JN (HWH) to CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS)

The shortest Indian Railways track distance is1,656 km, passing 273 intermediate stations across 275 halts.

Total Track Distance: 1,656km
Intermediate Stations: 273
Major Junctions: 52

Estimated Train Fare (Approx.)

1,656 km

Sleeper:₹1,440
3AC:₹3,895
2AC:₹5,650
1AC:₹9,710

*Approximate estimates based on standard IR distance slabs. Actual fares may vary by train type, dynamic pricing, and GST.

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Major junctions on route

HWHHOWRAH JN0 km
TPKRTIKIAPARA2 km
SRCSANTRAGACHI JN7 km
BVABAURIA JN25 km
DTEDEULTI51 km
MCAMECHEDA58 km
BOPBHOGPUR63 km
NPMRNARAYAN PAKURIA67 km
PKUPANSKURA70 km
HAURHAUR80 km
KGPKHARAGPUR JN117 km
HIJHIJILLI120 km
ROPRUPSA JN217 km
JKPRJAKHAPURA352 km
JENJENAPUR359 km
KISKAPILAS ROAD399 km
NRGNERGUNDI403 km
KNPRKENDRAPARA ROAD409 km
CTCCUTTACK413 km
KTJIKATHA JORI415 km
BRAGBARANG424 km
PTABPATIA HALT430 km
LGTRLINGARAJ TEMPLE ROAD444 km
RTNRETANG451 km
KURKHURDA ROAD JN459 km
NWPNAUPADA JN704 km
GVIGARIVIDI798 km
NMLNELLIMARIA811 km
VZMVIZIANAGRAM JN822 km
KTVKOTTAVALASA857 km
SCMNSIMHACHALAM NORTH873 km
DVDDUVVADA881 km
DGDGDURGADA GATE988 km
GLPGOLLAPROLU997 km
PAPPITHAPURAM1,003 km
SLOSAMALKOT JN1,015 km
RJYRAJAMUNDRY1,065 km
KVRKOVVUR1,072 km
NDDNIDADAVOLU JN1,086 km
BZAVIJAYAWADA JN1,217 km
KCCKRISHNA CANAL1,222 km
CLVRCHILUVUR1,233 km
DIGDUGGIRALA1,239 km
TELTENALI JN1,249 km
TSRTSUNDURU1,260 km
VKTVENKATACHALAM1,493 km
MBLMANUBOLU1,506 km
GDRGUDUR JN1,516 km
AIPATTIPPATTU1,633 km
ENRENNORE1,639 km
KOKKORUKKUPET JN1,652 km
BBQBASIN BRIDGE JN1,654 km

Station-by-station distance table

Cumulative track kilometres from HOWRAH JN (HWH) to CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS).

Distance from HOWRAH JN to CHENNAI CENTRAL, station by station
#	Station	Code	Km
1	HOWRAH JNJn	HWH	0
2	TIKIAPARAJn	TPKR	2
3	DASHNAGAR	DSNR	4
4	RAMRAJATALA	RMJ	6
5	SANTRAGACHI JNJn	SRC	7
6	MAURIGRAM	MRGM	10
7	ANDUL	ADL	12
8	SANKRALL	SEL	16
9	ABADA	ABB	18
10	NALPUR	NALR	21
11	BAURIA JNJn	BVA	25
12	CHENGEL	CGA	28
13	PHULESWAR	FLR	31
14	ULUBARIA	ULB	33
15	BIR SHIBPUR	BSBP	37
16	KULGACHIA	KGY	40
17	BAGNAN	BZN	45
18	GHORAGHATA	GGTA	48
19	DEULTIJn	DTE	51
20	KOLAGHAT GOODS	KIG	55
21	MECHEDAJn	MCA	58
22	NANDAHGANJA	NDGJ	61
23	BHOGPURJn	BOP	63
24	NARAYAN PAKURIAJn	NPMR	67
25	PANSKURAJn	PKU	70
26	HAURJn	HAUR	80
27	RADHAMOHANPUR	RDU	85
28	DUAN	DUAN	88
29	BALICHAK	BCK	92
30	SHYAM CHAK	SMCK	98
31	MADPUR	MPD	104
32	JAKPUR	JPR	110
33	KHARAGPUR JNJn	KGP	117
34	HIJILLIJn	HIJ	120
35	BENAPUR	BPE	128
36	NARAYANGARH	NYA	139
37	BAKHRABAD	VKD	146
38	CONTAI ROAD	CNT	151
39	BELDA	BLDA	152
40	NIKURSINI	NSI	160
41	DANTAN	DNT	169
42	ANGUA	AGV	174
43	LAKSHANNATH ROAD	LXD	180
44	JALESWAR	JER	186
45	RAJGHAT HALT	RGT	194
46	AMARDA ROAD	ARD	201
47	BASTA	BTS	206
48	N MAYURBHANJ ROAD	NMBR	211
49	RUPSA JNJn	ROP	217
50	HALDIPADA	HIP	223
51	TIKIRAPAL HALT	TKPL	230
52	BALASORE	BLS	235
53	NILGIRI ROAD	NGRD	246
54	KHANTAPARA	KHF	251
55	PANPANA	PNPN	257
56	BAHANAGA BAZAR	BNBR	261
57	SORO	SORO	270
58	SABIRA	SZZ	279
59	MARKONA	MKO	285
60	RANITAL	RNTL	292
61	BHADRAKH	BHC	300
62	BAUDPUR	BUDR	307
63	KAPALI ROAD	KPLD	313
64	KENDUAPADA	KED	316
65	MANJURI ROAD	MZZ	323
66	DULAKHAPATNA	DLPT	327
67	BAITARANI ROAD	BTV	332
68	KORAI HALT	KRIH	339
69	JAJPUR KEONJHAR ROAD	JJKR	344
70	JAKHAPURAJn	JKPR	352
71	JENAPURJn	JEN	359
72	NEW GARH MADHOPUR	NGMP	365
73	HARIDASPUR	HDS	375
74	DHANMANDAL	DNM	379
75	BARITHENGARH	BRTG	386
76	BYREE	BYY	390
77	SRI JHADESHWAR	SJDR	394
78	KAPILAS ROADJn	KIS	399
79	NERGUNDIJn	NRG	403
80	KENDRAPARA ROADJn	KNPR	409
81	CUTTACKJn	CTC	413
82	KATHA JORIJn	KTJI	415
83	GOPALPUR BALKDA	GBK	418
84	BARANGJn	BRAG	424
85	PATIA HALTJn	PTAB	430
86	MANCHESWAR	MCS	433
87	BANI BIHAR	BNBH	436
88	BHUBANESWAR	BBS	439
89	LINGARAJ TEMPLE ROADJn	LGTR	444
90	RETANGJn	RTN	451
91	KHURDA ROAD JNJn	KUR	459
92	ARGUL	ARGL	464
93	KAIPADA ROAD	KPXR	468
94	DHAULIMUHAN	DLMH	473
95	TAPANG	TAP	477
96	GOLABAI	GLBA	482
97	NIRAKARPUR	NKP	486
98	BHUSANDPUR	BSDP	493
99	MUKETASHWAR	MKTP	499
100	KALUPARA GHAT	KAPG	503
101	KUHURI	KUU	510
102	GANGADHARPUR	GNGD	518
103	SOLARI	SLZ	523
104	BALUGAON	BALU	531
105	CHILKA	CLKA	538
106	KALIJAI	KLJI	543
107	KHALLIKOT	KIT	548
108	RAMBHA	RBA	557
109	HUMMA	HMA	568
110	GANJAM	GAM	574
111	CHATRAPUR COURT	CAPC	582
112	CHATRAPUR	CAP	583
113	NARASIMHAPURA	NRSP	587
114	JAGAN NATHAPUR	JNP	595
115	BRAHMAPUR	BAM	604
116	GOLANTHRA	GTA	615
117	SURLA ROAD	SLRD	620
118	ICHCHPURAM	IPM	629
119	JHADUPUDI	JPI	641
120	SOMPETA	SPT	647
121	BARUVA	BAV	657
122	MANDASA ROAD	MMS	666
123	SUMMADEVI	SUDV	671
124	PALASA	PSA	679
125	PUNDI	PUN	691
126	ROUTHPURAM HALT	RMZ	697
127	NAUPADA JNJn	NWP	704
128	DINDU GOPALA PURAM HALT	DGB	710
129	KOTABOMMALI	KBM	718
130	HARISHCHANDRAPURAM	HCM	727
131	TILARU	TIU	732
132	URLAM	ULM	742
133	SRIKAKULAM ROAD	CHE	752
134	DUSI	DUSI	759
135	PONDURU	PDU	768
136	SIGADAM	SGDM	778
137	BATUVA	BTVA	785
138	CHIPURUPALLE	CPP	792
139	GARIVIDIJn	GVI	798
140	NELLIMARIAJn	NML	811
141	VIZIANAGRAM JNJn	VZM	822
142	KORUKONDA	KUK	832
143	ALAMANDA	ALM	839
144	KANTAKAPALLE	KPL	849
145	KOTTAVALASAJn	KTV	857
146	PENDURTI	PDT	866
147	SIMHACHALAM NORTHJn	SCMN	873
148	DUVVADAJn	DVD	881
149	THADI	THY	891
150	ANAKAPALLE	AKP	897
151	KASIMKOTA	KSK	903
152	BAYYAVARAM	BVM	907
153	NARASINGAPALLI	NASP	914
154	ELLAMANCHILI	YLM	921
155	REGUPALEM	REG	930
156	NARSIPATNAM RD	NRP	939
157	GULLIPADU	GLU	950
158	TUNI	TUNI	961
159	HAMSAVARAM	HVM	970
160	TIMMAPURAM	TMPM	974
161	ANNAVARAM	ANV	978
162	RAVIKAMPADU	RVD	985
163	DURGADA GATEJn	DGDG	988
164	GOLLAPROLUJn	GLP	997
165	PITHAPURAMJn	PAP	1,003
166	SAMALKOT JNJn	SLO	1,015
167	GUDAPARTI	GDPT	1,020
168	MEDAPADU	MPU	1,025
169	PEDABRAMADVAM	PBD	1,027
170	BIKKAVOLU	BVL	1,033
171	BALABHADRAPURAM	BBPM	1,036
172	ANAPARTI	APT	1,042
173	DWARAPUDI	DWP	1,045
174	KESAVARAM	KSVM	1,050
175	KADIYAN	KYM	1,055
176	RAJAMUNDRYJn	RJY	1,065
177	KOVVURJn	KVR	1,072
178	PASIVEDALA	PSDA	1,075
179	CHAGALLU	CU	1,078
180	BRAHMANAGUDEM	BMGM	1,082
181	NIDADAVOLU JNJn	NDD	1,086
182	MARAMPALLI	MRPL	1,094
183	NAVABPALEM	NBM	1,097
184	PRATTIAPADU	PTPU	1,100
185	TADEPALLIGUDEM	TDD	1,106
186	BADAMPUDI	BPY	1,112
187	UNGUTURU	VGT	1,118
188	CHEBROL	CEL	1,121
189	KAIKORAM	KKRM	1,125
190	PULLA	PUA	1,129
191	BHIMADOLU	BMD	1,136
192	SITAMPET	STPT	1,142
193	DENDULURU	DEL	1,146
194	ELURU	EE	1,156
195	POWERPET	PRH	1,158
196	VATLUR	VAT	1,165
197	NUZVID	NZD	1,175
198	VIRAVALLI	VRVL	1,182
199	TELAPROLU	TOU	1,185
200	PEDDA AVUTAPALE	PAVP	1,192
201	GANNAVARAM	GWM	1,197
202	MUSTABADA	MBD	1,204
203	GUNADALA	GALA	1,211
204	VIJAYAWADA JNJn	BZA	1,217
205	KRISHNA CANALJn	KCC	1,222
206	KOLANUKONDA	KAQ	1,225
207	PEDDAVADIAPUDI	PVD	1,229
208	CHILUVURJn	CLVR	1,233
209	DUGGIRALAJn	DIG	1,239
210	KOLAKALUR	KLX	1,243
211	TENALI JNJn	TEL	1,249
212	TSUNDURUJn	TSR	1,260
213	MODUKURU	MDKU	1,264
214	NIDUBROLU	NDO	1,271
215	MACHAVARAM	MCVM	1,276
216	APPIKATLA	APL	1,283
217	BAPATLA	BPP	1,292
218	STUARTPURAM	SPF	1,300
219	IPURUPALEM	IPPM	1,303
220	IPURUPALEM HALT	IPPN	1,304
221	CHIRALA	CLX	1,308
222	JANDRAPETA	JAQ	1,311
223	VETAPALEMU	VTM	1,316
224	KOTTA PANDILA PALLI	KPLL	1,319
225	KADAVAKUDURU	KVDU	1,324
226	CHINNA GANJAM	CJM	1,328
227	UPPUGUNDURU	UGD	1,334
228	RAPARLA HALT	RPRL	1,339
229	AMMANABROLU	ANB	1,342
230	KARAVADI	KRV	1,348
231	ONGOLE	OGL	1,357
232	SURAREDDIPALEM	SDM	1,367
233	TANGUTURU	TNR	1,375
234	SINGARAYAKONDA	SKM	1,385
235	ULAVAPADU	UPD	1,395
236	TETTU	TTU	1,409
237	KAVALI	KVZ	1,424
238	S VENKTESWRPALM	SVPM	1,437
239	BITRAGUNTA	BTTR	1,441
240	ALLURU ROAD	AXR	1,448
241	TALAMANCHI	TMC	1,460
242	KODAVALURU	KJJ	1,465
243	PADUGUPADU	PGU	1,473
244	NELLORE	NLR	1,477
245	NELLORE SOUTH	NLS	1,479
246	VEDAYAPALEM	VDE	1,484
247	VENKATACHALAMJn	VKT	1,493
248	MANUBOLUJn	MBL	1,506
249	GUDUR JNJn	GDR	1,516
250	ODUR	ODUR	1,525
251	PEDAPARIYA	PYA	1,531
252	NAYADUPETA	NYP	1,544
253	DORAVARI CHATRAM	DVR	1,556
254	POLIREDDIPALEM	PEL	1,563
255	SULLURUPETA	SPE	1,571
256	AKKAMPET	AKAT	1,576
257	TADA	TADA	1,583
258	ARAMBAKKAM	AKM	1,591
259	ELAVUR	ELR	1,601
260	GUMMIDIPUNDI	GPD	1,607
261	KAVARAIPPETTAI	KVP	1,613
262	PONNERI	PON	1,620
263	ANUPPAMBATTU	APB	1,625
264	MINJUR	MJR	1,629
265	NANDIYAMPAKKAM	NPKM	1,631
266	ATTIPPATTUJn	AIP	1,633
267	ENNOREJn	ENR	1,639
268	KATHIVAKKAM	KAVM	1,641
269	WIMCO NAGAR	WCN	1,644
270	TIRUVOTTIYUR	TVT	1,647
271	V.O.C. NAGAR	VOC	1,649
272	TONDIARPETTAI	TNP	1,651
273	KORUKKUPET JNJn	KOK	1,652
274	BASIN BRIDGE JNJn	BBQ	1,654
275	CHENNAI CENTRAL	MAS	1,656

Frequently asked questions

What is the exact rail track distance between HOWRAH JN (HWH) and CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS)?: The shortest rail track distance is 1656 km, covering 275 stations between HOWRAH JN (HWH) and CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS). This is the shortest available track route across the indexed network, passing 273 intermediate stations.
How many junctions fall between HOWRAH JN and CHENNAI CENTRAL?: 52 junction stations fall on the shortest route, including HWH, TPKR, SRC, BVA, DTE, MCA, BOP, NPMR, PKU, HAUR, KGP, HIJ, ROP, JKPR, JEN, KIS, NRG, KNPR, CTC, KTJI, BRAG, PTAB, LGTR, RTN, KUR, NWP, GVI, NML, VZM, KTV, SCMN, DVD, DGDG, GLP, PAP, SLO, RJY, KVR, NDD, BZA, KCC, CLVR, DIG, TEL, TSR, VKT, MBL, GDR, AIP, ENR, KOK, BBQ.
Is break journey allowed between HOWRAH JN and CHENNAI CENTRAL?: Indian Railways generally permits a break journey on long-distance journeys beyond a prescribed distance, allowing you to pause at an intermediate station and continue later. Use the RailKM route mapper to add via stations and check the cumulative kilometres at every stop before planning a break.
What is the shortest rail route from HOWRAH JN to CHENNAI CENTRAL?: RailKM computes the shortest track route by total kilometres rather than the fastest train path. The shortest route totals 1656 km and lists every passing station with cumulative distance in the table above.
How much does a train ticket from HOWRAH JN (HWH) to CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS) cost?: Over the 1656 km journey, an approximate Sleeper (SL) fare is around ₹1,440, AC 3-Tier (3AC) around ₹3,895, with AC 2-Tier and AC First Class proportionally higher. These are standard-slab estimates only — actual fares differ by train type, dynamic pricing and GST.

Distances are shortest available track kilometres, derived from open railway timetable data (DataMeet). For a multi-via, break-journey plan, open theRailKM route mapper.