The 12853 / 12854 Amarkantak Express is a daily Superfast Express train which runs between the Bhopal Junction railway station in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Durg, a city in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

The name of the train comes from the name of the city Amarkantak, which is a pilgrim town in the Anuppur District from the state of Madhya Pradesh.

12854 departs from Bhopal Junction daily at 4.00 pm, reaching Durg the next day at 08.05 am.

12853 departs daily from Durg at 6.25 pm reaching Bhopal Junction the next day at 10:30 am.

This train takes in all 27 halts before reaching its destination[1] The important stations along the train route are: The train normally consists of 22 LHB coaches: As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.