What is the total time taken in minutes by the train to go from Zut to Raz?

The above figure shows the time taken in hrs:min to travel between two consecutive cities both for upward and downward journeys.

The difference in time between two consecutive cities will be the average of the difference in time taken for upward and downward journeys.

So, the difference of time for different consecutive pairs can be found as below:

Z-Y: 

For both up & down motions time difference is 0. Hence, Z & Y are in same time zone.

Y-V:

Time taken for travelling from Y to V is less than that of from  V to Y with a difference of 4 hrs. Hence, Y is 2 hours ahead of V.

V-S:

Time taken for travelling from V to S is less than that of from  S to V with a difference of 6 hrs. Hence, V is 3 hours ahead of S.

S-R:

Time taken for travelling from S to R is less than that of from  R to S with a difference of 2 hrs. Hence, S is 1 hour ahead of R.

Zut is 6 hours ahead of Rag. Also, the train departs from Zut at 6:00 am and arrives at Rag at 10:40 pm taking a total of 16 hrs 40 min. Hence, the total time taken to travel from Zut to Rag is 22 hrs 40 min.

Hence, option A.