Varkala to Tiruvalla bus

Buses from Varkala to Tiruvalla start at €10.07 and take 1h 56m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Varkala to Tiruvalla starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 56m door to door, run by 2 operators over 85 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 20 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 56mDoor to door
  • 1h 12mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 2.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 20 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Ksrtc K994806:091h 12m07:21Bus Terminal VarkalaJayalakshmi Travels

Door to door 1h 56mCO2 2.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Tiruvalla is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Varkala to Tiruvalla

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  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.087 days
  8. €11.733 days
  9. €12.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 22 percent. The dearest point is €12.28, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.08Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Varkala

Coach
  • Bus Terminal Varkala

Tiruvalla

Coach
  • Jayalakshmi Travels
  • Thiruvalla Private bus stand
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 85 km against 74 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Shertallai, Cherthala. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Varkala at 06:09 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Varkala to Tiruvalla

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla take?

The Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla takes 1h 56m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 85 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla cost?

The Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €15.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla?

2 operators run the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla: Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Ksrtc. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla use?

The Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla leaves from Bus Terminal Varkala and arrives at Jayalakshmi Travels. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla?

Fares for the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 22 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla produce?

The Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla produces about 2.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 85 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla?

Operators on the Coach from Varkala to Tiruvalla publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 56m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Varkala to Tiruvalla on 12 September 2026: 85 km of route against 74 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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