Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad bus

Buses from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad start at €10.63 and take 2h 41m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 41m door to door, run by 2 operators over 140 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 41mDoor to door
  • 1h 57mMoving
  • €10.63 to €17.77From
  • 06:17 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 3.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€10.63 to €17.77 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €15.58Mon14
  2. about €17.22Tue15
  3. about €17.77Wed16
  4. about €15.03Thu17
  5. about €16.68Fri18
  6. about €14.48Sat19
  7. about €15.03Sun20
  8. about €10.63Mon21
  9. about €11.73Tue22
  10. about €12.28Wed23
  11. about €14.48Thu24
  12. about €12.83Fri25
  13. about €13.38Sat26
  14. about €12.28Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Ksrtc K582306:172h08:17Vattiyūrkāvu bus stationKarukachal

Door to door 2h 44mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€10.63
  1. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KS659206:281h 57m08:25Vattiyūrkāvu bus stationKarukachal

Door to door 2h 41mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFastest
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation2h 39m
Ksrtc2h 38m

The coach gets you into Panachikkad. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Panachikkad for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €12.2890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €11.1821 days
  6. €12.2814 days
  7. €15.037 days
  8. €17.773 days
  9. €15.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 76 percent. The dearest point is €17.77, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €12.28Sun
  2. €10.63Mon
  3. €11.73Tue
  4. €12.28Wed
  5. €14.48Thu
  6. €12.83Fri
  7. €13.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Panachikkad

Coach
  • Karukachal
  • Mandiram
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 140 km against 122 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 Punalūr, Mayyanād, Kottangara, Trikonavattam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Vattiyūrkāvu at 06:17 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad

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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad take?

The Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad takes 2h 41m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 140 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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad cost?

The Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad starts at €10.63 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.66. 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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad?

2 operators run the Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad: Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Ksrtc. Between them they file around 6 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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad use?

The Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad leaves from Vattiyūrkāvu bus station and arrives at Karukachal. 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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad?

Fares for the Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 76 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad produce?

The Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad produces about 3.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 140 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 Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad?

Operators on the Coach from Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 41m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Vattiyūrkāvu to Panachikkad on 13 September 2026: 140 km of route against 122 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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