Canberra to Delhi runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €767.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 19h 7m over 10,984 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €767.04, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
€767.04
- 175%Moves across the booking window
175%When it runs, leaving Canberra
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,592.49Thu24
- about €2,632.64Fri25
- about €2,006.74Sat26
- about €1,515.59Sun27
- about €1,508.44Mon28
- about €1,458.94Tue29
- about €1,831.29Wed30
- about €1,254.34Thu1
- about €1,206.49Fri2
- about €1,411.64Sat3
- about €1,154.24Sun4
- about €1,222.99Mon5
- about €1,222.44Tue6
- about €1,098.69Wed7
- about €995.84Thu8
- about €1,067.89Fri9
- about €1,348.94Sat10
- about €925.44Sun11
- about €767.04Mon12
- about €933.69Tue13
- about €1,053.59Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Delhi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Delhi for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from New Delhi railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Canberra to Delhi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €943.0490 days
- €1,024.4460 days
- €1,034.8945 days
- €1,119.0430 days
- €1,053.5921 days
- €1,098.6914 days
- €1,831.297 days
- €2,006.743 days
- €2,592.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €943.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 175 percent. The dearest point is €2,592.49, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Canberra to Delhi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
4.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
10,984 km
10,354 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
367,752 → 11,034,555
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 10,984 km against 10,354 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Melbourne, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Delhi is large, and the road in from DEL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Delhi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Delhi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near New Delhi railway station
Most of the points near New Delhi railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Canberra to Delhi
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 it take to get from Canberra to Delhi?
The fastest journey from Canberra to Delhi takes 19h 7m door to door, of which 16h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 20h 40m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Canberra to Delhi?
The cheapest fare from Canberra to Delhi is €767.04, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,227.67. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Canberra to Delhi?
The cheapest way from Canberra to Delhi is by train, at €767.04 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 19h 51m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Canberra to Delhi?
Fares from Canberra to Delhi bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €943.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 175 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Canberra to Delhi?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Canberra to Delhi, at €1,098.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Canberra to Delhi?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Canberra to Delhi, at €738.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Canberra to Delhi?
2 operators sell services from Canberra to Delhi across 1 mode: Air India Limited, NSW TrainLink. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Canberra to Delhi?
0 percent of the services we sell from Canberra to Delhi are direct. The rest connect at Melbourne, Sydney, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Canberra to Delhi use?
Services from Canberra to Delhi by train leave from Canberra railway station and arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Canberra to Delhi?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Canberra to Delhi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Canberra to Delhi on 23 September 2026: 10984 km of route against 10354 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €767.04, and 19h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Delhi is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Delhi and across India
Day trips that leave Delhi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Canberra reaches 25 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 187 to 10,354 km. Delhi reaches 448 places in 65 countries, from 20 to 13,315 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Canberra
- 25Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators
3
7Arriving in Delhi
Leaving Delhi
- 448Places you can leave for
- 65Countries
- 80Operators