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Chennai to Alappuzha

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Chennai to Alappuzha. From €59.13, fastest 4h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Chennai to Alappuzha runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €59.13, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 643 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €59.13, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€59.13

  • 125%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Chennai

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €148.82Thu24
  2. about €151.18Fri25
  3. about €134.66Sat26
  4. about €114.60Sun27
  5. about €120.50Mon28
  6. about €116.96Tue29
  7. about €79.78Wed30
  8. about €115.77Thu1
  9. about €87.46Fri2
  10. about €106.34Sat3
  11. about €88.64Sun4
  12. about €85.09Mon5
  13. about €76.83Tue6
  14. about €71.52Wed7
  15. about €76.24Thu8
  16. about €89.22Fri9
  17. about €81.55Sat10
  18. about €89.23Sun11
  19. about €78.01Mon12
  20. about €59.13Tue13
  21. about €76.24Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Alappuzha. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Alappuzha for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Alappuzha railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Chennai to Alappuzha

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

  1. €81.5590 days
  2. €66.8060 days
  3. €66.2145 days
  4. €72.7030 days
  5. €76.2421 days
  6. €71.5214 days
  7. €79.787 days
  8. €134.663 days
  9. €148.821 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €66.21.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €148.82, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€148.82€66.21137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Chennai to Alappuzha and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

643 km

588 km as the crow flies, 9% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

4,681,087240,991

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndiaSri LankaArabian SeaBay of BengalCoimbatoreCoimbatoreMaduraiMaduraiTirunelveliTirunelveliTiruchirappalliTiruchirappalliHubballiHubballiMysuruMysuruThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuramPuducherryPuducherryNelloreNelloreMangaluruMangaluruDavangereDavangereBallariBallariKadapaKadapaShivamoggaShivamoggaThrissurThrissurTirupatiTirupatiChennaiChennaiAlappuzhaAlappuzhaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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 643 km against 588 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Coimbatore, Kochi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Alappuzha railway station

Most of the points near Alappuzha railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Chennai to Alappuzha

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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

The fastest journey from Chennai to Alappuzha takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 8m, 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

The cheapest fare from Chennai to Alappuzha is €59.13, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €89.82. 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

The cheapest way from Chennai to Alappuzha is by flight, at €59.13 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

Fares from Chennai to Alappuzha bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €66.21. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 125 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chennai to Alappuzha, at €76.24. 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chennai to Alappuzha, at €60.90 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

2 operators sell services from Chennai to Alappuzha across 1 mode: IndiGo Airlines, Southern Railway. 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

0 percent of the services we sell from Chennai to Alappuzha are direct. The rest connect at Coimbatore, Kochi, with about 61 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 Chennai to Alappuzha use?

Services from Chennai to Alappuzha by flight leave from Chennai International Airport MAA and arrive at Alappuzha railway station. 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 Chennai to Alappuzha?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Chennai to Alappuzha 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 Chennai to Alappuzha on 23 September 2026: 643 km of route against 588 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €59.13, and 4h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Alappuzha a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Alappuzha and across India

Day trips that leave Alappuzha in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Chennai reaches 254 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 15,074 km. Alappuzha reaches 37 places in 1 countries, from 22 to 1,919 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Chennai

  • 254Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 41Operators

Arriving in Alappuzha

Leaving Alappuzha

  • 37Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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