Kolkata to Prayagraj runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €70.94 and €98.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 32m over 747 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€70.94 to €98.79
- 186%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kolkata
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:36First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Kolkata to Prayagraj on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €169.19Mon14
- about €127.58Tue15
- about €149.94Wed16
- about €140.56Thu17
- about €151.77Fri18
- about €154.72Sat19
- about €125.81Sun20
- about €89.82Mon21
- about €98.79Tue22
- about €101.54Wed23
- about €106.34Thu24
- about €108.70Fri25
- about €99.85Sat26
- about €110.47Sun27
- about €83.92Mon28
- about €70.94Tue29
- about €74.48Wed30
- about €89.23Thu1
- about €98.67Fri2
- about €81.56Sat3
- about €101.62Sun4
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.
The train gets you into Prayagraj. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Prayagraj for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Prayagraj Rambag railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kolkata to Prayagraj
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €98.6790 days
- €73.8960 days
- €65.0445 days
- €59.1430 days
- €101.6221 days
- €110.4714 days
- €125.817 days
- €149.943 days
- €169.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is €169.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj 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
747 km
736 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
4,631,392 → 1,073,438
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
1/3
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 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 747 km against 736 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bokāro, Varanasi, Dhanbad, Ranchi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Prayagraj is large, and the road in from IXD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Prayagraj
Settled in advance, so the ride into Prayagraj 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 Prayagraj Rambag railway station
Most of the points near Prayagraj Rambag railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kolkata to Prayagraj
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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
The fastest journey from Kolkata to Prayagraj takes 4h 32m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 22m, 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
The cheapest fare from Kolkata to Prayagraj is €70.94, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €113.64. 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
The cheapest way from Kolkata to Prayagraj is by flight, at €89.82 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 33m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Kolkata to Prayagraj?
The fastest way from Kolkata to Prayagraj is by flight, at 4h 33m door to door. Only 1h 23m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €89.82.
When should I book Kolkata to Prayagraj?
Fares from Kolkata to Prayagraj bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €59.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 186 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kolkata to Prayagraj?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kolkata to Prayagraj, at €89.82. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kolkata to Prayagraj?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kolkata to Prayagraj, at €58.55 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
2 operators sell services from Kolkata to Prayagraj across 2 modes: Eastern Railway, IndiGo Airlines. 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
33 percent of the services we sell from Kolkata to Prayagraj are direct. The rest connect at Bokāro, Varanasi, Dhanbad, Ranchi, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Kolkata to Prayagraj produce?
Travelling from Kolkata to Prayagraj by train produces about 24.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 186.5 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Kolkata to Prayagraj use?
Services from Kolkata to Prayagraj by flight leave from Kolkata CCU and arrive at Prayagraj IXD. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Kolkata to Prayagraj?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Kolkata to Prayagraj 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kolkata to Prayagraj on 13 September 2026: 747 km of route against 736 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €70.94, and 4h 32m 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 Prayagraj is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Prayagraj and across India
Day trips that leave Prayagraj in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kolkata reaches 75 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 12,574 km. Prayagraj reaches 52 places in 1 countries, from 55 to 1,457 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kolkata
- 75Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 25Operators
Arriving in Prayagraj
Leaving Prayagraj
- 52Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 11Operators