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Kottayam to Pune

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Kottayam to Pune. From €78.82, fastest 5h 28m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kottayam to Pune runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €78.82, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 28m over 1,074 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 €78.82, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€78.82

  • 179%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kottayam

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

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

  1. about €227.33Thu24
  2. about €215.23Fri25
  3. about €181.12Sat26
  4. about €142.07Sun27
  5. about €169.02Mon28
  6. about €134.37Tue29
  7. about €136.57Wed30
  8. about €168.47Thu1
  9. about €150.87Fri2
  10. about €159.12Sat3
  11. about €106.87Sun4
  12. about €101.92Mon5
  13. about €115.12Tue6
  14. about €104.12Wed7
  15. about €112.92Thu8
  16. about €104.12Fri9
  17. about €95.32Sat10
  18. about €106.87Sun11
  19. about €79.92Mon12
  20. about €78.82Tue13
  21. about €102.47Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Pune for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Pune Junction 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 Kottayam to Pune

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

  1. €111.8290 days
  2. €100.8260 days
  3. €81.5745 days
  4. €100.2730 days
  5. €102.4721 days
  6. €104.1214 days
  7. €136.577 days
  8. €181.123 days
  9. €227.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €81.57.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 179 percent. The dearest point is €227.33, 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.
€227.33€81.57137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kottayam to Pune 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

1,074 km

1,034 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

55,3743,124,458

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

The route

IndiaMyanmar (Burma)OmanArabian SeaDhakaDhakaBengaluruBengaluruHyderabadHyderabadAhmedabadAhmedabadBangkokBangkokKolkataKolkataSuratSuratYangonYangonMedanMedanVadodaraVadodaraBhopalBhopalRasapūdipalemRasapūdipalemKallakurichiKallakurichiMaduraiMaduraiJamshedpurJamshedpurNowrangapurNowrangapurKottayamKottayamPunePuneMap 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 1,074 km against 1,034 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kochi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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.

Pune is large, and the road in from PNQ can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Pune

Settled in advance, so the ride into Pune costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Pune Junction railway station

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

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Questions about Kottayam to Pune

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 Kottayam to Pune?

The fastest journey from Kottayam to Pune takes 5h 28m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 35m, 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 Kottayam to Pune?

The cheapest fare from Kottayam to Pune is €78.82, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €115.12. 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 Kottayam to Pune?

The cheapest way from Kottayam to Pune is by coach, at €78.82 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 34m 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 Kottayam to Pune?

Fares from Kottayam to Pune bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €81.57. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 179 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 Kottayam to Pune?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kottayam to Pune, at €101.92. 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 Kottayam to Pune?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kottayam to Pune, at €83.22 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 Kottayam to Pune?

2 operators sell services from Kottayam to Pune across 1 mode: IndiGo Airlines, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. 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 Kottayam to Pune?

0 percent of the services we sell from Kottayam to Pune are direct. The rest connect at Kochi, with about 56 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 Kottayam to Pune use?

Services from Kottayam to Pune by coach leave from KSRTC Kottayam and arrive at Pune International Airport PNQ. 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 Kottayam to Pune?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Kottayam to Pune 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 Kottayam to Pune on 23 September 2026: 1074 km of route against 1034 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €78.82, and 5h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Pune is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Pune and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Kottayam reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 1,034 km. Pune reaches 205 places in 6 countries, from 54 to 7,306 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kottayam

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

Arriving in Pune

Leaving Pune

  • 205Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 12Operators

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