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Lucknow to Panipat

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Lucknow to Panipat. From €59.19, fastest 5h 35m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Lucknow to Panipat runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €59.19, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 35m over 562 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €59.19, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€59.19

  • 235%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Lucknow

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services 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 €187.34Thu24
  2. about €152.69Fri25
  3. about €147.74Sat26
  4. about €113.64Sun27
  5. about €123.54Mon28
  6. about €102.64Tue29
  7. about €86.14Wed30
  8. about €120.24Thu1
  9. about €111.99Fri2
  10. about €105.94Sat3
  11. about €100.44Sun4
  12. about €83.39Mon5
  13. about €72.39Tue6
  14. about €62.49Wed7
  15. about €78.44Thu8
  16. about €81.74Fri9
  17. about €78.44Sat10
  18. about €66.89Sun11
  19. about €72.39Mon12
  20. about €61.39Tue13
  21. about €59.19Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Panipat for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Panipat 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 Lucknow to Panipat

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

  1. €61.3990 days
  2. €55.8860 days
  3. €62.4945 days
  4. €66.3430 days
  5. €59.1921 days
  6. €62.4914 days
  7. €86.147 days
  8. €147.743 days
  9. €187.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €55.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 235 percent. The dearest point is €187.34, 1 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.
€187.34€55.88137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Lucknow to Panipat 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

562 km

480 km as the crow flies, 17% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

2,472,011295,970

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

The route

IndiaChinaPakistanNepalDelhiDelhiJaipurJaipurMultanMultanPatnaPatnaLudhianaLudhianaKathmanduKathmanduAgraAgraVaranasiVaranasiPrayagrajPrayagrajJodhpurJodhpurGwaliorGwaliorKotaKotaBahawalpurBahawalpurArifwalaArifwalaAligarhAligarhBareillyBareillyLucknowLucknowPanipatPanipatMap 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 562 km against 480 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Loni, Modīnagar, Ghāziābād. 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.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Panipat railway station

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

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Questions about Lucknow to Panipat

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 Lucknow to Panipat?

The fastest journey from Lucknow to Panipat takes 5h 35m door to door, of which 4h 10m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 5m, 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

The cheapest fare from Lucknow to Panipat is €59.19, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €93.84. 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

The cheapest way from Lucknow to Panipat is by train, at €59.19 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 2m 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

Fares from Lucknow to Panipat bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €55.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 235 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lucknow to Panipat, at €62.49. 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lucknow to Panipat, at €54.79 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

3 operators sell services from Lucknow to Panipat across 1 mode: East Coast Railway, North Eastern Railway, Northern 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

0 percent of the services we sell from Lucknow to Panipat are direct. The rest connect at Loni, Modīnagar, Ghāziābād, with about 52 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 Lucknow to Panipat use?

Services from Lucknow to Panipat by train leave from Lucknow City railway station and arrive at Panipat railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Lucknow to Panipat?

3 of the 3 operators we sell from Lucknow to Panipat 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 Lucknow to Panipat on 23 September 2026: 562 km of route against 480 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €59.19, and 5h 35m 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 Panipat is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Panipat and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Lucknow reaches 186 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 4,257 km. Panipat reaches 48 places in 1 countries, from 34 to 1,249 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Lucknow

  • 186Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 18Operators

Arriving in Panipat

Leaving Panipat

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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