Madurai to Tiruchirappalli runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €15.74, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 44m over 136 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €15.74, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€15.74
- 225%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Madurai
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.
- 06:02First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Madurai to Tiruchirappalli 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 €47.64Fri18
- about €40.49Sat19
- about €41.04Sun20
- about €26.74Mon21
- about €26.74Tue22
- about €28.39Wed23
- about €41.04Thu24
- about €26.19Fri25
- about €27.29Sat26
- about €25.09Sun27
- about €22.34Mon28
- about €20.14Tue29
- about €21.24Wed30
- about €27.84Thu1
- about €20.14Fri2
- about €19.59Sat3
- about €21.79Sun4
- about €17.39Mon5
- about €17.39Tue6
- about €15.74Wed7
- about €25.64Thu8
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 Tiruchirappalli. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tiruchirappalli for the night the train gets in
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When to book Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.5990 days
- €15.7460 days
- €14.6445 days
- €16.8430 days
- €25.6421 days
- €27.8414 days
- €41.047 days
- €41.043 days
- €47.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 225 percent. The dearest point is €47.64, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madurai to Tiruchirappalli 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
136 km
118 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
1,465,625 → 1,022,518
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 136 km against 118 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Karur, Erode, Tiruchengode, Dindigul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Tiruchirappalli is large, and the road in from TRZ can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Tiruchirappalli
Settled in advance, so the ride into Tiruchirappalli 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 Tiruchirappalli Fort railway station
Most of the points near Tiruchirappalli Fort railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Madurai to Tiruchirappalli
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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
The fastest journey from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli takes 1h 44m door to door, of which 1h 4m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 47m, 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
The cheapest fare from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli is €15.74, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.64. 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
The cheapest way from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli is by train, at €15.74 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 48m 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
Fares from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €14.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 225 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli, at €20.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli, at €12.99 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
No operator record names Madurai to Tiruchirappalli directly. Southern Railway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
20 percent of the services we sell from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli are direct. The rest connect at Karur, Erode, Tiruchengode, Dindigul, with about 59 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli use?
Services from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli by train leave from Madurai East railway station and arrive at Tiruchirappalli Fort 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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Madurai to Tiruchirappalli 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Madurai to Tiruchirappalli on 17 September 2026: 136 km of route against 118 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 1h 44m 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 Tiruchirappalli is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Tiruchirappalli and across India
Day trips that leave Tiruchirappalli in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madurai reaches 34 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 2,985 km. Tiruchirappalli reaches 46 places in 5 countries, from 69 to 2,980 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madurai
- 34Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Tiruchirappalli
Leaving Tiruchirappalli
- 46Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 8Operators