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Mathura to Patna

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Mathura to Patna. From €89.44, fastest 7h 51m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Mathura to Patna runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €89.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 51m over 821 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 €89.44, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€89.44

  • 177%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Mathura

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 €255.54Thu24
  2. about €258.84Fri25
  3. about €190.09Sat26
  4. about €181.84Sun27
  5. about €171.94Mon28
  6. about €166.44Tue29
  7. about €114.19Wed30
  8. about €156.54Thu1
  9. about €168.64Fri2
  10. about €142.24Sat3
  11. about €164.24Sun4
  12. about €127.94Mon5
  13. about €115.84Tue6
  14. about €104.84Wed7
  15. about €137.84Thu8
  16. about €119.69Fri9
  17. about €124.09Sat10
  18. about €120.24Sun11
  19. about €105.94Mon12
  20. about €89.44Tue13
  21. about €92.74Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Patna for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Mathura to Patna

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

  1. €109.2490 days
  2. €92.1960 days
  3. €103.7445 days
  4. €100.4430 days
  5. €92.7421 days
  6. €104.8414 days
  7. €114.197 days
  8. €190.093 days
  9. €255.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €92.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €255.54, 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.
€255.54€92.19137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mathura to Patna 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

821 km

772 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

330,5111,684,297

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

The route

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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 821 km against 772 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lucknow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

Patna is large, and the road in from PAT 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 Patna

Settled in advance, so the ride into Patna 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 lockers

Left luggage near Patna Ghat railway station

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

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Questions about Mathura to Patna

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 Mathura to Patna?

The fastest journey from Mathura to Patna takes 7h 51m door to door, of which 6h 12m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 8h 10m, 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 Mathura to Patna?

The cheapest fare from Mathura to Patna is €89.44, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €137.84. 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 Mathura to Patna?

The cheapest way from Mathura to Patna is by train, at €89.44 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 13m 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 Mathura to Patna?

Fares from Mathura to Patna bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €92.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 177 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 Mathura to Patna?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mathura to Patna, at €104.84. 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 Mathura to Patna?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mathura to Patna, at €82.29 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 Mathura to Patna?

2 operators sell services from Mathura to Patna across 1 mode: East Coast Railway, North Eastern 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 Mathura to Patna?

0 percent of the services we sell from Mathura to Patna are direct. The rest connect at Lucknow, with about 77 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 Mathura to Patna use?

Services from Mathura to Patna by train leave from Mathura Cantt railway station and arrive at Patna Ghat 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 Mathura to Patna?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Mathura to Patna 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 Mathura to Patna on 23 September 2026: 821 km of route against 772 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €89.44, and 7h 51m 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 Patna is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

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The two ends, compared

Mathura reaches 111 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 1,405 km. Patna reaches 148 places in 4 countries, from 27 to 3,365 km.

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Leaving Mathura

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  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Patna

Leaving Patna

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  • 4Countries
  • 12Operators

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