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New Delhi to Kolkata

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from New Delhi to Kolkata. From €152.69, fastest 11h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

New Delhi to Kolkata runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €152.69, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 11h 27m over 1,304 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 €152.69, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€152.69

  • 182%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving New Delhi

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 €384.24Thu24
  2. about €423.29Fri25
  3. about €330.89Sat26
  4. about €312.74Sun27
  5. about €288.54Mon28
  6. about €281.94Tue29
  7. about €228.59Wed30
  8. about €256.09Thu1
  9. about €215.39Fri2
  10. about €206.04Sat3
  11. about €230.79Sun4
  12. about €207.14Mon5
  13. about €175.24Tue6
  14. about €163.14Wed7
  15. about €222.54Thu8
  16. about €158.74Fri9
  17. about €184.04Sat10
  18. about €186.24Sun11
  19. about €153.24Mon12
  20. about €152.69Tue13
  21. about €154.34Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Kolkata for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kolkata 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 New Delhi to Kolkata

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

  1. €136.1990 days
  2. €160.3960 days
  3. €186.7945 days
  4. €177.4430 days
  5. €154.3421 days
  6. €163.1414 days
  7. €228.597 days
  8. €330.893 days
  9. €384.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €136.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 182 percent. The dearest point is €384.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€384.24€136.19137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to New Delhi to Kolkata 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

1,304 km

1,304 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

317,7974,631,392

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

The route

IndiaChinaPakistanMyanmar (Burma)AfghanistanNepalBhutanArabian SeaBay of BengalLahoreLahoreMumbaiMumbaiKarachiKarachiDhakaDhakaAhmedabadAhmedabadSuratSuratFaisalabadFaisalabadJaipurJaipurGujranwalaGujranwalaNagpurNagpurMultanMultanIndoreIndoreVadodaraVadodaraPatnaPatnaLudhianaLudhianaQuettaQuettaNew DelhiNew DelhiKolkataKolkataMap 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 1,304 km against 1,304 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 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 101 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.

Kolkata is large, and the road in from CCU 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 Kolkata

Settled in advance, so the ride into Kolkata 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 Kolkata railway station

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

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Questions about New Delhi to Kolkata

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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

The fastest journey from New Delhi to Kolkata takes 11h 27m door to door, of which 9h 9m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 11h 58m, 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

The cheapest fare from New Delhi to Kolkata is €152.69, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €215.39. 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

The cheapest way from New Delhi to Kolkata is by train, at €152.69 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

Fares from New Delhi to Kolkata bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €136.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 182 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from New Delhi to Kolkata, at €163.14. 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from New Delhi to Kolkata, at €129.04 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

2 operators sell services from New Delhi to Kolkata across 1 mode: 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

0 percent of the services we sell from New Delhi to Kolkata are direct. The rest connect at Lucknow, with about 101 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 New Delhi to Kolkata use?

Services from New Delhi to Kolkata by train leave from New Delhi station and arrive at Kolkata 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 New Delhi to Kolkata?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from New Delhi to Kolkata 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 New Delhi to Kolkata on 23 September 2026: 1304 km of route against 1304 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €152.69, and 11h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Kolkata a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kolkata and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

New Delhi reaches 259 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 25 to 14,429 km. Kolkata reaches 181 places in 21 countries, from 41 to 12,574 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving New Delhi

  • 259Places you can leave for
  • 48Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Kolkata

Leaving Kolkata

  • 181Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 26Operators

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