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Sonīpat to Ludhiana

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Sonīpat to Ludhiana. From €33.34, fastest 3h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sonīpat to Ludhiana runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €33.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 38m over 314 km, on services run by 1 operator 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 €33.34, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€33.34

  • 238%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sonīpat

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 €107.04Thu24
  2. about €75.69Fri25
  3. about €91.09Sat26
  4. about €59.74Sun27
  5. about €48.74Mon28
  6. about €63.04Tue29
  7. about €65.24Wed30
  8. about €58.09Thu1
  9. about €56.99Fri2
  10. about €47.64Sat3
  11. about €48.74Sun4
  12. about €39.39Mon5
  13. about €45.44Tue6
  14. about €43.23Wed7
  15. about €45.98Thu8
  16. about €42.69Fri9
  17. about €39.39Sat10
  18. about €39.38Sun11
  19. about €37.74Mon12
  20. about €33.88Tue13
  21. about €33.34Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Ludhiana for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Ludhiana 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana

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

  1. €38.2890 days
  2. €31.6960 days
  3. €33.8945 days
  4. €40.4930 days
  5. €33.3421 days
  6. €43.2314 days
  7. €65.247 days
  8. €91.093 days
  9. €107.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 238 percent. The dearest point is €107.04, 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.
€107.04€31.69137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sonīpat to Ludhiana 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

314 km

241 km as the crow flies, 30% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

289,3331,618,879

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

The route

PakistanChinaNepalLahoreLahoreFaisalabadFaisalabadGujranwalaGujranwalaMultanMultanFaridabadFaridabadMeerutMeerutSargodhaSargodhaChandigarhChandigarhBahawalpurBahawalpurGurugramGurugramArifwalaArifwalaDera Ismail KhanDera Ismail KhanAligarhAligarhBareillyBareillyMorādābādMorādābādBikanerBikanerSonīpatSonīpatLudhianaLudhianaMap 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 314 km against 241 km in a straight line, a detour of 30 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Karnāl, Najafgarh, Panipat. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Ludhiana is large, and the road in from LUH 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 Ludhiana

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ludhiana 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 Ludhiana Junction railway station

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

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Questions about Sonīpat to Ludhiana

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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

The fastest journey from Sonīpat to Ludhiana takes 3h 38m door to door, of which 2h 15m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 18m, 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

The cheapest fare from Sonīpat to Ludhiana is €33.34, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.13. 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

The cheapest way from Sonīpat to Ludhiana is by train, at €33.34 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 44m 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

Fares from Sonīpat to Ludhiana bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 238 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sonīpat to Ludhiana, at €39.39. 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sonīpat to Ludhiana, at €31.68 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

1 operators sell services from Sonīpat to Ludhiana across 1 mode: 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

0 percent of the services we sell from Sonīpat to Ludhiana are direct. The rest connect at Karnāl, Najafgarh, Panipat, with about 45 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana use?

Services from Sonīpat to Ludhiana by train leave from Sonipat Junction railway station and arrive at Ludhiana Junction 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sonīpat to Ludhiana 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 Sonīpat to Ludhiana on 23 September 2026: 314 km of route against 241 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 3h 38m 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 Ludhiana is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ludhiana and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Sonīpat reaches 26 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 565 km. Ludhiana reaches 77 places in 1 countries, from 53 to 2,033 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sonīpat

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Ludhiana

Leaving Ludhiana

  • 77Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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