Trains from Ambur to Chennai start at €33.34 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Ambur to Chennai starts at €33.34 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 3 operators over 309 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€38.84 to €89.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Typical fares
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Southern Railway SR164107:301h 13m08:43Ambur railway stationSalem JunctionChanges at Salem, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 47mCO2 16.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Southern Railway SR929907:3030m08:00Ambur railway stationOorgaum railway station
Indian Railway IR923209:341h 51m11:25Oorgaum railway stationChennai Fort railway stationChanges at Robertsonpet, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 39mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Indian Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Apsrtc | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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The Train from Ambur to Chennai takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 2h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 309 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
The Train from Ambur to Chennai starts at €33.34 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
3 operators run the Train from Ambur to Chennai: Southern Railway, Indian Railway, Apsrtc. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
The Train from Ambur to Chennai leaves from Ambur railway station and arrives at Chennai Fort railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Fares for the Train from Ambur to Chennai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.04. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Ambur to Chennai produces about 13.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 309 km, which works out at roughly 44 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Train from Ambur to Chennai publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 39m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
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4h 39m
2h 21m
€38.84 to €89.99
07:30 to 07:30
4
13.6 kg
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