Ayodhya to Gaya train

Trains from Ayodhya to Gaya start at €43.79 and take 4h 35m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ayodhya to Gaya starts at €43.79 and takes 4h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 392 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 35mDoor to door
  • 2h 55mMoving
  • €52.59 to €130.69From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 12.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€52.59 to €130.69 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.

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 €110.34Thu24
  2. about €130.69Fri25
  3. about €85.59Sat26
  4. about €98.79Sun27
  5. about €74.04Mon28
  6. about €70.74Tue29
  7. about €66.89Wed30
  8. about €63.04Thu1
  9. about €61.94Fri2
  10. about €71.29Sat3
  11. about €77.89Sun4
  12. about €56.99Mon5
  13. about €56.44Tue6
  14. about €52.59Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€43.79
  1. Indian Railway IR680207:301h 21m08:51Ayodhya Dham Junction railway stationVaranasi City railway station
  2. Indian Railway IR292609:471h 34m11:21Varanasi City railway stationGaya Junction railway station

Changes at Varanasi, with 56 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 35mCO2 12.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Indian RailwayNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Indian Railway

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A hotel room

A room in Gaya for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ayodhya to Gaya

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

  1. €44.3490 days
  2. €47.6460 days
  3. €49.8445 days
  4. €53.1430 days
  5. €50.3921 days
  6. €52.5914 days
  7. €66.897 days
  8. €85.593 days
  9. €110.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 149 percent. The dearest point is €110.34, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €77.89Sun
  2. €56.99Mon
  3. €56.44Tue
  4. €52.59Wed
  5. €63.04Thu
  6. €62.49Fri
  7. €71.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ayodhya

Rail
  • Ayodhya Dham Junction railway station
  • Ramghat Halt railway station

Gaya

Rail
  • Gaya Junction railway station
  • Kastha railway station
  • Paimar railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 392 km against 358 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Varanasi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ayodhya at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Ayodhya to Gaya

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 the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya take?

The Train from Ayodhya to Gaya takes 4h 35m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 392 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.

How much does the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya cost?

The Train from Ayodhya to Gaya starts at €43.79 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €43.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya?

1 operators run the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya: Indian Railway. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya use?

The Train from Ayodhya to Gaya leaves from Ayodhya Dham Junction railway station and arrives at Gaya Junction 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.

When should I book the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya?

Fares for the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya produce?

The Train from Ayodhya to Gaya produces about 12.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 392 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya?

Operators on the Train from Ayodhya to Gaya publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ayodhya to Gaya on 23 September 2026: 392 km of route against 358 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €43.79, and 4h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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