Fastest€39.94
- Indian Railway IR650518:522h 4m20:56Bengaluru East railway stationChennai Fort railway station
Door to door 2h 48mCO2 9.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bengaluru to Chennai train
Trains from Bengaluru to Chennai start at €38.84 and take 2h 48m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Bengaluru to Chennai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Bengaluru to Chennai starts at €38.84 and takes 2h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 291 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 48mDoor to door
- 2h 4mMoving
- €38.84 to €67.44From
- 10:10 to 11:25First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 9.6 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 28 September 2026, across 2 services on the day.
€38.84 to €67.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
10:1015:565h 46m
12640Indian Railways2 changes
KRISHNARAJAPURM → CHENNAI FORT
Calls at BANGARAPET JN. 10:48 · KUPPAM 11:13 · JOLARPETTAI JN. 12:03 · VANIYAMBADI 12:20 · AMBUR 12:35 · KATPADI JN 13:18 · WALAJAH ROAD 13:38 · SHOLINGHUR 13:53
Indian Railways timetable11:2517:416h 16m
12846Indian Railways3 changes
KRISHNARAJAPURM → CHENNAI FORT
Calls at WHITEFIELD 11:34 · JOLARPETTAI JN. 13:38 · WALAJAH ROAD 15:20 · ARAKKONAM JN. 15:53 · TIRUVALLUR 16:18 · VYASARPADI JEEVA 16:53 · BASIN BRIDGE JN 16:56
Indian Railways timetable
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €67.44Mon14
- about €56.44Tue15
- about €61.94Wed16
- about €63.59Thu17
- about €60.29Fri18
- about €61.94Sat19
- about €61.94Sun20
- about €38.84Mon21
- about €39.39Tue22
- about €40.49Wed23
- about €56.44Thu24
- about €47.64Fri25
- about €49.84Sat26
- about €44.34Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indian Railway | €32.24 | 2h 46m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Bengaluru to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €15.0360 days
- €13.3845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €16.1321 days
- €19.9814 days
- €23.837 days
- €26.033 days
- €29.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €29.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €19.98Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €21.63Thu
- €20.53Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Bengaluru
Rail
- Bengaluru East railway station
- Bengaluru Cantt railway station
- Hebbal railway station
Chennai
Rail
- Chennai Fort railway station
- Chennai Park railway station
- Chennai Beach railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 291 km against 291 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bengaluru at 06:05 and the last at 21:16, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 48m | 2h 4m | 44m | €38.84 | 9.6 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €36.13 | 73.8 kg | 48 |
| Coach | 4h 36m | 3h 52m | 44m | €17.23 | 7.9 kg | 12 |
Questions about Bengaluru to Chennai
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 Bengaluru to Chennai take?
The Train from Bengaluru to Chennai takes 2h 48m door to door, of which 2h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 291 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 Bengaluru to Chennai cost?
The Train from Bengaluru to Chennai starts at €38.84 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €38.29. 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 Bengaluru to Chennai?
1 operators run the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai: Indian Railway. Between them they file around 12 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.
Which terminal does the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai use?
The Train from Bengaluru to Chennai leaves from Bengaluru East 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.
Is the Train the best way from Bengaluru to Chennai?
Travelling from Bengaluru to Chennai by Flight costs €36.13 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 2h 48m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai?
Fares for the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 139 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai produce?
The Train from Bengaluru to Chennai produces about 9.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 291 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 Bengaluru to Chennai?
Operators on the Train from Bengaluru to Chennai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 48m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bengaluru to Chennai on 13 September 2026: 291 km of route against 291 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 2h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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