Bengaluru to Mangaluru train

Trains from Bengaluru to Mangaluru start at €36.09 and take 2h 51m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bengaluru to Mangaluru starts at €36.09 and takes 2h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 297 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 51mDoor to door
  • 2h 7mMoving
  • €36.09 to €77.34From
  • 06:02 to 19:32First and last departure
  • 10Per day
  • 9.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€36.09 to €77.34 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €67.44Wed16
  2. about €77.34Thu17
  3. about €64.69Fri18
  4. about €68.54Sat19
  5. about €60.84Sun20
  6. about €48.19Mon21
  7. about €42.14Tue22
  8. about €42.69Wed23
  9. about €58.09Thu24
  10. about €50.39Fri25
  11. about €56.99Sat26
  12. about €51.49Sun27
  13. about €43.24Mon28
  14. about €36.09Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€31.14
  1. South Western Railway SW509519:322h 13m21:45Bengaluru East railway stationMangaluru Junction railway station

Door to door 2h 57mCO2 9.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€33.89
  1. South Western Railway SW919108:552h 7m11:02Bengaluru East railway stationMangaluru Junction railway station

Door to door 2h 51mCO2 9.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

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
South Western Railway€31.142h 48m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway

The train gets you into Mangaluru. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Mangaluru for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bengaluru to Mangaluru

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

  1. €31.4190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €32.0045 days
  4. €36.1330 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €33.7714 days
  7. €39.087 days
  8. €53.833 days
  9. €65.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 109 percent. The dearest point is €65.63, 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. €45.57Sun
  2. €37.31Mon
  3. €33.77Tue
  4. €38.49Wed
  5. €47.34Thu
  6. €46.16Fri
  7. €45.57Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bengaluru

Rail
  • Bengaluru East railway station
  • Bengaluru Cantt railway station
  • Hebbal railway station

Mangaluru

Rail
  • Mangaluru Junction railway station
  • Mangalore Central
  • Mulki railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 297 km against 297 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Channapatna, Closepet, Mandya, Hassan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bengaluru at 06:02 and the last at 19:32, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 51m2h 7m44m€36.099.8 kg10
Flight3h 58m48m3h 10m€33.7775.3 kg8

Questions about Bengaluru to Mangaluru

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 Mangaluru take?

The Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru takes 2h 51m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 297 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 Mangaluru cost?

The Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru starts at €36.09 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €40.49. 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 Mangaluru?

1 operators run the Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru: South Western Railway. Between them they file around 10 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 Mangaluru use?

The Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru leaves from Bengaluru East railway station and arrives at Mangaluru 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.

Is the Train the best way from Bengaluru to Mangaluru?

Travelling from Bengaluru to Mangaluru by Flight costs €33.77 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 2h 51m 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 Mangaluru?

Fares for the Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru produce?

The Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru produces about 9.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 297 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 Mangaluru?

Operators on the Train from Bengaluru to Mangaluru publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 51m 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 Mangaluru on 15 September 2026: 297 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 2h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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