Chennai to Agra train

Trains from Chennai to Agra start at €217.59 and take 15h 31m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Chennai to Agra starts at €217.59 and takes 15h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,823 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 15h 31mDoor to door
  • 13h 59mMoving
  • €254.99 to €591.04From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 60.2 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.

€254.99 to €591.04 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 €591.04Thu24
  2. about €575.09Fri25
  3. about €396.89Sat26
  4. about €411.74Sun27
  5. about €348.49Mon28
  6. about €393.59Tue29
  7. about €301.19Wed30
  8. about €342.44Thu1
  9. about €330.34Fri2
  10. about €340.24Sat3
  11. about €291.29Sun4
  12. about €274.24Mon5
  13. about €270.94Tue6
  14. about €254.99Wed7

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

Fastest€217.59
  1. South Central Railway SC157807:304h 46m12:16Chennai Fort railway stationWarangal railway station
  2. South Central Railway SC431213:049h 13m22:17Warangal railway stationAgra City railway station

Changes at Warangal, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 15h 31mCO2 60.2 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
South Central RailwayNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • South Central Railway

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A hotel room

A room in Agra for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Agra City 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 Chennai to Agra

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

  1. €182.2390 days
  2. €170.6860 days
  3. €181.6845 days
  4. €182.7830 days
  5. €199.8321 days
  6. €186.0814 days
  7. €224.037 days
  8. €315.883 days
  9. €480.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €170.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 182 percent. The dearest point is €480.88, 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.
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. €211.38Sun
  2. €216.33Mon
  3. €211.38Tue
  4. €199.83Wed
  5. €239.43Thu
  6. €257.03Fri
  7. €265.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Rail
  • Chennai Fort railway station
  • Chennai Park railway station
  • Chennai Beach railway station

Agra

Rail
  • Agra City railway station
  • Agra Fort railway station
  • Agra Cantt 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 1,823 km against 1,585 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Warangal, Rāmgundam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Chennai 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.
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
Train15h 31m13h 59m1h 32m€217.5960.2 kg1
Coach19h 46m17h 53m1h 53m€164.6360.9 kg1

Questions about Chennai to Agra

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 Chennai to Agra take?

The Train from Chennai to Agra takes 15h 31m door to door, of which 13h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 1,823 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 Chennai to Agra cost?

The Train from Chennai to Agra starts at €217.59 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €217.59. 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 Chennai to Agra?

1 operators run the Train from Chennai to Agra: South Central 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 Chennai to Agra use?

The Train from Chennai to Agra leaves from Chennai Fort railway station and arrives at Agra City 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 Chennai to Agra?

Travelling from Chennai to Agra by Coach costs €164.63 and takes 19h 46m door to door, against 15h 31m 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 Chennai to Agra?

Fares for the Train from Chennai to Agra bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €170.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Chennai to Agra produce?

The Train from Chennai to Agra produces about 60.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1823 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 Chennai to Agra?

Operators on the Train from Chennai to Agra publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 31m 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 Chennai to Agra on 23 September 2026: 1823 km of route against 1585 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €217.59, and 15h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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