Fastest€33.89
- Indian Railway IR586106:052h 2m08:07Chennai Fort railway stationBengaluru East railway station
Door to door 2h 46mCO2 9.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Chennai to Bengaluru train
Trains from Chennai to Bengaluru start at €38.84 and take 2h 46m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Chennai to Bengaluru on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Chennai to Bengaluru starts at €38.84 and takes 2h 46m 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 46mDoor to door
- 2h 2mMoving
- €38.84 to €67.44From
- 09:37 to 10:07First 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.
09:3715:345h 57m
41049Indian Railways2 changes
CHENNAI FORT → BANGALORE CANT
Calls at BASIN BRIDGE JN 09:49 · VYASARPADI JEEVA 09:52 · ARAKKONAM JN. 10:58 · SHOLINGHUR 11:16 · WALAJAH ROAD 11:33 · KATPADI JN 11:58 · AMBUR 12:38 · JOLARPETTAI JN. 13:23
Indian Railways timetable10:0716:346h 27m
41051Indian Railways3 changes
CHENNAI FORT → BANGALORE CANT
Calls at BASIN BRIDGE JN 10:19 · VYASARPADI JEEVA 10:22 · PERAMBUR 10:24 · PERAMBUR CARRIAGE WORKS 10:26 · PERAMBUR LOCO WORKS 10:28 · VILLIVAKKAM 10:31 · KORATTUR 10:35 · PATTARAVAKKAM 10:38
Indian Railways timetable
Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative 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
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
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 |
The train gets you into Bengaluru. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bengaluru for the night the train gets in
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When to book Chennai to Bengaluru
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
Chennai
Rail
- Chennai Fort railway station
- Chennai Park railway station
- Chennai Beach railway station
Bengaluru
Rail
- Bengaluru East railway station
- Bengaluru Cantt railway station
- Hebbal 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 Chennai 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 46m | 2h 2m | 44m | €38.84 | 9.6 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €36.13 | 73.8 kg | 48 |
| Coach | 4h 40m | 3h 56m | 44m | €17.23 | 7.9 kg | 12 |
Questions about Chennai to Bengaluru
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 Bengaluru take?
The Train from Chennai to Bengaluru takes 2h 46m door to door, of which 2h 2m 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 Chennai to Bengaluru cost?
The Train from Chennai to Bengaluru starts at €38.84 for one passenger, checked on 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 Chennai to Bengaluru?
1 operators run the Train from Chennai to Bengaluru: 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 Chennai to Bengaluru use?
The Train from Chennai to Bengaluru leaves from Chennai Fort railway station and arrives at Bengaluru East 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 Bengaluru?
Travelling from Chennai to Bengaluru by Flight costs €36.13 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 2h 46m 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 Bengaluru?
Fares for the Train from Chennai to Bengaluru 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 Chennai to Bengaluru produce?
The Train from Chennai to Bengaluru 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 Chennai to Bengaluru?
Operators on the Train from Chennai to Bengaluru publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 46m 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 Chennai to Bengaluru 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 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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