Fastest€52.59
- South Central Railway SC169816:462h 41m19:27Chennai Fort railway stationVijayawada Junction railway station
Door to door 3h 25mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Chennai to Vijayawada train
Trains from Chennai to Vijayawada start at €47.64 and take 3h 25m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Chennai to Vijayawada on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Chennai to Vijayawada starts at €47.64 and takes 3h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 382 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 25mDoor to door
- 2h 41mMoving
- €52.59 to €129.59From
- 06:35 to 16:46First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 12.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€52.59 to €129.59 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €129.59Thu17
- about €92.74Fri18
- about €102.64Sat19
- about €83.94Sun20
- about €63.59Mon21
- about €63.59Tue22
- about €71.84Wed23
- about €65.79Thu24
- about €64.14Fri25
- about €66.34Sat26
- about €58.09Sun27
- about €56.99Mon28
- about €52.59Tue29
- about €58.09Wed30
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 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Central Railway | €38.84 | 3h 22m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Vijayawada. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Vijayawada for the night the train gets in
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When to book Chennai to Vijayawada
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €19.9845 days
- €19.4330 days
- €20.5321 days
- €22.7314 days
- €28.237 days
- €40.883 days
- €59.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 213 percent. The dearest point is €59.03, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €27.68Sun
- €25.48Mon
- €26.58Tue
- €22.73Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €28.78Fri
- €28.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Chennai
Rail
- Chennai Fort railway station
- Chennai Park railway station
- Chennai Beach railway station
Vijayawada
Rail
- Vijayawada Junction railway station
- Vijayawada North East railway station
- Vijayawada New West cabin railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 382 km against 382 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kadapa, Ongole, Nellore, Tirupati. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:35 and the last at 16:46, across 7 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 | 3h 25m | 2h 41m | 44m | €47.64 | 12.6 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 6m | 56m | 3h 10m | €43.80 | 96.9 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 6h 11m | 5h 27m | 44m | €17.23 | 10.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about Chennai to Vijayawada
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 Vijayawada take?
The Train from Chennai to Vijayawada takes 3h 25m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 382 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 Vijayawada cost?
The Train from Chennai to Vijayawada starts at €47.64 for one passenger, as of 16 September 2026. A typical fare is €53.14. 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 Vijayawada?
1 operators run the Train from Chennai to Vijayawada: South Central Railway. Between them they file around 7 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 Vijayawada use?
The Train from Chennai to Vijayawada leaves from Chennai Fort railway station and arrives at Vijayawada 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 Chennai to Vijayawada?
Travelling from Chennai to Vijayawada by Flight costs €43.80 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 3h 25m 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 Vijayawada?
Fares for the Train from Chennai to Vijayawada bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 213 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Chennai to Vijayawada produce?
The Train from Chennai to Vijayawada produces about 12.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 382 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 Vijayawada?
Operators on the Train from Chennai to Vijayawada publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 25m 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Vijayawada on 16 September 2026: 382 km of route against 382 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 3h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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