Delhi to Gorakhpur train

Trains from Delhi to Gorakhpur start at €79.54 and take 5h 7m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Delhi to Gorakhpur starts at €79.54 and takes 5h 7m door to door, run by 2 operators over 639 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 7mDoor to door
  • 4h 23mMoving
  • €79.54 to €163.14From
  • 06:16 to 20:54First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 21.1 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.

€79.54 to €163.14 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 €140.04Tue15
  2. about €130.14Wed16
  3. about €163.14Thu17
  4. about €123.54Fri18
  5. about €126.84Sat19
  6. about €120.24Sun20
  7. about €105.39Mon21
  8. about €79.54Tue22
  9. about €88.34Wed23
  10. about €106.49Thu24
  11. about €98.24Fri25
  12. about €104.84Sat26
  13. about €94.39Sun27
  14. about €81.19Mon28

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

Lowest CO2€77.34
  1. Northern Railway NR422506:164h 26m10:42New Delhi railway stationGorakhpur East railway station

Door to door 5h 10mCO2 21.1 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.
OperatorFrom
Northern Railway€63.04
South Eastern Railway€67.99
  • Northern Railway
  • South Eastern Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Gorakhpur for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Gorakhpur East 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur

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

  1. €68.5890 days
  2. €56.1960 days
  3. €63.8645 days
  4. €51.4730 days
  5. €55.6021 days
  6. €69.7614 days
  7. €88.647 days
  8. €139.973 days
  9. €115.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €139.97, 3 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.
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. €79.20Sun
  2. €69.76Mon
  3. €72.71Tue
  4. €72.71Wed
  5. €91.00Thu
  6. €84.51Fri
  7. €85.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Delhi

Rail
  • New Delhi railway station
  • Delhi Cantt railway station
  • Delhi Azadpur railway station

Gorakhpur

Rail
  • Gorakhpur East railway station
  • Gorakhpur Cantt railway station
  • Gorakhpur Junction railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 639 km against 639 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 Delhi at 06:16 and the last at 20:54, across 18 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
Flight4h 25m1h 15m3h 10m€69.76162.1 kg24
Train5h 7m4h 23m44m€79.5421.1 kg18

Questions about Delhi to Gorakhpur

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 Delhi to Gorakhpur take?

The Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur takes 5h 7m door to door, of which 4h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 639 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur cost?

The Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur starts at €79.54 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €81.74. 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur?

2 operators run the Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur: Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 18 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur use?

The Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur leaves from New Delhi railway station and arrives at Gorakhpur 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur?

Travelling from Delhi to Gorakhpur by Flight costs €69.76 and takes 4h 25m door to door, against 5h 7m 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur?

Fares for the Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €51.47. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur produce?

The Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur produces about 21.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 639 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur?

Operators on the Train from Delhi to Gorakhpur publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 7m 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 Delhi to Gorakhpur on 14 September 2026: 639 km of route against 639 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €79.54, and 5h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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