Cheapest€26.74
- South Central Railway SC388517:311h 45m19:16Kadapa railway stationChennai Fort railway station
Door to door 2h 29mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kadapa to Chennai train
Trains from Kadapa to Chennai start at €28.94 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kadapa to Chennai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kadapa to Chennai starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 221 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €28.94 to €56.99From
- 06:23 to 17:31First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 7.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€28.94 to €56.99 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
- about €56.99Mon14
- about €45.99Tue15
- about €46.54Wed16
- about €47.64Thu17
- about €43.79Fri18
- about €52.04Sat19
- about €42.14Sun20
- about €30.59Mon21
- about €28.94Tue22
- about €32.24Wed23
- about €42.14Thu24
- about €42.69Fri25
- about €48.74Sat26
- about €33.89Sun27
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 29 September 2026
Fastest€29.49
- South Central Railway SC998406:231h 38m08:01Kadapa railway stationChennai Fort railway station
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Central Railway | €26.74 | 2h 18m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Kadapa to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.4990 days
- €26.1960 days
- €21.2445 days
- €22.8930 days
- €26.7421 days
- €33.8914 days
- €42.147 days
- €46.543 days
- €56.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €56.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €33.89Sun
- €30.59Mon
- €28.94Tue
- €32.24Wed
- €37.90Thu
- €38.49Fri
- €36.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kadapa
Rail
- Kadapa railway station
- Bhakarapet railway station
- Ganganapalli railway station
Chennai
Rail
- Chennai Fort railway station
- Chennai Park railway station
- Chennai Beach railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 221 km against 221 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 Nandyāl, Nellore, Tirupati, Ongole. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Kadapa at 06:23 and the last at 17:31, 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 | 2h 22m | 1h 38m | 44m | €28.94 | 7.3 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 3h 53m | 43m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 55.8 kg | 2 |
Questions about Kadapa to Chennai
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 Kadapa to Chennai take?
The Train from Kadapa to Chennai takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 221 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 Kadapa to Chennai cost?
The Train from Kadapa to Chennai starts at €28.94 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.54. 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 Kadapa to Chennai?
1 operators run the Train from Kadapa to Chennai: 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 Kadapa to Chennai use?
The Train from Kadapa to Chennai leaves from Kadapa railway station and arrives at Chennai Fort 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 Kadapa to Chennai?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Kadapa to Chennai, at €28.94 and 2h 22m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Kadapa to Chennai?
Fares for the Train from Kadapa to Chennai bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.24. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 168 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kadapa to Chennai produce?
The Train from Kadapa to Chennai produces about 7.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 221 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 Kadapa to Chennai?
Operators on the Train from Kadapa to Chennai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m 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 Kadapa to Chennai on 13 September 2026: 221 km of route against 221 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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