Karur to Tirunelveli train

Trains from Karur to Tirunelveli start at €32.24 and take 4h 17m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Karur to Tirunelveli starts at €32.24 and takes 4h 17m door to door, run by 2 operators over 295 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 17mDoor to door
  • 2h 17mMoving
  • €37.19 to €82.29From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 9.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 14 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€37.19 to €82.29 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 €82.29Thu24
  2. about €81.19Fri25
  3. about €71.29Sat26
  4. about €67.99Sun27
  5. about €56.99Mon28
  6. about €64.69Tue29
  7. about €52.59Wed30
  8. about €56.44Thu1
  9. about €47.64Fri2
  10. about €58.64Sat3
  11. about €43.79Sun4
  12. about €47.64Mon5
  13. about €39.94Tue6
  14. about €37.19Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 14 October 2026

Cheapest€32.24
  1. Southern Railway SR807707:301h 8m08:38Karur Junction railway stationAvaniyāpuram station
  2. SR SR238009:541h 9m11:03Avaniyāpuram stationTirunelveli Town railway station

Changes at Avaniyāpuram, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 17mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Southern Railway
  • SR

The train gets you into Tirunelveli. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Tirunelveli for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Karur to Tirunelveli

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

  1. €33.8990 days
  2. €29.4960 days
  3. €40.4945 days
  4. €33.3430 days
  5. €32.2421 days
  6. €37.1914 days
  7. €52.597 days
  8. €71.293 days
  9. €82.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 179 percent. The dearest point is €82.29, 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. €43.79Sun
  2. €47.64Mon
  3. €39.94Tue
  4. €37.19Wed
  5. €56.44Thu
  6. €47.64Fri
  7. €58.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Karur

Rail
  • Karur Junction railway station
  • Noyal railway station
  • Vangal railway station

Tirunelveli

Rail
  • Tirunelveli Town railway station
  • Tirunelveli Junction railway station
  • Pettai 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 295 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Avaniyāpuram, Madurai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Karur at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Karur to Tirunelveli

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 Karur to Tirunelveli take?

The Train from Karur to Tirunelveli takes 4h 17m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 295 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 Karur to Tirunelveli cost?

The Train from Karur to Tirunelveli starts at €32.24 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €32.52. 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 Karur to Tirunelveli?

2 operators run the Train from Karur to Tirunelveli: Southern Railway, SR. Between them they file around 2 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 Karur to Tirunelveli use?

The Train from Karur to Tirunelveli leaves from Karur Junction railway station and arrives at Tirunelveli Town 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.

When should I book the Train from Karur to Tirunelveli?

Fares for the Train from Karur to Tirunelveli bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Karur to Tirunelveli produce?

The Train from Karur to Tirunelveli produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 295 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 Karur to Tirunelveli?

Operators on the Train from Karur to Tirunelveli publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 17m 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 Karur to Tirunelveli on 23 September 2026: 295 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €32.24, and 4h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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