Kota to Pune train

Trains from Kota to Pune start at €93.29 and take 7h 25m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kota to Pune starts at €93.29 and takes 7h 25m door to door, run by 2 operators over 825 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 7h 25mDoor to door
  • 5h 49mMoving
  • €101.54 to €246.19From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 27.2 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.

€101.54 to €246.19 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 €246.19Thu24
  2. about €229.69Fri25
  3. about €198.89Sat26
  4. about €186.24Sun27
  5. about €148.84Mon28
  6. about €164.24Tue29
  7. about €146.64Wed30
  8. about €154.89Thu1
  9. about €155.44Fri2
  10. about €143.34Sat3
  11. about €141.14Sun4
  12. about €107.04Mon5
  13. about €126.84Tue6
  14. about €101.54Wed7

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€93.29
  1. Indian Railway IR924807:302h 13m09:43Kota Junction railway stationIndore Junction railway station
  2. Northern Railway NR253310:353h 36m14:11Indore Junction railway stationPune Junction railway station

Changes at Indore, with 52 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 25mCO2 27.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Indian Railway
  • Northern Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Pune for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kota to Pune

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

  1. €105.9490 days
  2. €79.5460 days
  3. €90.5445 days
  4. €105.3930 days
  5. €93.2921 days
  6. €101.5414 days
  7. €146.647 days
  8. €198.893 days
  9. €246.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €79.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 210 percent. The dearest point is €246.19, 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. €141.14Sun
  2. €107.04Mon
  3. €126.84Tue
  4. €101.54Wed
  5. €154.89Thu
  6. €155.44Fri
  7. €143.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kota

Rail
  • Kota Junction railway station
  • Kota Jn South C railway station
  • Kccn railway station

Pune

Rail
  • Pune Junction railway station
  • Loni railway station
  • Dapodi 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 825 km against 769 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Indore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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 Kota at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kota to Pune

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 Kota to Pune take?

The Train from Kota to Pune takes 7h 25m door to door, of which 5h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 825 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 Kota to Pune cost?

The Train from Kota to Pune starts at €93.29 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €93.29. 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 Kota to Pune?

2 operators run the Train from Kota to Pune: Indian Railway, Northern Railway. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Kota to Pune use?

The Train from Kota to Pune leaves from Kota Junction railway station and arrives at Pune 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.

When should I book the Train from Kota to Pune?

Fares for the Train from Kota to Pune bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €79.54. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 210 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kota to Pune produce?

The Train from Kota to Pune produces about 27.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 825 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 Kota to Pune?

Operators on the Train from Kota to Pune publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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.

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 Kota to Pune on 23 September 2026: 825 km of route against 769 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €93.29, and 7h 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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