Meerut to Prayagraj train

Trains from Meerut to Prayagraj start at €80.63 and take 7h 17m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Meerut to Prayagraj starts at €80.63 and takes 7h 17m door to door, run by 2 operators over 699 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 17mDoor to door
  • 5h 23mMoving
  • €93.83 to €241.79From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 23.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€93.83 to €241.79 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 €198.89Thu24
  2. about €241.79Fri25
  3. about €141.69Sat26
  4. about €140.04Sun27
  5. about €132.89Mon28
  6. about €157.63Tue29
  7. about €97.13Wed30
  8. about €116.38Thu1
  9. about €146.63Fri2
  10. about €107.59Sat3
  11. about €141.13Sun4
  12. about €112.53Mon5
  13. about €93.83Tue6
  14. about €102.63Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€80.63
  1. Indian Railway IR979207:3027m07:57Meerut Cantt railway stationGhaziabad RRTS station
  2. East Coast Railway EC320309:074h 56m14:03Ghaziabad RRTS stationPrayagraj Rambag railway station

Changes at Ghāziābād, with 70 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 17mCO2 23.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Indian Railway
  • East Coast Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Prayagraj for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Prayagraj Rambag 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 Meerut to Prayagraj

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

  1. €97.6890 days
  2. €91.0860 days
  3. €99.8845 days
  4. €84.4830 days
  5. €86.6821 days
  6. €102.6314 days
  7. €97.137 days
  8. €141.693 days
  9. €198.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €84.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 135 percent. The dearest point is €198.89, 1 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. €140.04Sun
  2. €112.53Mon
  3. €93.83Tue
  4. €97.13Wed
  5. €119.13Thu
  6. €146.63Fri
  7. €109.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Meerut

Rail
  • Meerut Cantt railway station
  • Meerut City Junction railway station
  • Daurala railway station

Prayagraj

Rail
  • Prayagraj Rambag railway station
  • Prayagraj Junction Railway Station
  • Prayagraj Chheoki Junction 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 699 km against 567 km in a straight line, a detour of 23 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ghāziābād. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Meerut 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 Meerut to Prayagraj

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 Meerut to Prayagraj take?

The Train from Meerut to Prayagraj takes 7h 17m door to door, of which 5h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 699 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 Meerut to Prayagraj cost?

The Train from Meerut to Prayagraj starts at €80.63 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €80.63. 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 Meerut to Prayagraj?

2 operators run the Train from Meerut to Prayagraj: Indian Railway, East Coast 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 Meerut to Prayagraj use?

The Train from Meerut to Prayagraj leaves from Meerut Cantt railway station and arrives at Prayagraj Rambag 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 Meerut to Prayagraj?

Fares for the Train from Meerut to Prayagraj bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €84.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Meerut to Prayagraj produce?

The Train from Meerut to Prayagraj produces about 23.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 699 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 Meerut to Prayagraj?

Operators on the Train from Meerut to Prayagraj publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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 Meerut to Prayagraj on 23 September 2026: 699 km of route against 567 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €80.63, and 7h 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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