New Delhi to Prayagraj train

Trains from New Delhi to Prayagraj start at €64.14 and take 6h at their fastest.

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The Trains from New Delhi to Prayagraj starts at €64.14 and takes 6h door to door, run by 3 operators over 607 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 6hDoor to door
  • 4h 21mMoving
  • €80.64 to €197.79From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 21.3 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.

€80.64 to €197.79 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 €197.79Thu24
  2. about €176.89Fri25
  3. about €130.69Sat26
  4. about €129.04Sun27
  5. about €113.09Mon28
  6. about €126.29Tue29
  7. about €82.29Wed30
  8. about €110.89Thu1
  9. about €102.64Fri2
  10. about €97.69Sat3
  11. about €111.44Sun4
  12. about €88.34Mon5
  13. about €82.84Tue6
  14. about €80.64Wed7

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€64.14
  1. Northern Railway NR460907:302h 42m10:12New Delhi stationKanpur C Panel railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC149311:071h 39m12:46Kanpur C Panel railway stationPrayagraj Rambag railway station

Changes at Kanpur, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6hCO2 20.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Northern Railway
  • 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj

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

  1. €69.6490 days
  2. €67.4460 days
  3. €73.4945 days
  4. €81.7430 days
  5. €72.9421 days
  6. €80.6414 days
  7. €82.297 days
  8. €130.693 days
  9. €197.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 193 percent. The dearest point is €197.79, 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. €111.44Sun
  2. €88.34Mon
  3. €82.84Tue
  4. €80.64Wed
  5. €110.89Thu
  6. €102.64Fri
  7. €97.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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 607 km against 579 km in a straight line, a detour of 12 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kanpur, Jājmau, Alīgarh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 New Delhi at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about New Delhi 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj take?

The Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj takes 6h door to door, of which 4h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 607 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj cost?

The Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj starts at €64.14 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €67.44. 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj?

3 operators run the Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj: Northern Railway, Indian Railway, East Coast Railway. Between them they file around 3 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj use?

The Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj leaves from New Delhi 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj?

Fares for the Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.44. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj produce?

The Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj produces about 21.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 607 km, which works out at roughly 35 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj?

Operators on the Train from New Delhi to Prayagraj publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 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 New Delhi to Prayagraj on 23 September 2026: 607 km of route against 579 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €64.14, and 6h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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