Cheapest€27.29
- East Coast Railway EC630211:521h 51m13:43Patna Ghat railway stationRanchi Junction railway station
Door to door 2h 35mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Patna to Ranchi train
Trains from Patna to Ranchi start at €32.79 and take 2h 31m at their fastest.
The Trains from Patna to Ranchi starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 31m door to door, run by 5 operators over 251 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 31mDoor to door
- 1h 47mMoving
- €32.79From
- 8.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€33.34
- Eastern Railway ER526412:091h 47m13:56Patna Ghat railway stationRanchi Junction railway station
Door to door 2h 31mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €27.29 | 2h 30m |
 Eastern Railway | €27.29 | 2h 30m |
 Indian Railway | €27.84 | 2h 30m |
 Northern Railway | €28.94 | 2h 31m |
 South Eastern Railway | €28.39 | 2h 30m |
The journey ends at Ranchi Junction railway station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Ranchi for the night the train gets in
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When to book Patna to Ranchi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.8990 days
- €22.3460 days
- €21.7945 days
- €23.9930 days
- €32.2421 days
- €34.9514 days
- €40.857 days
- €40.263 days
- €58.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 169 percent. The dearest point is €58.64, 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.
- €38.84Sun
- €34.99Mon
- €32.79Tue
- €34.44Wed
- €42.03Thu
- €39.94Fri
- €34.95Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Patna
Rail
- Patna Ghat railway station
- Patna Sahib railway station
- Patna Junction railway station
Ranchi
Rail
- Ranchi Junction railway station
- Itky railway station
- Hatia railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 251 km against 251 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Dhanbad, Gaya, Bokāro, Jamshedpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 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 Patna at 06:05 and the last at 17:28, across 19 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 31m | 1h 47m | 44m | €32.79 | 8.3 kg | 19 |
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €34.95 | 63.5 kg | 4 |
Questions about Patna to Ranchi
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 Patna to Ranchi take?
The Train from Patna to Ranchi takes 2h 31m door to door, of which 1h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 251 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 Patna to Ranchi cost?
The Train from Patna to Ranchi starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.89. 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 Patna to Ranchi?
5 operators run the Train from Patna to Ranchi: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, Indian Railway, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 19 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 Patna to Ranchi use?
The Train from Patna to Ranchi leaves from Patna Ghat railway station and arrives at Ranchi 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.
Is the Train the best way from Patna to Ranchi?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Patna to Ranchi, at €32.79 and 2h 31m 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 Patna to Ranchi?
Fares for the Train from Patna to Ranchi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Patna to Ranchi produce?
The Train from Patna to Ranchi produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 251 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 Patna to Ranchi?
Operators on the Train from Patna to Ranchi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 31m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Patna to Ranchi on 12 September 2026: 251 km of route against 251 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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