Prayagraj to Mathura train

Trains from Prayagraj to Mathura start at €61.39 and take 5h 5m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Prayagraj to Mathura starts at €61.39 and takes 5h 5m door to door, run by 4 operators over 485 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 5mDoor to door
  • 3h 29mMoving
  • €62.48 to €164.79From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 17.4 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.

€62.48 to €164.79 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 €164.79Thu24
  2. about €146.09Fri25
  3. about €128.49Sat26
  4. about €99.34Sun27
  5. about €99.34Mon28
  6. about €91.64Tue29
  7. about €76.78Wed30
  8. about €103.74Thu1
  9. about €102.09Fri2
  10. about €95.49Sat3
  11. about €88.89Sun4
  12. about €71.84Mon5
  13. about €62.48Tue6
  14. about €63.03Wed7

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€61.39
  1. East Coast Railway EC735307:301h 38m09:08Prayagraj Rambag railway stationKanpur C Panel railway station
  2. Northern Railway NR601110:042h 40m12:44Kanpur C Panel railway stationMathura Cantt railway station

Changes at Kanpur, with 56 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 58mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€64.68
  1. East Coast Railway EC989607:302h 58m10:28Prayagraj Rambag railway stationAgra City railway station
  2. North Eastern Railway NE797911:2031m11:51Agra City railway stationMathura Cantt railway station

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

Door to door 5h 5mCO2 16.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Indian Railway
  • Northern Railway
  • East Coast Railway
  • North Eastern Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Mathura for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Mathura Cantt 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 Prayagraj to Mathura

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

  1. €53.6890 days
  2. €53.6960 days
  3. €60.8445 days
  4. €59.1830 days
  5. €61.3921 days
  6. €63.0314 days
  7. €76.787 days
  8. €128.493 days
  9. €164.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €53.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is €164.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €88.89Sun
  2. €71.84Mon
  3. €63.58Tue
  4. €63.03Wed
  5. €103.74Thu
  6. €102.09Fri
  7. €95.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Prayagraj

Rail
  • Prayagraj Rambag railway station
  • Prayagraj Junction Railway Station
  • Prayagraj Chheoki Junction railway station

Mathura

Rail
  • Mathura Cantt railway station
  • Mathura Junction railway station
  • Baad 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 485 km against 474 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Agra, Kanpur, Jājmau. 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 Prayagraj 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 Prayagraj to Mathura

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 Prayagraj to Mathura take?

The Train from Prayagraj to Mathura takes 5h 5m door to door, of which 3h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 485 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 Prayagraj to Mathura cost?

The Train from Prayagraj to Mathura starts at €61.39 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €62.49. 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 Prayagraj to Mathura?

4 operators run the Train from Prayagraj to Mathura: Indian Railway, Northern Railway, East Coast Railway, North Eastern 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 Prayagraj to Mathura use?

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

Fares for the Train from Prayagraj to Mathura bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €53.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 207 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Prayagraj to Mathura produces about 17.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 485 km, which works out at roughly 36 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 Prayagraj to Mathura?

Operators on the Train from Prayagraj to Mathura publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 5m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Prayagraj to Mathura on 23 September 2026: 485 km of route against 474 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €61.39, and 5h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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