Ranchi to Chandigarh train

Trains from Ranchi to Chandigarh start at €114.19 and take 8h 30m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ranchi to Chandigarh starts at €114.19 and takes 8h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,197 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 30mDoor to door
  • 5h 32mMoving
  • €128.49 to €337.49From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 146.7 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.

€128.49 to €337.49 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 €337.49Thu24
  2. about €302.29Fri25
  3. about €262.14Sat26
  4. about €196.69Sun27
  5. about €233.54Mon28
  6. about €181.84Tue29
  7. about €166.44Wed30
  8. about €220.89Thu1
  9. about €208.79Fri2
  10. about €203.29Sat3
  11. about €164.24Sun4
  12. about €157.09Mon5
  13. about €133.99Tue6
  14. about €128.49Wed7

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€114.19
  1. East Coast Railway EC292007:304h 18m11:48Ranchi Junction railway stationLucknow City railway station
  2. IndiGo Airlines IG607212:491h 14m14:03Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport LKOShaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport IXC

Changes at Lucknow, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 30mCO2 146.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
East Coast Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
IndiGo Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • East Coast Railway
  • IndiGo Airlines

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

A hotel room

A room in Chandigarh for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ranchi to Chandigarh

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

  1. €120.7990 days
  2. €124.6460 days
  3. €126.2945 days
  4. €121.3430 days
  5. €129.5921 days
  6. €128.4914 days
  7. €166.447 days
  8. €262.143 days
  9. €337.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €120.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 179 percent. The dearest point is €337.49, 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. €164.24Sun
  2. €157.09Mon
  3. €133.99Tue
  4. €129.59Wed
  5. €220.89Thu
  6. €208.79Fri
  7. €203.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ranchi

Rail
  • Ranchi Junction railway station
  • Itky railway station
  • Hatia railway station

Chandigarh

Rail
  • Chandigarh Junction railway station
  • Kharar railway station
  • Taksal 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 1,197 km against 1,177 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lucknow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Ranchi 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh

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 Ranchi to Chandigarh take?

The Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh takes 8h 30m door to door, of which 5h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 1,197 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh cost?

The Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh starts at €114.19 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €114.19. 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh?

2 operators run the Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh: East Coast Railway, IndiGo Airlines. 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh use?

The Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh leaves from Ranchi Junction railway station and arrives at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport IXC. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh?

Fares for the Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €120.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh produce?

The Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh produces about 146.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1197 km, which works out at roughly 123 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh?

Operators on the Train from Ranchi to Chandigarh publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 30m 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 Ranchi to Chandigarh on 23 September 2026: 1197 km of route against 1177 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €114.19, and 8h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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