Cheapest€27.29
- East Coast Railway EC600111:521h 52m13:44Ranchi Junction railway stationPatna Ghat railway station
Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ranchi to Patna train
Trains from Ranchi to Patna start at €32.79 and take 2h 30m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ranchi to Patna starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 30m 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 30mDoor to door
- 1h 46mMoving
- €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€28.94
- East Coast Railway EC948417:281h 46m19:14Ranchi Junction railway stationPatna Ghat railway station
Door to door 2h 30mCO2 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 |
|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €27.29 |
 Eastern Railway | €27.29 |
 Indian Railway | €27.84 |
 Northern Railway | €28.94 |
 South Eastern Railway | €28.39 |
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When to book Ranchi to Patna
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
- €39.6714 days
- €49.117 days
- €47.933 days
- €67.991 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 212 percent. The dearest point is €67.99, 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
- €39.67Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ranchi
Rail
- Ranchi Junction railway station
- Itky railway station
- Hatia railway station
Patna
Rail
- Patna Ghat railway station
- Patna Sahib railway station
- Patna Junction 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, Jamshedpur, Bokāro, Gaya. 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 Ranchi 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 30m | 1h 46m | 44m | €32.79 | 8.3 kg | 19 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €36.72 | 63.5 kg | 4 |
Questions about Ranchi to Patna
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 Patna take?
The Train from Ranchi to Patna takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 46m 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 Ranchi to Patna cost?
The Train from Ranchi to Patna 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 Ranchi to Patna?
5 operators run the Train from Ranchi to Patna: 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 Ranchi to Patna use?
The Train from Ranchi to Patna leaves from Ranchi Junction railway station and arrives at Patna Ghat 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 Ranchi to Patna?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Ranchi to Patna, at €32.79 and 2h 30m 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 Ranchi to Patna?
Fares for the Train from Ranchi to Patna bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 212 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ranchi to Patna produce?
The Train from Ranchi to Patna 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 Ranchi to Patna?
Operators on the Train from Ranchi to Patna publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 30m 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 Ranchi to Patna 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 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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