Ratlām to Kota train

Trains from Ratlām to Kota start at €37.74 and take 4h 46m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ratlām to Kota starts at €37.74 and takes 4h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 345 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

  • 4h 46mDoor to door
  • 2h 41mMoving
  • €45.44 to €118.59From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 11.4 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.

€45.44 to €118.59 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 €99.34Thu24
  2. about €118.59Fri25
  3. about €78.44Sat26
  4. about €86.69Sun27
  5. about €62.49Mon28
  6. about €64.69Tue29
  7. about €61.39Wed30
  8. about €55.34Thu1
  9. about €55.34Fri2
  10. about €60.84Sat3
  11. about €69.64Sun4
  12. about €52.04Mon5
  13. about €48.74Tue6
  14. about €45.44Wed7

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€37.74
  1. Indian Railway IR381207:3042m08:12Ratlam Jn railway stationUjjain Junction railway station
  2. Indian Railway IR732109:331h 59m11:32Ujjain Junction railway stationKota Junction railway station

Changes at Ujjain, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 46mCO2 11.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Indian RailwayNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Indian Railway

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A hotel room

A room in Kota for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ratlām to Kota

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

  1. €38.8490 days
  2. €44.8860 days
  3. €43.7945 days
  4. €48.7430 days
  5. €43.7921 days
  6. €45.4414 days
  7. €61.397 days
  8. €78.443 days
  9. €99.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 156 percent. The dearest point is €99.34, 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. €69.64Sun
  2. €52.04Mon
  3. €48.74Tue
  4. €45.44Wed
  5. €55.34Thu
  6. €56.99Fri
  7. €60.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ratlām

Rail
  • Ratlam Jn railway station
  • Ratlam New railway station
  • Ratlam Junction railway station

Kota

Rail
  • Kota Junction railway station
  • Kota Jn South C railway station
  • Kccn 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 345 km against 221 km in a straight line, a detour of 56 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ujjain. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ratlām 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 Ratlām to Kota

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 Ratlām to Kota take?

The Train from Ratlām to Kota takes 4h 46m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 345 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 Ratlām to Kota cost?

The Train from Ratlām to Kota starts at €37.74 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €37.74. 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 Ratlām to Kota?

1 operators run the Train from Ratlām to Kota: Indian Railway. 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 Ratlām to Kota use?

The Train from Ratlām to Kota leaves from Ratlam Jn railway station and arrives at Kota 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.

When should I book the Train from Ratlām to Kota?

Fares for the Train from Ratlām to Kota bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 156 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ratlām to Kota produce?

The Train from Ratlām to Kota produces about 11.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 345 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 Ratlām to Kota?

Operators on the Train from Ratlām to Kota publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 46m 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 Ratlām to Kota on 23 September 2026: 345 km of route against 221 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 4h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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