Sonīpat to Kanpur train

Trains from Sonīpat to Kanpur start at €53.13 and take 5h 22m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sonīpat to Kanpur starts at €53.13 and takes 5h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 442 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 22mDoor to door
  • 3h 35mMoving
  • €61.38 to €132.89From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 15.9 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.

€61.38 to €132.89 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 €130.14Thu24
  2. about €132.89Fri25
  3. about €91.64Sat26
  4. about €88.89Sun27
  5. about €84.48Mon28
  6. about €99.89Tue29
  7. about €63.03Wed30
  8. about €75.13Thu1
  9. about €93.28Fri2
  10. about €69.63Sat3
  11. about €83.93Sun4
  12. about €69.63Mon5
  13. about €61.38Tue6
  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 13 October 2026

Cheapest€53.13
  1. Northern Railway NR821607:3028m07:58Sonipat Junction railway stationNew Delhi railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC750209:013h 7m12:08New Delhi railway stationKanpur C Panel railway station

Changes at Delhi, with 63 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 22mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

  • Northern Railway
  • East Coast Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Kanpur for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kanpur C Panel 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur

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

  1. €63.5890 days
  2. €52.5860 days
  3. €56.9845 days
  4. €55.8830 days
  5. €56.9821 days
  6. €63.0314 days
  7. €63.037 days
  8. €91.643 days
  9. €130.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €130.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €83.93Sun
  2. €69.63Mon
  3. €61.38Tue
  4. €63.03Wed
  5. €76.78Thu
  6. €93.28Fri
  7. €69.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sonīpat

Rail
  • Sonipat Junction railway station
  • Mohana railway station
  • Rajlu Garhi railway station

Kanpur

Rail
  • Kanpur C Panel railway station
  • Kanpur Central railway station
  • Kanpur Anwarganj 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 442 km against 432 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 Delhi, Ghāziābād, Karol Bāgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Sonīpat 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur

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 Sonīpat to Kanpur take?

The Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 3h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 442 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur cost?

The Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur starts at €53.13 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €57.53. 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur?

2 operators run the Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur: Northern Railway, East Coast 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur use?

The Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur leaves from Sonipat Junction railway station and arrives at Kanpur C Panel 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur?

Fares for the Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur produce?

The Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur produces about 15.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 442 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur?

Operators on the Train from Sonīpat to Kanpur publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 22m 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 Sonīpat to Kanpur on 23 September 2026: 442 km of route against 432 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €53.13, and 5h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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