Tirupati to Kākināda train

Trains from Tirupati to Kākināda start at €30.59 and take 7h 51m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tirupati to Kākināda starts at €30.59 and takes 7h 51m door to door, run by 2 operators over 598 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 51mDoor to door
  • 5h 56mMoving
  • €39.94 to €108.14From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 19.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€39.94 to €108.14 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 €108.14Thu24
  2. about €91.64Fri25
  3. about €84.49Sat26
  4. about €72.39Sun27
  5. about €60.84Mon28
  6. about €58.09Tue29
  7. about €62.49Wed30
  8. about €56.44Thu1
  9. about €52.04Fri2
  10. about €45.44Sat3
  11. about €55.89Sun4
  12. about €47.09Mon5
  13. about €39.94Tue6
  14. about €47.64Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€30.59
  1. South Central Railway SC399707:301h 1m08:31Tirupati railway stationNellore railway station
  2. Apsrtc A221209:546h 3m15:57APSRTC Bus Station , NelloreAPSRTC Bus Station , Kakinada

Changes at Nellore, with 83 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 11mCO2 18.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

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
South Central Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Apsrtc72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Kākināda for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Tirupati to Kākināda

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

  1. €36.0990 days
  2. €31.6960 days
  3. €35.5445 days
  4. €41.0430 days
  5. €37.1921 days
  6. €47.6414 days
  7. €62.497 days
  8. €84.493 days
  9. €108.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 241 percent. The dearest point is €108.14, 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. €55.89Sun
  2. €47.09Mon
  3. €39.94Tue
  4. €47.64Wed
  5. €56.44Thu
  6. €52.04Fri
  7. €45.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Tirupati

Rail
  • Tirupati railway station
  • Tirupati West Halt railway station
  • Pudi railway station

Kākināda

Rail
  • Kakinada Port railway station
  • Kakinada Town railway station
  • Kakinada Port C Cabin 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 598 km against 478 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Guntur, Nellore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Tirupati at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Tirupati to Kākināda

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 Tirupati to Kākināda take?

The Train from Tirupati to Kākināda takes 7h 51m door to door, of which 5h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 598 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 Tirupati to Kākināda cost?

The Train from Tirupati to Kākināda starts at €30.59 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €38.57. 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 Tirupati to Kākināda?

2 operators run the Train from Tirupati to Kākināda: South Central Railway, Apsrtc. Between them they file around 2 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 Tirupati to Kākināda use?

The Train from Tirupati to Kākināda leaves from Tirupati railway station and arrives at APSRTC Bus Station , Kakinada. 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 Tirupati to Kākināda?

Fares for the Train from Tirupati to Kākināda bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.69. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tirupati to Kākināda produce?

The Train from Tirupati to Kākināda produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 598 km, which works out at roughly 32 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 Tirupati to Kākināda?

Operators on the Train from Tirupati to Kākināda publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 51m 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 Tirupati to Kākināda on 23 September 2026: 598 km of route against 478 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.59, and 7h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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