Fastest€50.94
- South Central Railway SC164612:082h 40m14:48Vijayawada Junction railway stationChennai Fort railway station
Door to door 3h 24mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Vijayawada to Chennai train
Trains from Vijayawada to Chennai start at €44.34 and take 3h 24m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Vijayawada to Chennai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Vijayawada to Chennai starts at €44.34 and takes 3h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 382 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 24mDoor to door
- 2h 40mMoving
- €44.34 to €111.99From
- 06:35 to 16:46First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 12.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€44.34 to €111.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €78.99Wed16
- about €111.99Thu17
- about €75.69Fri18
- about €83.39Sat19
- about €83.94Sun20
- about €63.59Mon21
- about €51.49Tue22
- about €58.09Wed23
- about €65.79Thu24
- about €64.14Fri25
- about €66.34Sat26
- about €58.09Sun27
- about €56.99Mon28
- about €44.34Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Central Railway | €38.84 | 3h 22m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Chennai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chennai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Vijayawada to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €18.8860 days
- €19.9845 days
- €19.4330 days
- €17.2321 days
- €22.7314 days
- €26.587 days
- €32.083 days
- €32.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 89 percent. The dearest point is €32.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €27.68Sun
- €25.48Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €28.78Fri
- €28.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Vijayawada
Rail
- Vijayawada Junction railway station
- Vijayawada North East railway station
- Vijayawada New West cabin railway station
Chennai
Rail
- Chennai Fort railway station
- Chennai Park railway station
- Chennai Beach railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 382 km against 382 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nellore, Kadapa, Ongole, Tirupati. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Vijayawada at 06:35 and the last at 16:46, across 7 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 24m | 2h 40m | 44m | €44.34 | 12.6 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 6m | 56m | 3h 10m | €40.85 | 96.9 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 5h 59m | 5h 15m | 44m | €22.73 | 10.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about Vijayawada to Chennai
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 Vijayawada to Chennai take?
The Train from Vijayawada to Chennai takes 3h 24m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 382 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 Vijayawada to Chennai cost?
The Train from Vijayawada to Chennai starts at €44.34 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €52.59. 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 Vijayawada to Chennai?
1 operators run the Train from Vijayawada to Chennai: South Central Railway. Between them they file around 7 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 Vijayawada to Chennai use?
The Train from Vijayawada to Chennai leaves from Vijayawada Junction railway station and arrives at Chennai Fort 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 Vijayawada to Chennai?
Travelling from Vijayawada to Chennai by Flight costs €40.85 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 3h 24m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Vijayawada to Chennai?
Fares for the Train from Vijayawada to Chennai bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 89 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Vijayawada to Chennai produce?
The Train from Vijayawada to Chennai produces about 12.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 382 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 Vijayawada to Chennai?
Operators on the Train from Vijayawada to Chennai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 24m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Vijayawada to Chennai on 15 September 2026: 382 km of route against 382 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €44.34, and 3h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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