Chennai to New Delhi bus

Buses from Chennai to New Delhi start at €187.73 and take 20h 30m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Chennai to New Delhi starts at €187.73 and takes 20h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,021 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 20h 30mDoor to door
  • 18h 15mMoving
  • €235.58 to €549.63From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 67.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€235.58 to €549.63 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 €391.23Wed23
  2. about €549.63Thu24
  3. about €483.63Fri25
  4. about €358.78Sat26
  5. about €356.03Sun27
  6. about €305.98Mon28
  7. about €338.98Tue29
  8. about €254.83Wed30
  9. about €264.73Thu1
  10. about €293.88Fri2
  11. about €305.98Sat3
  12. about €235.58Sun4
  13. about €246.58Mon5
  14. about €243.28Tue6

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€187.73
  1. Apsrtc A662707:309h 36m17:06Bus StopArea Hospital Bus Stop
  2. South Central Railway SC237718:378h 39m03:16Peddampet railway stationNew Delhi station

Changes at Rāmgundam, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 20h 30mCO2 67.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus 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
Apsrtc72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
South Central Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in New Delhi for the night the bus gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Chennai to New Delhi

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

  1. €211.9390 days
  2. €179.4860 days
  3. €153.6345 days
  4. €246.0330 days
  5. €187.7321 days
  6. €243.2814 days
  7. €338.987 days
  8. €483.633 days
  9. €391.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €153.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €483.63, 3 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.
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. €241.63Sun
  2. €246.58Mon
  3. €243.28Tue
  4. €254.83Wed
  5. €275.18Thu
  6. €293.88Fri
  7. €305.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Bus
  • Bus Stop
  • Taramani
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 2,021 km against 1,756 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Rāmgundam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Chennai 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 Chennai to New Delhi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Chennai to New Delhi take?

The Coach from Chennai to New Delhi takes 20h 30m door to door, of which 18h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 2,021 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 Coach from Chennai to New Delhi cost?

The Coach from Chennai to New Delhi starts at €187.73 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €187.73. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi?

2 operators run the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi: Apsrtc, South Central 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 Coach from Chennai to New Delhi use?

The Coach from Chennai to New Delhi leaves from Bus Stop and arrives at New Delhi 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 Coach from Chennai to New Delhi?

Fares for the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €153.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi produce?

The Coach from Chennai to New Delhi produces about 67.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2021 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi?

Operators on the Coach from Chennai to New Delhi publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 30m 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 labeled 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 Chennai to New Delhi on September 22, 2026: 2021 km of route against 1756 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €187.73, and 20h 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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