Kottayam to Bengaluru bus

Buses from Kottayam to Bengaluru start at €51.87 and take 6h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Kottayam to Bengaluru starts at €51.87 and takes 6h 24m door to door, run by 2 operators over 477 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 24mDoor to door
  • 4h 5mMoving
  • €58.47 to €141.53From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 15.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€58.47 to €141.53 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 €141.53Thu24
  2. about €122.83Fri25
  3. about €102.47Sat26
  4. about €117.32Sun27
  5. about €101.92Mon28
  6. about €90.92Tue29
  7. about €91.47Wed30
  8. about €94.22Thu1
  9. about €95.87Fri2
  10. about €90.37Sat3
  11. about €80.47Sun4
  12. about €76.62Mon5
  13. about €59.02Tue6
  14. about €58.47Wed7

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 14, 2026

Cheapest€51.87
  1. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KS862407:3053m08:23KSRTC KottayamErnakulam Boat Jetty
  2. South Western Railway SW963709:583h 12m13:10Ernakulam TerminusBengaluru East railway station

Changes at Kanayannur, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 24mCO2 15.8 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
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
South Western Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Bengaluru for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Bengaluru East 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru

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

  1. €70.0290 days
  2. €65.6260 days
  3. €59.5745 days
  4. €59.5730 days
  5. €51.8721 days
  6. €58.4714 days
  7. €91.477 days
  8. €102.473 days
  9. €141.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €51.87.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €141.53, 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.
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. €80.47Sun
  2. €76.62Mon
  3. €59.02Tue
  4. €58.47Wed
  5. €94.22Thu
  6. €95.87Fri
  7. €90.37Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kottayam

Bus
  • KSRTC Kottayam
  • Palllikathodu Bus Station

Bengaluru

Bus
  • Vydehi TTMC
  • Kengeri TTMC
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 477 km against 394 km in a straight line, a detour of 21 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kanayannur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 95 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Kottayam 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru

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 Kottayam to Bengaluru take?

The Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru takes 6h 24m door to door, of which 4h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 477 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru cost?

The Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru starts at €51.87 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €51.87. 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru?

2 operators run the Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru: Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, South Western 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru use?

The Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru leaves from KSRTC Kottayam and arrives at Bengaluru East 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 Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru?

Fares for the Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €51.87. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru produce?

The Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 477 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru?

Operators on the Coach from Kottayam to Bengaluru publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 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 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 Kottayam to Bengaluru on September 23, 2026: 477 km of route against 394 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €51.87, and 6h 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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