Anantapur to Chennai

The fastest journey from Anantapur to Chennai takes 5h 49m door to door, of which 3h 42m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 25m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Anantapur to Chennai is €39.78, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.94. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Anantapur to Chennai is by coach, at €39.78 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 6h 55m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

The fastest way from Anantapur to Chennai is by train, at 6h 3m door to door. Only 3h 42m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 21m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €53.14.

Fares from Anantapur to Chennai bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €39.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 216 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Anantapur to Chennai, at €49.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Anantapur to Chennai, at €33.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

3 operators sell services from Anantapur to Chennai across 2 modes: BMTC, Indian Railway, South Central Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

0 percent of the services we sell from Anantapur to Chennai are direct. The rest connect at Robertsonpet, Kolār, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Traveling from Anantapur to Chennai by train produces about 15.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Coach produces about 16.2 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Anantapur to Chennai by train leave from Anantapur railway station and arrive at Chennai Fort railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

3 of the 3 operators we sell from Anantapur to Chennai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.