Ayodhya to Kathmandu runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €45.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 10m over 544 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €45.44, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€45.44
- 192%Moves across the booking window
192%When it runs, leaving Ayodhya
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%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
- about €115.84Wed23
- about €122.44Thu24
- about €143.89Fri25
- about €89.99Sat26
- about €97.69Sun27
- about €88.89Mon28
- about €78.44Tue29
- about €76.79Wed30
- about €71.84Thu1
- about €68.54Fri2
- about €83.39Sat3
- about €73.49Sun4
- about €65.79Mon5
- about €67.99Tue6
- about €56.44Wed7
- about €64.14Thu8
- about €63.04Fri9
- about €78.99Sat10
- about €60.29Sun11
- about €45.44Mon12
- about €54.24Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kathmandu. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Kathmandu for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Kathmandu with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Ayodhya to Kathmandu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.2990 days
- €50.3960 days
- €49.2945 days
- €59.7430 days
- €54.2421 days
- €67.9914 days
- €78.447 days
- €143.893 days
- €115.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €49.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €143.89, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ayodhya to Kathmandu and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
0.25 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
544 km
324 km as the crow flies, 68% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
53,293 → 1,442,271
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 544 km against 324 km in a straight line, a detour of 68 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Varanasi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
Kathmandu is large, and the road in from KTM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Kathmandu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kathmandu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Kathmandu
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Ayodhya to Kathmandu
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 it take to get from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
The fastest journey from Ayodhya to Kathmandu takes 5h 10m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 15m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
The cheapest fare from Ayodhya to Kathmandu is €45.44, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €73.49. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
The cheapest way from Ayodhya to Kathmandu is by train, at €45.44 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 15m 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.
When should I book Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
Fares from Ayodhya to Kathmandu bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €49.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ayodhya to Kathmandu, at €65.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ayodhya to Kathmandu, at €45.99 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.
Who runs service from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
2 operators sell services from Ayodhya to Kathmandu across 1 mode: Air India Limited, Indian 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.
Is there a direct service from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
0 percent of the services we sell from Ayodhya to Kathmandu are direct. The rest connect at Varanasi, with about 61 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ayodhya to Kathmandu use?
Services from Ayodhya to Kathmandu by train leave from Ayodhya Dham Junction railway station and arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport KTM. Allow about 1h 57m 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ayodhya to Kathmandu?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Ayodhya to Kathmandu 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ayodhya to Kathmandu on September 22, 2026: 544 km of route against 324 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 5h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kathmandu is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Kathmandu and across Nepal
Day trips that leave Kathmandu in the morning and cover a good part of Nepal by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ayodhya reaches 92 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 1,840 km. Kathmandu reaches 79 places in 22 countries, from 88 to 9,571 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ayodhya
- 92Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Kathmandu
Leaving Kathmandu
- 79Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 31Operators