Ayodhya to Mathura runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €52.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 17m over 506 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €52.04, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€52.04
- 194%Moves across the booking window
194%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 €165.89Wed23
- about €179.64Thu24
- about €137.29Fri25
- about €105.39Sat26
- about €123.54Sun27
- about €110.34Mon28
- about €106.49Tue29
- about €81.74Wed30
- about €107.04Thu1
- about €92.74Fri2
- about €106.49Sat3
- about €97.69Sun4
- about €77.89Mon5
- about €83.39Tue6
- about €63.04Wed7
- about €77.89Thu8
- about €76.79Fri9
- about €75.14Sat10
- about €81.74Sun11
- about €52.04Mon12
- about €62.49Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mathura. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mathura for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ayodhya to Mathura
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.5990 days
- €56.4460 days
- €67.4445 days
- €60.8430 days
- €62.4921 days
- €83.3914 days
- €106.497 days
- €137.293 days
- €165.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €165.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 Mathura and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
506 km
455 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
53,293 → 330,511
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 506 km against 455 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Lucknow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Mathura Cantt railway station
Most of the points near Mathura Cantt railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ayodhya to Mathura
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 Mathura?
The fastest journey from Ayodhya to Mathura takes 5h 17m door to door, of which 3h 50m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 29m, 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 Mathura?
The cheapest fare from Ayodhya to Mathura is €52.04, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €92.74. 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 Mathura?
The cheapest way from Ayodhya to Mathura is by train, at €52.04 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 32m 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 Mathura?
Fares from Ayodhya to Mathura bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €56.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 194 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 Mathura?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ayodhya to Mathura, at €77.89. 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 Mathura?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ayodhya to Mathura, at €55.34 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 Mathura?
2 operators sell services from Ayodhya to Mathura across 1 mode: Indian Railway, North Eastern 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 Mathura?
0 percent of the services we sell from Ayodhya to Mathura are direct. The rest connect at Lucknow, with about 58 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 Mathura use?
Services from Ayodhya to Mathura by train leave from Ayodhya Dham Junction railway station and arrive at Mathura Cantt 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ayodhya to Mathura?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Ayodhya to Mathura 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 Mathura on September 22, 2026: 506 km of route against 455 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €52.04, and 5h 17m 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 Mathura is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Mathura and across India
Day trips that leave Mathura in the morning and cover a good part of India 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. Mathura reaches 111 places in 1 countries, from 37 to 1,405 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ayodhya
- 92Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Mathura
Leaving Mathura
- 111Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators