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Bengaluru to Tirunelveli

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli. From €60.29, fastest 6h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bengaluru to Tirunelveli runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €60.29, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 8m over 557 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €60.29, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026

€60.29

  • 187%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bengaluru

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

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 €155.44Thu24
  2. about €152.14Fri25
  3. about €141.69Sat26
  4. about €127.94Sun27
  5. about €105.39Mon28
  6. about €116.94Tue29
  7. about €92.74Wed30
  8. about €102.64Thu1
  9. about €87.24Fri2
  10. about €115.84Sat3
  11. about €81.74Sun4
  12. about €91.64Mon5
  13. about €75.69Tue6
  14. about €73.49Wed7
  15. about €90.54Thu8
  16. about €89.99Fri9
  17. about €76.79Sat10
  18. about €65.79Sun11
  19. about €70.19Mon12
  20. about €67.99Tue13
  21. about €60.29Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Tirunelveli for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Tirunelveli Town 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli

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

  1. €64.1490 days
  2. €54.2460 days
  3. €74.0445 days
  4. €59.7430 days
  5. €60.2921 days
  6. €73.4914 days
  7. €92.747 days
  8. €141.693 days
  9. €155.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €155.44, 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.
€155.44€54.24137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bengaluru to Tirunelveli 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

557 km

472 km as the crow flies, 18% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

8,495,4921,435,844

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 557 km against 472 km in a straight line, a detour of 18 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Avaniyāpuram. The gap between arriving and leaving is 86 minutes, of which about 5 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.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Tirunelveli Town railway station

Most of the points near Tirunelveli Town railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Bengaluru to Tirunelveli

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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

The fastest journey from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli takes 6h 8m door to door, of which 4h 5m 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.

How much does it cost to travel from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

The cheapest fare from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli is €60.29, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €90.54. 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

The cheapest way from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli is by train, at €60.29 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 6h 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

Fares from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €54.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 187 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli, at €73.49. 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.

Which month is cheapest for Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli, at €57.54 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

2 operators sell services from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli across 1 mode: Southern Railway, SR. 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli are direct. The rest connect at Avaniyāpuram, with about 86 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli use?

Services from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli by train leave from Bengaluru East railway station and arrive at Tirunelveli Town 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli 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 Bengaluru to Tirunelveli on September 23, 2026: 557 km of route against 472 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €60.29, and 6h 8m 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 Tirunelveli is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Tirunelveli and across India

Day trips that leave Tirunelveli in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bengaluru reaches 353 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 15,025 km. Tirunelveli reaches 45 places in 1 countries, from 48 to 2,216 km.

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Leaving Bengaluru

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  • 40Countries
  • 37Operators

Arriving in Tirunelveli

Leaving Tirunelveli

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  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

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