Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bhopal to Ranchi. From €108.69, fastest 6h 59m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Bhopal to Ranchi costs €108.69 at the cheapest and takes 6h 59m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 929 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 7h 26m | 6h 42m | 44m | €120.24 | 30.7 kg | 6 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Jabalpur, with 58 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 8h 27mCO2 30.7 kgChanges 1Refundable
Door to door 7h 26mCO2 30.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Railways1 changes | 22538 | 09:20 | 10:10 | 24h 50m |
| Indian Railways2 changes | 12854 | 10:30 | 09:05 | 22h 35m |
| Indian Railways2 changes | 12618 | 10:55 | 10:10 | 23h 15m |
| Indian Railways3 changes | 12618 | 10:55 | 09:05 | 22h 10m |
| Indian Railways1 changes | 12808 | 12:15 | 17:05 | 28h 50m |
| Indian Railways2 changes | 11272 | 12:50 | 14:25 | 25h 35m |
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bhopal to Ranchi | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €281.94 | €212.09 | €187.34 | €184.04 | €211.54 | €179.64 | €170.84 | €142.79 | €125.19 | €120.24 | €141.69 | €172.49 | €153.24 | €136.74 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €108.69
Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Ranchi. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.
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The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
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| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €121.34 | 6h 59m |
 Eastern Railway | €118.04 | 7h 2m |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €97.00 | 89% |
| Taxes | €9.70 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 2% |
| Total you pay | €108.69 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Ranchi well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
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The fastest journey from Bhopal to Ranchi takes 6h 59m door to door, of which 6h 42m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 7h 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.
The cheapest fare from Bhopal to Ranchi is €108.69, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €157.37. 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 Bhopal to Ranchi is by Train, at €120.24 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 7h 26m 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.
Fares from Bhopal to Ranchi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €83.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 236 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bhopal to Ranchi, at €126.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 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 6 months to travel from Bhopal to Ranchi, at €82.84 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.
2 operators sell services from Bhopal to Ranchi across 1 modes: East Coast Railway, 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.
33 percent of the services we sell from Bhopal to Ranchi are direct. The rest connect at Jabalpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Nagpur, with about 58 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Bhopal to Ranchi by Train leave from Bhopal Bhadbhada Ghat and arrive at Ranchi Junction 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.
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Bhopal to Ranchi 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Ranchi are the half people leave until last.
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