Chīrāla to Chennai runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €48.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 16m over 366 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €48.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€48.18
- 150%Moves across the booking window
150%When it runs, leaving Chīrāla
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 €124.64Thu24
- about €115.29Fri25
- about €79.54Sat26
- about €88.34Sun27
- about €72.94Mon28
- about €81.73Tue29
- about €60.83Wed30
- about €63.58Thu1
- about €70.18Fri2
- about €75.69Sat3
- about €56.44Sun4
- about €58.63Mon5
- about €61.93Tue6
- about €53.68Wed7
- about €68.53Thu8
- about €48.73Fri9
- about €61.39Sat10
- about €59.18Sun11
- about €54.23Mon12
- about €48.18Tue13
- about €56.98Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Chennai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Chennai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Chīrāla to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €53.1390 days
- €49.8360 days
- €53.6845 days
- €54.2330 days
- €56.9821 days
- €53.6814 days
- €60.837 days
- €79.543 days
- €124.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €124.64, 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 Chīrāla to Chennai 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
366 km
304 km as the crow flies, 20% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
92,942 → 4,681,087
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 366 km against 304 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ongole. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Chennai is large, and the road in from MAA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Chennai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Chennai 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.
Baggage storage near Chennai Fort railway station
Most of the points near Chennai Fort railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Chīrāla to Chennai
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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
The fastest journey from Chīrāla to Chennai takes 4h 16m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
The cheapest fare from Chīrāla to Chennai is €48.18, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.93. 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
The cheapest way from Chīrāla to Chennai is by train, at €48.18 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
Fares from Chīrāla to Chennai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €49.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 150 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chīrāla to Chennai, at €56.98. 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chīrāla to Chennai, at €41.58 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 Chīrāla to Chennai?
2 operators sell services from Chīrāla to Chennai across 1 mode: 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.
Is there a direct service from Chīrāla to Chennai?
0 percent of the services we sell from Chīrāla to Chennai are direct. The rest connect at Ongole, with about 54 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 Chīrāla to Chennai use?
Services from Chīrāla to Chennai by train leave from Chirala 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chīrāla to Chennai?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Chīrāla 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.
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 Chīrāla to Chennai on September 23, 2026: 366 km of route against 304 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €48.18, and 4h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Chīrāla reaches 3 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 304 km. Chennai reaches 254 places in 36 countries, from 24 to 15,074 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chīrāla
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
1
1Arriving in Chennai
Leaving Chennai
- 254Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 41Operators