Rajapalayam to Madurai runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €12.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 27m over 93 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€12.99
- 134%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rajapalayam
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:49First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €27.84Wed16
- about €34.99Thu17
- about €24.54Fri18
- about €23.43Sat19
- about €22.89Sun20
- about €20.14Mon21
- about €15.74Tue22
- about €15.74Wed23
- about €19.59Thu24
- about €16.29Fri25
- about €17.94Sat26
- about €20.14Sun27
- about €19.04Mon28
- about €12.99Tue29
- about €15.19Wed30
- about €17.94Thu1
- about €16.29Fri2
- about €17.39Sat3
- about €16.84Sun4
- about €13.54Mon5
- about €14.09Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Madurai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Madurai for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Madurai East railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rajapalayam to Madurai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8960 days
- €15.7445 days
- €16.2930 days
- €14.0921 days
- €12.9914 days
- €15.747 days
- €24.543 days
- €27.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 134 percent. The most expensive point is €27.84, 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai 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
93 km
81 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
130,442 → 1,465,625
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 93 km against 81 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Aruppukkottai, Tirunelveli, Virudunagar, Kovilpatti. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Madurai is large, and the road in from IXM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Madurai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Madurai 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 Madurai East railway station
Most of the points near Madurai East railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rajapalayam to Madurai
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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
The fastest journey from Rajapalayam to Madurai takes 1h 27m door to door, of which 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 30m, 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
The cheapest fare from Rajapalayam to Madurai is €12.99, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €17.94. 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
The cheapest way from Rajapalayam to Madurai is by train, at €12.99 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 1h 31m 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
Fares from Rajapalayam to Madurai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 134 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rajapalayam to Madurai?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rajapalayam to Madurai, at €14.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rajapalayam to Madurai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rajapalayam to Madurai, at €11.88 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
1 operators sell services from Rajapalayam to Madurai across 1 mode: 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rajapalayam to Madurai are direct. The rest connect at Aruppukkottai, Tirunelveli, Virudunagar, Kovilpatti, with about 76 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai use?
Services from Rajapalayam to Madurai by train leave from Rajapalayam railway station and arrive at Madurai East 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 Rajapalayam to Madurai?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rajapalayam to Madurai 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.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rajapalayam to Madurai on September 15, 2026: 93 km of route against 81 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 1h 27m 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 Madurai is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Rajapalayam reaches 10 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 142 km. Madurai reaches 34 places in 3 countries, from 41 to 2,985 km.
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Leaving Rajapalayam
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Arriving in Madurai
Leaving Madurai
- 34Places you can leave for
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