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Ranchi to Dehradun

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ranchi to Dehradun. From €105.94, fastest 8h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ranchi to Dehradun runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €105.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 10m over 1,082 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €105.94, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€105.94

  • 187%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ranchi

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 €313.29Thu24
  2. about €279.19Fri25
  3. about €242.89Sat26
  4. about €181.84Sun27
  5. about €215.39Mon28
  6. about €168.09Tue29
  7. about €152.14Wed30
  8. about €203.29Thu1
  9. about €192.84Fri2
  10. about €186.24Sat3
  11. about €153.24Sun4
  12. about €146.64Mon5
  13. about €122.44Tue6
  14. about €118.04Wed7
  15. about €130.69Thu8
  16. about €141.69Fri9
  17. about €124.09Sat10
  18. about €130.69Sun11
  19. about €108.69Mon12
  20. about €105.94Tue13
  21. about €119.14Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Dehradun for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Dehradun 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 Ranchi to Dehradun

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

  1. €109.2490 days
  2. €114.1960 days
  3. €118.0445 days
  4. €110.8930 days
  5. €119.1421 days
  6. €118.0414 days
  7. €152.147 days
  8. €242.893 days
  9. €313.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €109.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €313.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€313.29€109.24137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ranchi to Dehradun 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

1,082 km

1,059 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

1,120,374522,081

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

The route

ChinaIndiaPakistanAfghanistanMyanmar (Burma)NepalLaosArabian SeaBay of BengalLahoreLahoreMumbaiMumbaiKarachiKarachiDelhiDelhiDhakaDhakaAhmedabadAhmedabadKunmingKunmingPeshawarPeshawarKolkataKolkataSuratSuratKabulKabulFaisalabadFaisalabadJaipurJaipurGujranwalaGujranwalaNagpurNagpurBhopalBhopalRanchiRanchiDehradunDehradunMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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 1,082 km against 1,059 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 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 71 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from DED into Dehradun is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Dehradun

Settled in advance, so the ride into Dehradun 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Dehradun railway station

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

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Questions about Ranchi to Dehradun

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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

The fastest journey from Ranchi to Dehradun takes 8h 10m door to door, of which 5h 25m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 8h 31m, 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

The cheapest fare from Ranchi to Dehradun is €105.94, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €152.14. 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

The cheapest way from Ranchi to Dehradun is by train, at €105.94 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 8h 33m 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

Fares from Ranchi to Dehradun bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €109.24. 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ranchi to Dehradun, at €119.14. 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ranchi to Dehradun, at €94.39 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

2 operators sell services from Ranchi to Dehradun across 1 mode: East Coast Railway, IndiGo Airlines. 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

0 percent of the services we sell from Ranchi to Dehradun are direct. The rest connect at Lucknow, with about 71 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 Ranchi to Dehradun use?

Services from Ranchi to Dehradun by train leave from Ranchi Junction railway station and arrive at Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport DED. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Ranchi to Dehradun?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Ranchi to Dehradun 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 Ranchi to Dehradun on September 23, 2026: 1082 km of route against 1059 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €105.94, and 8h 10m 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 Dehradun is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Dehradun and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Ranchi reaches 95 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 93 to 1,877 km. Dehradun reaches 79 places in 1 countries, from 35 to 2,151 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ranchi

  • 95Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 9Operators

Arriving in Dehradun

Leaving Dehradun

  • 79Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

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