Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €46.54 and €49.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h over 323 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€46.54 to €49.29
- 230%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rawalpindi
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.
- 06:09First 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 €102.64Tue15
- about €69.09Wed16
- about €85.04Thu17
- about €85.59Fri18
- about €90.54Sat19
- about €66.34Sun20
- about €55.34Mon21
- about €52.59Tue22
- about €56.99Wed23
- about €65.79Thu24
- about €57.54Fri25
- about €66.89Sat26
- about €63.04Sun27
- about €49.29Mon28
- about €47.64Tue29
- about €51.49Wed30
- about €58.09Thu1
- about €56.99Fri2
- about €54.24Sat3
- about €48.74Sun4
- about €46.54Mon5
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 Dera Ismail Khan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dera Ismail Khan for the night the train gets in
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When to book Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.7990 days
- €38.8460 days
- €44.8945 days
- €31.1430 days
- €46.5421 days
- €49.2914 days
- €55.347 days
- €85.043 days
- €102.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 230 percent. The most expensive point is €102.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan 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
323 km
281 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
3,357,612 → 763,195
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 323 km against 281 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 Peshawar, Sargodha, Bannu, Jhang Sadr. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The fare from DSK into Dera Ismail Khan is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Dera Ismail Khan
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dera Ismail Khan 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 Chongi Adda
Most of the points near Chongi Adda open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan
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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
The fastest journey from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 19m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 11m, 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
The cheapest fare from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan is €46.54, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €57.54. 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
The cheapest way from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan is by train, at €49.29 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 3m 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
Fares from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €31.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 230 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan, at €49.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan, at €33.89 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
1 operators sell services from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan across 1 mode: Pakistan Railways. 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan are direct. The rest connect at Peshawar, Sargodha, Bannu, Jhang Sadr, with about 65 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan use?
Services from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan by train leave from Rawalpindi Railway Station and arrive at Dera Ismail Khan 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan 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 Rawalpindi to Dera Ismail Khan on September 14, 2026: 323 km of route against 281 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €46.54, and 3h 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 Dera Ismail Khan is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Dera Ismail Khan and across Pakistan
Day trips that leave Dera Ismail Khan in the morning and cover a good part of Pakistan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rawalpindi reaches 64 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 97 to 10,976 km. Dera Ismail Khan reaches 23 places in 2 countries, from 131 to 863 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rawalpindi
- 64Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Dera Ismail Khan
Leaving Dera Ismail Khan
- 23Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators