Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:44 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.79, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 53m over 156 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.79, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€21.79
- 244%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sahiwal
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.
- 06:44First 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 €59.74Fri18
- about €55.89Sat19
- about €39.94Sun20
- about €27.84Mon21
- about €32.24Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €40.49Thu24
- about €28.94Fri25
- about €33.34Sat26
- about €31.69Sun27
- about €24.54Mon28
- about €28.39Tue29
- about €30.59Wed30
- about €34.44Thu1
- about €28.39Fri2
- about €27.29Sat3
- about €24.54Sun4
- about €23.44Mon5
- about €23.44Tue6
- about €21.79Wed7
- about €27.84Thu8
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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €17.3960 days
- €20.1445 days
- €19.0430 days
- €27.8421 days
- €34.4414 days
- €40.497 days
- €39.943 days
- €59.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 244 percent. The most expensive point is €59.74, 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 Sahiwal 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
156 km
136 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
538,344 → 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 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 156 km against 136 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 Multan, Jhang Sadr, Bannu, Dera Ghazi Khan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Sahiwal 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
The fastest journey from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan takes 1h 53m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 58m, 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
The cheapest fare from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan is €21.79, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.94. 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
The cheapest way from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan is by train, at €21.79 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 2h 2m 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
Fares from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €17.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 244 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan, at €24.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan, at €16.29 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
No operator record names Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan directly. Pakistan Railways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
20 percent of the services we sell from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan are direct. The rest connect at Multan, Jhang Sadr, Bannu, Dera Ghazi Khan, with about 49 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan use?
Services from Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan by train leave from Sahiwal 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sahiwal 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 Sahiwal to Dera Ismail Khan on September 17, 2026: 156 km of route against 136 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.79, and 1h 53m 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
Sahiwal reaches 15 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 78 to 946 km. Dera Ismail Khan reaches 23 places in 2 countries, from 131 to 863 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sahiwal
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Dera Ismail Khan
Leaving Dera Ismail Khan
- 23Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators