Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 13m over 57 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 88%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Thoothukudi
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.
- 06:36First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
SR runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €16.84Tue15
- about €18.49Wed16
- about €22.34Thu17
- about €15.74Fri18
- about €17.39Sat19
- about €14.64Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €12.44Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.89Sat26
- about €12.99Sun27
- about €12.44Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.89Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
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 Tirunelveli. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tirunelveli for the night the train gets in
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When to book Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €12.4414 days
- €12.997 days
- €22.343 days
- €16.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 88 percent. The most expensive point is €22.34, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli 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
57 km
50 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
410,760 → 1,435,844
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 57 km against 50 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sankarankovil, Sivakasi, Kovilpatti, Puliyankudi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
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 Tirunelveli Town railway station
Most of the points near Tirunelveli Town railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli
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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
The fastest journey from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli takes 1h 13m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 14m, 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
The cheapest fare from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli is €11.88, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.89. 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
The cheapest way from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 1h 14m 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
Fares from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 88 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli, at €11.88. 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli, 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
1 operators sell services from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
20 percent of the services we sell from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli are direct. The rest connect at Sankarankovil, Sivakasi, Kovilpatti, Puliyankudi, with about 51 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli use?
Services from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli by train leave from Thoothukudi railway station and arrive at Tirunelveli Town 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli 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 Thoothukudi to Tirunelveli on September 14, 2026: 57 km of route against 50 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 13m 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 Tirunelveli is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Tirunelveli and across India
Day trips that leave Tirunelveli in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Thoothukudi reaches 17 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 534 km. Tirunelveli reaches 17 places in 1 countries, from 48 to 141 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Thoothukudi
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Tirunelveli
Leaving Tirunelveli
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators