Vellore to Madurai runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €29.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 57m over 409 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €29.33, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€29.33
- 177%Moves across the booking window
177%When it runs, leaving Vellore
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%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
- about €76.63Thu24
- about €74.43Fri25
- about €57.93Sat26
- about €54.08Sun27
- about €48.03Mon28
- about €43.08Tue29
- about €37.58Wed30
- about €39.23Thu1
- about €45.83Fri2
- about €40.33Sat3
- about €45.28Sun4
- about €38.13Mon5
- about €30.98Tue6
- about €33.18Wed7
- about €35.93Thu8
- about €38.68Fri9
- about €34.28Sat10
- about €32.63Sun11
- about €29.88Mon12
- about €29.33Tue13
- about €30.98Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Madurai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Madurai for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Vellore to Madurai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €30.4360 days
- €27.6845 days
- €29.3330 days
- €30.9821 days
- €33.1814 days
- €37.587 days
- €57.933 days
- €76.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €76.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 Vellore 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
409 km
351 km as the crow flies, 17% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
484,690 → 1,465,625
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 409 km against 351 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Salem, Tiruchirappalli. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
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 bus 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 Vellore 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 Vellore to Madurai?
The fastest journey from Vellore to Madurai takes 5h 57m door to door, of which 4h 27m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 6h 25m, 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 Vellore to Madurai?
The cheapest fare from Vellore to Madurai is €29.33, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.18. 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 Vellore to Madurai?
The cheapest way from Vellore to Madurai is by coach, at €29.33 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 57m 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 Vellore to Madurai?
Fares from Vellore to Madurai bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €27.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 177 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 Vellore to Madurai?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Vellore to Madurai, at €30.98. 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 Vellore to Madurai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Vellore to Madurai, at €26.58 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 Vellore to Madurai?
2 operators sell services from Vellore to Madurai across 1 mode: Apsrtc, Southern Railway. 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 Vellore to Madurai?
0 percent of the services we sell from Vellore to Madurai are direct. The rest connect at Salem, Tiruchirappalli, with about 46 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 Vellore to Madurai use?
Services from Vellore to Madurai by coach leave from Vellore New Bus Stand 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 Vellore to Madurai?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Vellore 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.
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 Vellore to Madurai on September 23, 2026: 409 km of route against 351 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €29.33, and 5h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Madurai is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Madurai and across India
Day trips that leave Madurai in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Vellore reaches 69 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 33 to 1,543 km. Madurai reaches 92 places in 5 countries, from 41 to 3,002 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Vellore
- 69Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
1
2Arriving in Madurai
Leaving Madurai
- 92Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 7Operators