Basti to Kanpur train

Trains from Basti to Kanpur start at €33.34 and take 4h 8m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Basti to Kanpur starts at €33.34 and takes 4h 8m door to door, run by 2 operators over 286 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 8mDoor to door
  • 2h 17mMoving
  • €41.04 to €92.19From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 9.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€41.04 to €92.19 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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 €86.69Wed23
  2. about €78.99Thu24
  3. about €92.19Fri25
  4. about €58.09Sat26
  5. about €70.74Sun27
  6. about €56.99Mon28
  7. about €50.94Tue29
  8. about €42.69Wed30
  9. about €48.19Thu1
  10. about €45.99Fri2
  11. about €54.24Sat3
  12. about €55.89Sun4
  13. about €41.04Mon5
  14. about €41.59Tue6

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€33.34
  1. Indian Railway IR837007:301h 35m09:05Basti railway stationLucknow City railway station
  2. East Coast Railway EC959010:1242m10:54Lucknow City railway stationKanpur C Panel railway station

Changes at Lucknow, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 8mCO2 9.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Indian Railway
  • East Coast Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Kanpur for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kanpur C Panel 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 Basti to Kanpur

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

  1. €40.4990 days
  2. €33.3360 days
  3. €38.8445 days
  4. €35.5430 days
  5. €34.4421 days
  6. €41.5914 days
  7. €50.947 days
  8. €92.193 days
  9. €86.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 3 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €55.89Sun
  2. €41.04Mon
  3. €41.59Tue
  4. €42.69Wed
  5. €48.19Thu
  6. €45.99Fri
  7. €54.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bastī

Rail
  • Basti railway station
  • Orwara railway station
  • Tinich railway station

Kanpur

Rail
  • Kanpur C Panel railway station
  • Kanpur Central railway station
  • Kanpur Anwarganj railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 286 km against 238 km in a straight line, a detour of 21 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lucknow, Raebareli. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Basti at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Basti to Kanpur

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 the Train from Basti to Kanpur take?

The Train from Basti to Kanpur takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 286 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Basti to Kanpur cost?

The Train from Basti to Kanpur starts at €33.34 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €33.34. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Basti to Kanpur?

2 operators run the Train from Basti to Kanpur: Indian Railway, East Coast Railway. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Basti to Kanpur use?

The Train from Basti to Kanpur leaves from Basti railway station and arrives at Kanpur C Panel railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Basti to Kanpur?

Fares for the Train from Basti to Kanpur bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Basti to Kanpur produce?

The Train from Basti to Kanpur produces about 9.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 286 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Basti to Kanpur?

Operators on the Train from Basti to Kanpur publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basti to Kanpur on September 22, 2026: 286 km of route against 238 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 4h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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