Bengaluru to Kayamkulam train

Trains from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam start at €53.68 and take 6h 47m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam starts at €53.68 and takes 6h 47m door to door, run by 2 operators over 524 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 47mDoor to door
  • 4h 45mMoving
  • €65.78 to €157.64From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 17.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€65.78 to €157.64 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 €157.64Thu24
  2. about €125.19Fri25
  3. about €102.09Sat26
  4. about €88.34Sun27
  5. about €106.49Mon28
  6. about €83.39Tue29
  7. about €65.79Wed30
  8. about €76.24Thu1
  9. about €70.19Fri2
  10. about €76.79Sat3
  11. about €75.69Sun4
  12. about €79.53Mon5
  13. about €74.59Tue6
  14. about €65.78Wed7

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 13, 2026

Cheapest€53.68
  1. South Western Railway SW720607:303h 6m10:36Bengaluru East railway stationErnakulam Terminus
  2. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KS447111:541h 39m13:33Ernakulam Boat JettyKayamkulam Railway Station

Changes at Kanayannur, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 47mCO2 17.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
South Western Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Kayamkulam for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kayamkulam Junction 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam

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

  1. €56.4390 days
  2. €61.9360 days
  3. €68.5345 days
  4. €67.4330 days
  5. €56.9821 days
  6. €65.7814 days
  7. €65.797 days
  8. €102.093 days
  9. €157.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €56.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €157.64, 1 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.
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. €75.69Sun
  2. €79.53Mon
  3. €74.59Tue
  4. €65.78Wed
  5. €77.88Thu
  6. €80.08Fri
  7. €78.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bengaluru

Rail
  • Bengaluru East railway station
  • Bengaluru Cantt railway station
  • Hebbal railway station

Kayamkulam

Rail
  • Kayamkulam Junction 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 524 km against 438 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kanayannur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Bengaluru at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bengaluru to Kayamkulam

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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam take?

The Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam takes 6h 47m door to door, of which 4h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 524 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam cost?

The Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam starts at €53.68 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €53.68. 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam?

2 operators run the Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam: South Western Railway, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam use?

The Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam leaves from Bengaluru East railway station and arrives at Kayamkulam 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam?

Fares for the Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €56.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam produce?

The Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam produces about 17.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 524 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam?

Operators on the Train from Bengaluru to Kayamkulam publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 47m 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 Bengaluru to Kayamkulam on September 23, 2026: 524 km of route against 438 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €53.68, and 6h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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