Dinapore to Howrah train

Trains from Dinapore to Howrah start at €63.04 and take 5h 39m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Dinapore to Howrah starts at €63.04 and takes 5h 39m door to door, run by 2 operators over 556 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 39mDoor to door
  • 4hMoving
  • €80.09 to €184.04From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 18.9 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.

€80.09 to €184.04 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 €184.04Thu24
  2. about €183.49Fri25
  3. about €153.24Sat26
  4. about €119.69Sun27
  5. about €96.59Mon28
  6. about €107.59Tue29
  7. about €111.99Wed30
  8. about €94.39Thu1
  9. about €93.84Fri2
  10. about €99.89Sat3
  11. about €109.79Sun4
  12. about €80.09Mon5
  13. about €81.19Tue6
  14. about €82.29Wed7

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€63.04
  1. ECR EC421107:3055m08:25Dinapore stationGaya Junction railway station
  2. Indian Railway IR116309:103h 21m12:31Gaya Junction railway stationBegampur railway station

Changes at Gaya, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 45mCO2 19.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • ECR
  • Indian Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Howrah for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Dinapore to Howrah

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

  1. €66.8990 days
  2. €64.1460 days
  3. €63.5945 days
  4. €75.6930 days
  5. €69.0921 days
  6. €82.2914 days
  7. €111.997 days
  8. €153.243 days
  9. €184.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €63.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €184.04, 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.
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. €109.79Sun
  2. €80.09Mon
  3. €81.19Tue
  4. €82.29Wed
  5. €94.39Thu
  6. €93.84Fri
  7. €99.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Howrah

Rail
  • Begampur railway station
  • Dakhinbari railway station
  • Janai Road 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 556 km against 475 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 Gaya, Dhanbad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dinapore 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 Dinapore to Howrah

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 Dinapore to Howrah take?

The Train from Dinapore to Howrah takes 5h 39m door to door, of which 4h is spent moving. The route runs 556 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 Dinapore to Howrah cost?

The Train from Dinapore to Howrah starts at €63.04 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €65.24. 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 Dinapore to Howrah?

2 operators run the Train from Dinapore to Howrah: ECR, Indian 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 Dinapore to Howrah use?

The Train from Dinapore to Howrah leaves from Dinapore station and arrives at Begampur 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 Dinapore to Howrah?

Fares for the Train from Dinapore to Howrah bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €63.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 189 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Dinapore to Howrah produce?

The Train from Dinapore to Howrah produces about 18.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 556 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Dinapore to Howrah?

Operators on the Train from Dinapore to Howrah publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 39m 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 Dinapore to Howrah on September 23, 2026: 556 km of route against 475 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €63.04, and 5h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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