Trains from Gaya to Chennai start at €110.89 and take 6h 50m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Gaya to Chennai starts at €110.89 and takes 6h 50m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,615 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
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.
€142.79 to €325.94 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.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
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Indian Railway IR792607:301h 33m09:03Gaya Junction railway stationRanchi Junction railway station
IndiGo Airlines IG322310:162h 10m12:26Birsa Munda Airport IXRChennai International Airport MAAChanges at Ranchi, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 53mCO2 276.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
ECR EC742507:3042m08:12Gaya Junction railway stationPatna Ghat railway stationIndiGo Airlines IG355709:562h 27m12:23Jay Prakash Narayan Airport PATChennai International Airport MAAChanges at Patna, with 104 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 50mCO2 321.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
| IndiGo Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
| ECR | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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.
The Train from Gaya to Chennai takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 1,615 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.
The Train from Gaya to Chennai starts at €110.89 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €114.19. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
3 operators run the Train from Gaya to Chennai: Indian Railway, IndiGo Airlines, ECR. 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.
The Train from Gaya to Chennai leaves from Gaya Junction railway station and arrives at Chennai International Airport MAA. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Fares for the Train from Gaya to Chennai bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €115.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Gaya to Chennai produces about 299.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1615 km, which works out at roughly 185 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Train from Gaya to Chennai publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
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6h 50m
3h 9m
€142.79 to €325.94
07:30 to 07:30
2
299.3 kg
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