Howrah to Bihār Sharīf train

Trains from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf start at €52.04 and take 5h 21m at their fastest.

IndiaBangladeshChittagongChittagongKanpurKanpurLucknowLucknowNagpurNagpurPatnaPatnaKhulnaKhulnaJamshedpurJamshedpurDhanbadDhanbadVaranasiVaranasiRanchiRanchiJabalpurJabalpurPrayagrajPrayagrajRaipurRaipurGuwahatiGuwahatiRajshahiRajshahiGorakhpurGorakhpurHowrahHowrahBihār SharīfBihār SharīfMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

The Trains from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf starts at €52.04 and takes 5h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 479 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 21mDoor to door
  • 3h 38mMoving
  • €64.69 to €145.54From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 17.3 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.

€64.69 to €145.54 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 €145.54Thu24
  2. about €135.09Fri25
  3. about €111.99Sat26
  4. about €121.34Sun27
  5. about €90.54Mon28
  6. about €80.64Tue29
  7. about €72.94Wed30
  8. about €83.39Thu1
  9. about €77.89Fri2
  10. about €91.64Sat3
  11. about €92.19Sun4
  12. about €71.84Mon5
  13. about €72.94Tue6
  14. about €64.69Wed7

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€52.04
  1. Indian Railway IR252607:302h 2m09:32Begampur railway stationDhanbad Junction railway station
  2. ECR EC371110:311h 36m12:07Dhanbad Junction railway stationBihar Sharif Junction railway station

Changes at Dhanbad, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 21mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Indian Railway
  • ECR

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

A hotel room

A room in Bihār Sharīf for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Bihar Sharif 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf

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

  1. €56.9990 days
  2. €56.4460 days
  3. €56.4445 days
  4. €61.3930 days
  5. €63.0421 days
  6. €64.6914 days
  7. €72.947 days
  8. €111.993 days
  9. €145.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €145.54, 1 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. €92.19Sun
  2. €71.84Mon
  3. €72.94Tue
  4. €64.69Wed
  5. €83.39Thu
  6. €77.89Fri
  7. €91.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Howrah

Rail
  • Begampur railway station
  • Dakhinbari railway station
  • Janai Road railway station

Bihār Sharīf

Rail
  • Bihar Sharif Junction railway station
  • Wena railway station
  • Chandi 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 479 km against 407 km in a straight line, a detour of 29 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Patna, Dhanbad, Gaya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Howrah at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Howrah to Bihār Sharīf

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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf take?

The Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf takes 5h 21m door to door, of which 3h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 479 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf cost?

The Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf starts at €52.04 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €60.28. 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf?

2 operators run the Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf: Indian Railway, ECR. Between them they file around 3 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf use?

The Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf leaves from Begampur railway station and arrives at Bihar Sharif Junction 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf?

Fares for the Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 158 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf produce?

The Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf produces about 17.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 479 km, which works out at roughly 36 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf?

Operators on the Train from Howrah to Bihār Sharīf publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 21m 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 Howrah to Bihār Sharīf on September 23, 2026: 479 km of route against 407 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €52.04, and 5h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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