Kannur to Payyanur train

Trains from Kannur to Payyanur start at €21.78 and take 3h 33m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kannur to Payyanur starts at €21.78 and takes 3h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 151 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

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

  • 3h 33mDoor to door
  • 1h 16mMoving
  • €24.53 to €52.04From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 6.4 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.

€24.53 to €52.04 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 €52.04Thu24
  2. about €42.14Fri25
  3. about €34.44Sat26
  4. about €33.89Sun27
  5. about €36.09Mon28
  6. about €28.94Tue29
  7. about €25.64Wed30
  8. about €28.39Thu1
  9. about €27.84Fri2
  10. about €28.39Sat3
  11. about €26.74Sun4
  12. about €27.83Mon5
  13. about €26.73Tue6
  14. about €24.53Wed7

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€21.78
  1. South Western Railway SW467507:3043m08:13Kannur Railway StationKasaragod Railway Station
  2. South Western Railway SW702009:4633m10:19Kasaragod Railway StationPayyanur railway station

Changes at Kāsaragod, with 93 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 33mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
South Western RailwayNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Payyanur for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Payyanur 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 Kannur to Payyanur

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

  1. €22.3390 days
  2. €23.9860 days
  3. €25.0845 days
  4. €25.0830 days
  5. €22.8821 days
  6. €24.5314 days
  7. €25.647 days
  8. €34.443 days
  9. €52.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €22.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €52.04, 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. €26.74Sun
  2. €27.83Mon
  3. €26.73Tue
  4. €24.53Wed
  5. €28.39Thu
  6. €27.84Fri
  7. €28.39Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kannur

Rail
  • Kannur Railway Station
  • Kannur South railway station

Payyanur

Rail
  • Payyanur railway station
  • Chandera railway station
  • Ezhimala 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 151 km against 30 km in a straight line, a detour of 547 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ullal, Kāsaragod. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kannur 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 Kannur to Payyanur

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 Kannur to Payyanur take?

The Train from Kannur to Payyanur takes 3h 33m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 151 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 Kannur to Payyanur cost?

The Train from Kannur to Payyanur starts at €21.78 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €24.54. 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 Kannur to Payyanur?

1 operators run the Train from Kannur to Payyanur: South Western 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 Kannur to Payyanur use?

The Train from Kannur to Payyanur leaves from Kannur Railway Station and arrives at Payyanur 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 Kannur to Payyanur?

Fares for the Train from Kannur to Payyanur bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €22.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kannur to Payyanur produce?

The Train from Kannur to Payyanur produces about 6.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 151 km, which works out at roughly 42 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 Kannur to Payyanur?

Operators on the Train from Kannur to Payyanur publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 33m 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 Kannur to Payyanur on September 23, 2026: 151 km of route against 30 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.78, and 3h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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