Kochi to Bengaluru train

Trains from Kochi to Bengaluru start at €46.54 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.

KochiKochiBengaluruBengaluru

The Trains from Kochi to Bengaluru starts at €46.54 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 367 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 16mDoor to door
  • 2h 32mMoving
  • €46.54From
  • 12.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€46.54
  1. South Western Railway SW648607:472h 32m10:19Turavur railway stationBengaluru East railway station

Door to door 3h 16mCO2 12.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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 Railway€39.393h 16m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway

The train gets you into Bengaluru. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Bengaluru

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Kochi to Bengaluru

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

  1. €43.2190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €32.0030 days
  5. €43.2121 days
  6. €52.6514 days
  7. €63.867 days
  8. €62.093 days
  9. €81.561 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €81.56, 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. €50.29Sun
  2. €44.39Mon
  3. €43.21Tue
  4. €45.57Wed
  5. €56.19Thu
  6. €51.47Fri
  7. €52.65Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kochi

Rail
  • Turavur railway station
  • Kumbalam railway station
  • Aroor Halt railway station

Bengaluru

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

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 367 km against 367 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kochi at 06:14 and the last at 21:28, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 16m2h 32m44m€46.5412.1 kg12
Flight4h 3m53m3h 10m€43.2193.0 kg56

Questions about Kochi to Bengaluru

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 Kochi to Bengaluru take?

The Train from Kochi to Bengaluru takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 367 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 Kochi to Bengaluru cost?

The Train from Kochi to Bengaluru starts at €46.54 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €45.17. 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 Kochi to Bengaluru?

1 operators run the Train from Kochi to Bengaluru: South Western Railway. Between them they file around 12 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 Kochi to Bengaluru use?

The Train from Kochi to Bengaluru leaves from Turavur railway station and arrives at Bengaluru East 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.

Is the Train the best way from Kochi to Bengaluru?

Traveling from Kochi to Bengaluru by Flight costs €43.21 and takes 4h 3m door to door, against 3h 16m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Kochi to Bengaluru?

Fares for the Train from Kochi to Bengaluru bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Kochi to Bengaluru produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 367 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 Kochi to Bengaluru?

Operators on the Train from Kochi to Bengaluru publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kochi to Bengaluru on September 12, 2026: 367 km of route against 367 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €46.54, and 3h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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