Kochi to Mangaluru train

Trains from Kochi to Mangaluru start at €50.38 and take 5h 37m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kochi to Mangaluru starts at €50.38 and takes 5h 37m door to door, run by 2 operators over 420 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 37mDoor to door
  • 3h 22mMoving
  • €57.54 to €120.79From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 13.9 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.

€57.54 to €120.79 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 €120.79Thu24
  2. about €115.84Fri25
  3. about €110.34Sat26
  4. about €100.44Sun27
  5. about €82.29Mon28
  6. about €85.59Tue29
  7. about €70.19Wed30
  8. about €77.89Thu1
  9. about €69.64Fri2
  10. about €90.54Sat3
  11. about €64.69Sun4
  12. about €70.74Mon5
  13. about €57.54Tue6
  14. about €58.09Wed7

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

Lowest CO2€50.38
  1. Southern Railway SR720207:302h 42m10:12Turavur railway stationKanhangad Railway Station
  2. South Western Railway SW357611:4340m12:23Kanhangad Railway StationMangaluru Junction railway station

Changes at Kanhangad, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 37mCO2 13.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Southern Railway
  • South Western Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Mangaluru for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Mangaluru 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 Kochi to Mangaluru

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

  1. €52.5990 days
  2. €44.3460 days
  3. €47.9345 days
  4. €45.4430 days
  5. €47.3421 days
  6. €47.3414 days
  7. €61.507 days
  8. €87.463 days
  9. €102.801 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is €102.80, 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. €60.91Sun
  2. €58.55Mon
  3. €49.11Tue
  4. €47.34Wed
  5. €77.43Thu
  6. €65.04Fri
  7. €72.12Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kochi

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

Mangaluru

Rail
  • Mangaluru Junction railway station
  • Mangalore Central
  • Mulki 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 420 km against 365 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kannur, Kanhangad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Kochi at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure 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

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
Flight5h 4m1h 50m3h 14m€46.1655.0 kg1
Train5h 37m3h 22m2h 15m€50.3813.9 kg1

Questions about Kochi to Mangaluru

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 Mangaluru take?

The Train from Kochi to Mangaluru takes 5h 37m door to door, of which 3h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 420 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 Mangaluru cost?

The Train from Kochi to Mangaluru starts at €50.38 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €50.38. 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 Mangaluru?

2 operators run the Train from Kochi to Mangaluru: Southern Railway, South Western Railway. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Mangaluru use?

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

Is the Train the best way from Kochi to Mangaluru?

Traveling from Kochi to Mangaluru by Flight costs €46.16 and takes 5h 4m door to door, against 5h 37m 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 Mangaluru?

Fares for the Train from Kochi to Mangaluru bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 132 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Kochi to Mangaluru produces about 13.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 420 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 Mangaluru?

Operators on the Train from Kochi to Mangaluru publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 37m 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 Kochi to Mangaluru on September 23, 2026: 420 km of route against 365 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €50.38, and 5h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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