Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf train

Trains from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf start at €55.88 and take 5h 8m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf starts at €55.88 and takes 5h 8m door to door, run by 3 operators over 485 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 8mDoor to door
  • 3h 35mMoving
  • €69.64 to €154.89From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 16.3 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.

€69.64 to €154.89 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 €154.89Wed23
  2. about €141.14Thu24
  3. about €136.74Fri25
  4. about €107.04Sat26
  5. about €113.64Sun27
  6. about €79.54Mon28
  7. about €81.74Tue29
  8. about €76.24Wed30
  9. about €83.94Thu1
  10. about €78.99Fri2
  11. about €93.84Sat3
  12. about €94.39Sun4
  13. about €69.64Mon5
  14. about €74.04Tue6

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€55.88
  1. Indian Railway IR271907:303h 14m10:44Kolkata railway stationGaya Junction railway station
  2. ECR EC173111:4137m12:18Gaya Junction railway stationBihar Sharif Junction railway station

Changes at Gaya, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 32mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€57.54
  1. Eastern Railway ER125107:301h 59m09:29Kolkata railway stationDhanbad Junction railway station
  2. ECR EC371110:181h 36m11:54Dhanbad Junction railway stationBihar Sharif Junction railway station

Changes at Dhanbad, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 8mCO2 16.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Eastern Railway
  • ECR
  • Indian Railway

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

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Booking window

When to book Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf

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

  1. €60.2990 days
  2. €56.4360 days
  3. €54.7945 days
  4. €58.6430 days
  5. €60.8421 days
  6. €74.0414 days
  7. €81.747 days
  8. €136.743 days
  9. €154.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €54.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €154.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €94.39Sun
  2. €69.64Mon
  3. €74.04Tue
  4. €76.24Wed
  5. €83.94Thu
  6. €78.99Fri
  7. €93.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kolkata

Rail
  • Kolkata railway station
  • Sagnik Pramanik
  • Kona 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 485 km against 412 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at 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 Kolkata 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 Kolkata 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf take?

The Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf takes 5h 8m door to door, of which 3h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 485 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf cost?

The Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf starts at €55.88 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €56.71. 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf?

3 operators run the Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf: Eastern Railway, ECR, Indian 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf use?

The Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf leaves from Kolkata 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf?

Fares for the Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €54.79. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf produces about 16.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 485 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf?

Operators on the Train from Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 8m 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 Kolkata to Bihār Sharīf on September 22, 2026: 485 km of route against 412 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €55.88, and 5h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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