Kota to Meerut train

Trains from Kota to Meerut start at €56.98 and take 5h 53m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kota to Meerut starts at €56.98 and takes 5h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 539 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 53mDoor to door
  • 3h 54mMoving
  • €72.93 to €196.69From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 17.8 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.

€72.93 to €196.69 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 €196.69Thu24
  2. about €160.39Fri25
  3. about €112.54Sat26
  4. about €120.79Sun27
  5. about €87.79Mon28
  6. about €98.79Tue29
  7. about €88.89Wed30
  8. about €120.24Thu1
  9. about €94.94Fri2
  10. about €108.69Sat3
  11. about €99.34Sun4
  12. about €89.43Mon5
  13. about €72.94Tue6
  14. about €72.93Wed7

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€56.98
  1. Western Railway WR873907:303h 31m11:01Kota Junction railway stationNew Delhi station
  2. Northern Railway NR923012:3339m13:12New Delhi stationMeerut Cantt railway station

Changes at New Delhi, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 26mCO2 17.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Western Railway
  • Northern Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Meerut for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Meerut Cantt 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 Kota to Meerut

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

  1. €70.7390 days
  2. €64.1360 days
  3. €58.0845 days
  4. €62.4830 days
  5. €70.1821 days
  6. €72.9314 days
  7. €88.897 days
  8. €112.543 days
  9. €196.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €58.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €196.69, 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. €99.34Sun
  2. €87.79Mon
  3. €74.03Tue
  4. €72.93Wed
  5. €120.24Thu
  6. €94.94Fri
  7. €108.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kota

Rail
  • Kota Junction railway station
  • Kota Jn South C railway station
  • Kccn railway station

Meerut

Rail
  • Meerut Cantt railway station
  • Meerut City Junction railway station
  • Daurala 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 539 km against 461 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Delhi, New Delhi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Kota 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 Kota to Meerut

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 Kota to Meerut take?

The Train from Kota to Meerut takes 5h 53m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 539 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 Kota to Meerut cost?

The Train from Kota to Meerut starts at €56.98 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €56.98. 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 Kota to Meerut?

2 operators run the Train from Kota to Meerut: Western Railway, Northern 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 Kota to Meerut use?

The Train from Kota to Meerut leaves from Kota Junction railway station and arrives at Meerut Cantt 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 Kota to Meerut?

Fares for the Train from Kota to Meerut bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €58.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kota to Meerut produce?

The Train from Kota to Meerut produces about 17.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 539 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 Kota to Meerut?

Operators on the Train from Kota to Meerut publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 53m 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 Kota to Meerut on September 23, 2026: 539 km of route against 461 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €56.98, and 5h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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