Fastest€46.54
- Eastern Railway ER980516:503h 2m19:52Lucknow City railway stationPatna Ghat railway station
Door to door 3h 46mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lucknow to Patna train
Trains from Lucknow to Patna start at €55.89 and take 3h 46m at their fastest.
The Trains from Lucknow to Patna starts at €55.89 and takes 3h 46m door to door, run by 5 operators over 442 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 46mDoor to door
- 3h 2mMoving
- €55.89From
- 14.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 East Coast Railway | €47.64 | 3h 45m |
 Eastern Railway | €46.54 | 3h 45m |
 IR | €50.94 | 3h 46m |
 Northern Railway | €49.29 | 3h 45m |
 South Eastern Railway | €52.59 | 3h 46m |
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When to book Lucknow to Patna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €54.4290 days
- €35.5460 days
- €38.2945 days
- €44.3430 days
- €54.2421 days
- €68.5814 days
- €88.347 days
- €86.693 days
- €105.161 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €105.16, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €65.04Sun
- €57.96Mon
- €55.89Tue
- €60.29Wed
- €67.40Thu
- €68.58Fri
- €70.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lucknow
Rail
- Lucknow City railway station
- Lucknow Alambagh railway station
- Lucknow Charbagh railway station
Patna
Rail
- Patna Ghat railway station
- Patna Sahib railway station
- Patna Junction railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 81% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 19% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 442 km against 442 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Chāpra, Mau, Fyzābād, Siwān. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Lucknow at 06:16 and the last at 17:28, across 19 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 46m | 3h 2m | 44m | €55.89 | 14.6 kg | 19 |
| Flight | 4h 10m | 1h | 3h 10m | €57.96 | 112.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Lucknow to Patna
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 Lucknow to Patna take?
The Train from Lucknow to Patna takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 442 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 Lucknow to Patna cost?
The Train from Lucknow to Patna starts at €55.89 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €59.19. 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 Lucknow to Patna?
5 operators run the Train from Lucknow to Patna: East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, IR, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 19 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 Lucknow to Patna use?
The Train from Lucknow to Patna leaves from Lucknow City railway station and arrives at Patna Ghat 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 Lucknow to Patna?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Lucknow to Patna, at €55.89 and 3h 46m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Lucknow to Patna?
Fares for the Train from Lucknow to Patna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lucknow to Patna produce?
The Train from Lucknow to Patna produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 442 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 Lucknow to Patna?
Operators on the Train from Lucknow to Patna publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 46m 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 Lucknow to Patna on September 11, 2026: 442 km of route against 442 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €55.89, and 3h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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