Madurai to Agra train

Trains from Madurai to Agra start at €151.04 and take 8h 18m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Madurai to Agra starts at €151.04 and takes 8h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,972 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 18mDoor to door
  • 5h 24mMoving
  • €199.99 to €441.99From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 351.6 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.

€199.99 to €441.99 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 €441.99Thu24
  2. about €422.19Fri25
  3. about €367.74Sat26
  4. about €291.84Sun27
  5. about €319.89Mon28
  6. about €269.29Tue29
  7. about €256.64Wed30
  8. about €315.49Thu1
  9. about €278.64Fri2
  10. about €314.39Sat3
  11. about €206.59Sun4
  12. about €206.04Mon5
  13. about €216.49Tue6
  14. about €199.99Wed7

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€151.04
  1. Southern Railway SR533607:302h 36m10:06Madurai East railway stationBengaluru East railway station
  2. IndiGo Airlines IG850911:032h 48m13:51Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru BLRAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station AGR

Changes at Bengaluru, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 18mCO2 351.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Southern Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
IndiGo Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Southern Railway
  • IndiGo Airlines

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

A hotel room

A room in Agra for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Agra City 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 Madurai to Agra

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

  1. €203.8490 days
  2. €178.5460 days
  3. €160.3945 days
  4. €180.1930 days
  5. €186.2421 days
  6. €197.7914 days
  7. €247.357 days
  8. €367.743 days
  9. €441.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €160.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 176 percent. The most expensive point is €441.99, 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. €206.59Sun
  2. €206.04Mon
  3. €216.49Tue
  4. €197.79Wed
  5. €315.49Thu
  6. €272.13Fri
  7. €314.02Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Madurai

Rail
  • Madurai East railway station
  • Madurai Junction railway station
  • Silsiman railway station

Agra

Rail
  • Agra City railway station
  • Agra Fort railway station
  • Agra Cantt 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 1,972 km against 1,920 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bengaluru, Hyderabad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Madurai 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
Flight7h 59m3h 31m4h 28m€148.82413.6 kg1
Train8h 18m5h 24m2h 54m€151.04351.6 kg1

Questions about Madurai to Agra

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 Madurai to Agra take?

The Train from Madurai to Agra takes 8h 18m door to door, of which 5h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 1,972 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 Madurai to Agra cost?

The Train from Madurai to Agra starts at €151.04 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €151.04. 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 Madurai to Agra?

2 operators run the Train from Madurai to Agra: Southern Railway, IndiGo Airlines. 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 Madurai to Agra use?

The Train from Madurai to Agra leaves from Madurai East railway station and arrives at Agra Airport / Agra Air Force Station AGR. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Madurai to Agra?

Traveling from Madurai to Agra by Flight costs €148.82 and takes 7h 59m door to door, against 8h 18m 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 Madurai to Agra?

Fares for the Train from Madurai to Agra bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €160.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 176 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Madurai to Agra produce?

The Train from Madurai to Agra produces about 351.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1972 km, which works out at roughly 178 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 Madurai to Agra?

Operators on the Train from Madurai to Agra publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 18m 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 Madurai to Agra on September 23, 2026: 1972 km of route against 1920 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €151.04, and 8h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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