Mysuru to Madurai train

Trains from Mysuru to Madurai start at €43.24 and take 4h 32m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Mysuru to Madurai starts at €43.24 and takes 4h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 372 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

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

  • 4h 32mDoor to door
  • 2h 53mMoving
  • €51.49 to €123.54From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 12.1 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.

€51.49 to €123.54 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 €123.54Thu24
  2. about €101.54Fri25
  3. about €77.89Sat26
  4. about €71.84Sun27
  5. about €82.29Mon28
  6. about €64.69Tue29
  7. about €51.49Wed30
  8. about €59.18Thu1
  9. about €58.09Fri2
  10. about €60.84Sat3
  11. about €61.94Sun4
  12. about €58.64Mon5
  13. about €54.79Tue6
  14. about €52.04Wed7

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

Cheapest€43.24
  1. South Western Railway SW963007:301h 25m08:55Belagula railway stationErode Junction railway station
  2. Southern Railway SR819009:501h 28m11:18Erode Junction railway stationMadurai East railway station

Changes at Erode, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 32mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • South Western Railway
  • Southern Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Madurai for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Madurai East 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 Mysuru to Madurai

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

  1. €44.3490 days
  2. €47.6460 days
  3. €48.1945 days
  4. €51.4930 days
  5. €44.3421 days
  6. €52.0414 days
  7. €51.497 days
  8. €77.893 days
  9. €123.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €123.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €61.94Sun
  2. €58.64Mon
  3. €54.79Tue
  4. €51.49Wed
  5. €61.38Thu
  6. €62.49Fri
  7. €60.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Mysuru

Rail
  • Belagula railway station
  • Kadakola railway station
  • Ashokapuram railway station

Madurai

Rail
  • Madurai East railway station
  • Madurai Junction railway station
  • Silsiman 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 372 km against 310 km in a straight line, a detour of 18 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Erode, Dindigul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 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 Mysuru 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 Mysuru to Madurai

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 Mysuru to Madurai take?

The Train from Mysuru to Madurai takes 4h 32m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 372 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 Mysuru to Madurai cost?

The Train from Mysuru to Madurai starts at €43.24 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €43.79. 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 Mysuru to Madurai?

2 operators run the Train from Mysuru to Madurai: South Western Railway, Southern 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 Mysuru to Madurai use?

The Train from Mysuru to Madurai leaves from Belagula railway station and arrives at Madurai East 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 Mysuru to Madurai?

Fares for the Train from Mysuru to Madurai bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Mysuru to Madurai produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 372 km, which works out at roughly 32 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 Mysuru to Madurai?

Operators on the Train from Mysuru to Madurai publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 32m 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 Mysuru to Madurai on September 23, 2026: 372 km of route against 310 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 4h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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