Cheapest€16.29
- Southern Railway SR478806:171h 6m07:23Ketti railway stationThrissur railway station
Door to door 1h 50mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ootacamund to Thrissur train
Trains from Ootacamund to Thrissur start at €17.94 and take 1h 46m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ootacamund to Thrissur starts at €17.94 and takes 1h 46m door to door, run by 2 operators over 129 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 1h 46mDoor to door
- 1h 2mMoving
- €17.94From
- 4.3 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.
Fastest€20.69
- South Western Railway SW418406:141h 2m07:16Ketti railway stationThrissur railway station
Door to door 1h 46mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 South Western Railway | 1h 42m |
 Southern Railway | 1h 41m |
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When to book Ootacamund to Thrissur
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €13.5445 days
- €16.2930 days
- €17.9421 days
- €17.9414 days
- €23.997 days
- €28.393 days
- €33.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €33.34, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.94Sun
- €21.24Mon
- €20.14Tue
- €19.04Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €26.19Fri
- €24.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ooty
Rail
- Ketti railway station
- Lovedale railway station
- Aravankadu railway station
Thrissur
Rail
- Thrissur railway station
- Ollur railway station
- Nellayi 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 129 km against 113 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Coimbatore, Palakkad, Malappuram, Ponnāni. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ootacamund at 06:14 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ootacamund to Thrissur
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 Ootacamund to Thrissur take?
The Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 129 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 Ootacamund to Thrissur cost?
The Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur starts at €17.94 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €23.43. 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 Ootacamund to Thrissur?
2 operators run the Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur: South Western Railway, Southern Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 Ootacamund to Thrissur use?
The Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur leaves from Ketti railway station and arrives at Thrissur 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 Ootacamund to Thrissur?
Fares for the Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur produce?
The Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 129 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 Ootacamund to Thrissur?
Operators on the Train from Ootacamund to Thrissur publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Ootacamund to Thrissur on September 13, 2026: 129 km of route against 113 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 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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