Peshawar to Rawalpindi train

Trains from Peshawar to Rawalpindi start at €25.64 and take 1h 55m at their fastest.

PeshawarPeshawarRawalpindiRawalpindi

The Trains from Peshawar to Rawalpindi starts at €25.64 and takes 1h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 143 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 55mDoor to door
  • 1h 11mMoving
  • €25.64From
  • 4.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 3, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€20.14
  1. Pakistan Railways PR143806:111h 11m07:22Peshawar City railway stationRawalpindi Railway Station

Door to door 1h 55mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Pakistan Railways€20.141h 48m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The trip ends at Rawalpindi Railway Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Rawalpindi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Peshawar to Rawalpindi

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

  1. €26.1990 days
  2. €16.8460 days
  3. €16.2945 days
  4. €18.4930 days
  5. €20.1421 days
  6. €31.4114 days
  7. €32.007 days
  8. €38.493 days
  9. €47.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €47.34, 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.
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. €30.59Sun
  2. €25.64Mon
  3. €25.64Tue
  4. €26.19Wed
  5. €26.74Thu
  6. €31.41Fri
  7. €31.41Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Peshawar

Rail
  • Peshawar City railway station
  • Peshawar Cantonment railway station
  • Pabbi

Rawalpindi

Rail
  • Rawalpindi Railway Station
  • Nur (Rawalpindi) railway station
  • Nur railway station
The journey

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
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 143 km against 143 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bannu, Chitral, Sargodha. 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 Peshawar at 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. 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

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Train1h 55m1h 11m44m€25.644.7 kg3
Flight3h 47m37m3h 10m€31.4136.4 kg2

Questions about Peshawar to Rawalpindi

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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi take?

The Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 143 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi cost?

The Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi starts at €25.64 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €61.94. 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi?

1 operators run the Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi: Pakistan Railways. Between them they file around 3 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi use?

The Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi leaves from Peshawar City railway station and arrives at Rawalpindi 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi?

The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Peshawar to Rawalpindi, at €25.64 and 1h 55m 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi?

Fares for the Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi produce?

The Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi produces about 4.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 143 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi?

Operators on the Train from Peshawar to Rawalpindi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 55m 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 Peshawar to Rawalpindi on September 12, 2026: 143 km of route against 143 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 1h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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