Ranchi to Begusarai train

Trains from Ranchi to Begusarai start at €38.29 and take 4h 13m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ranchi to Begusarai starts at €38.29 and takes 4h 13m door to door, run by 3 operators over 342 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 13mDoor to door
  • 2h 35mMoving
  • €45.99 to €104.84From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 11.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€45.99 to €104.84 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 €104.84Thu24
  2. about €97.14Fri25
  3. about €82.84Sat26
  4. about €81.19Sun27
  5. about €65.24Mon28
  6. about €58.64Tue29
  7. about €52.59Wed30
  8. about €60.29Thu1
  9. about €56.44Fri2
  10. about €65.79Sat3
  11. about €66.34Sun4
  12. about €52.04Mon5
  13. about €50.94Tue6
  14. about €45.99Wed7

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 12, 2026

Cheapest€38.29
  1. Indian Railway IR898407:301h 28m08:58Ranchi Junction railway stationGaya Junction railway station
  2. ECR EC709409:521h 7m10:59Gaya Junction railway stationBegusarai railway station

Changes at Gaya, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 13mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • Indian Railway
  • ECR
  • East Coast Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Begusarai for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ranchi to Begusarai

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

  1. €40.4990 days
  2. €41.0460 days
  3. €41.0445 days
  4. €44.3430 days
  5. €45.9921 days
  6. €45.9914 days
  7. €52.597 days
  8. €82.843 days
  9. €104.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €40.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €104.84, 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. €66.34Sun
  2. €52.04Mon
  3. €50.94Tue
  4. €45.99Wed
  5. €60.29Thu
  6. €56.44Fri
  7. €65.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ranchi

Rail
  • Ranchi Junction railway station
  • Itky railway station
  • Hatia railway station

Begusarai

Rail
  • Begusarai railway station
  • Hathidah Junction
  • Lakho 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 342 km against 245 km in a straight line, a detour of 42 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Gaya, Dhanbad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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 Ranchi 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 Ranchi to Begusarai

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 Ranchi to Begusarai take?

The Train from Ranchi to Begusarai takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 2h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 342 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 Ranchi to Begusarai cost?

The Train from Ranchi to Begusarai starts at €38.29 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €40.22. 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 Ranchi to Begusarai?

3 operators run the Train from Ranchi to Begusarai: Indian Railway, ECR, East Coast 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 Ranchi to Begusarai use?

The Train from Ranchi to Begusarai leaves from Ranchi Junction railway station and arrives at Begusarai 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 Ranchi to Begusarai?

Fares for the Train from Ranchi to Begusarai bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €40.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ranchi to Begusarai produce?

The Train from Ranchi to Begusarai produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 342 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Ranchi to Begusarai?

Operators on the Train from Ranchi to Begusarai publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 13m 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 Ranchi to Begusarai on September 23, 2026: 342 km of route against 245 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 4h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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