Travel to Gaya

Every way to reach Gaya: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Gaya is reachable from 31 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 5 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin is 46 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Gaya

Every mode that actually calls at Gaya, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train56€11.881h 11m423 km2
Flight7€32.003h 51m2,035 km3
  • 31Places you can arrive from
  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Gaya is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Gaya Junction railway station

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3454%Jahānābād, 46 km
200 to 600 km2540%Bhāgalpur, 204 km
600 to 1,500 km35%Delhi, 883 km
Over 1,500 km12%Bangkok, 2035 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Gaya that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
India6197%
Myanmar (Burma)12%
Thailand12%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Gaya

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

Gaya

Rail
  • Gaya Junction railway station
  • Kastha railway station
  • Paimar railway station
Bus
  • Rickshaw Station to Bodhgaya
  • Rickshaw Station
Air
  • GAY

GAY is not in Gaya, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from GAY into Gaya

Settled in advance, so the ride into Gaya costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Gaya

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Gaya, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Bihār Sharīf to Gaya train€11.881h 22m69 km
Jahānābād to Gaya train€11.881h 11m46 km
Patna to Gaya train€14.091h 32m90 km
Dinapur Nizamat to Gaya train€14.641h 34m94 km
Dinapore to Gaya train€14.641h 34m94 km
Hazaribagh to Gaya train€15.191h 40m97 km
Begusarai to Gaya train€20.141h 51m133 km
Giridih to Gaya train€22.342h 8m148 km
Phusro to Gaya train€22.892h 5m154 km
Munger to Gaya train€23.992h 8m161 km
Dhanbad to Gaya train€26.742h 15m182 km
Ranchi to Gaya train€31.142h 6m165 km
Varanasi to Gaya flight€32.003h 51m209 km
Bokaro to Gaya train€32.242h 18m171 km
Varanasi to Gaya train€36.642h 15m209 km
Bhagalpur to Gaya train€38.292h 26m204 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Gaya Junction railway station

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Gaya

Common questions about Travel to Gaya

How can I get to Gaya?

Gaya is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 31 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 5 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Gaya?

The cheapest way into Gaya is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 31 origins we sell into Gaya over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Gaya?

The fastest journey into Gaya is by Train, at 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 46 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Gaya have?

Gaya has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Gaya Junction railway station, Kastha railway station, Paimar railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Gaya from within 200 km?

34 of the routes we sell into Gaya start within 200 km. The nearest is Jahānābād, 46 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Gaya in India?

Gaya connects to 31 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 2,035 km away in a straight line. India routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in India

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Gaya and elsewhere in India. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Gaya before you go

Day trips that leave Gaya in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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