Kolkata to Chennai train tickets
For many Bengal families this isn't a holiday route — it's the train to treatment. Chennai's hospitals and CMC Vellore see a steady stream of patients from Kolkata, travelling with family, often at short notice, and needing berths together.
- Distance
- about 1,660 km
- Journey
- roughly 26–30 hours
- From
- Howrah (HWH)
- To
- Chennai Central (MAS)
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Who travels Kolkata to Chennai, and when
Medical travel all year — patients and the relatives travelling with them — plus students, IT staff and business travellers. It has no single festival peak so much as constant pressure, which is why late bookings depend so heavily on quota and terminal.
Trains to Chennai leave from three Kolkata terminals — Howrah, Shalimar and Santragachi — each with its own quota, so a full train at one says nothing about the others. For patients we look for berths together in 3A or 2A and, for anyone who can't climb, lower berths wherever the train allows.
Stations on this route
- Boarding in Kolkata
- Howrah (HWH), Shalimar (SHM), Santragachi (SRC)
- Arriving in Chennai
- Chennai Central (MAS)
Booking Kolkata–Chennai without getting caught out
- Going to CMC Vellore? The nearest big station is Katpadi. Some trains towards Bengaluru stop there; otherwise it's Chennai and the road.
- Book the return with the outbound if you know the hospital dates — and tell us if they might move, so we can plan for changes.
- On a journey this long, a confirmed 3A beats an RAC in any class. We'll say so when the numbers don't add up.
Why book Chennai through us rather than an app
We read the quota
An app shows you a number. We tell you whether that number will actually clear on this route.
We work the Tatkal window
Agents at the terminal for 10:00 AC and 11:00 Sleeper, every day — not on request.
Confirmed or refunded
You approve the plan and pay. If we can't confirm you, you get 100% back.
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What our customers say
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Kolkata to Chennai, answered
The appointment is next week. Can you still get a berth?+
Often — through Tatkal, and by checking every terminal and quota. Tatkal opens one day before travel, at 10:00 for AC classes and 11:00 for Sleeper. We'll tell you honestly what the chances are before you pay.
Can you book for a patient and the family travelling with them?+
Yes. Send everyone's names, ages and genders, and tell us who needs a lower berth. We book them together wherever the train allows.