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Trains from Palakkad to Madurai Jn

5 direct trains · 245 km · fastest 4 hr 45 min on the 16731 PALAKKAD JN. - TIRUCHENDUR EXPRESS (UNRESERVED)

Check live seats and faresPalakkad (PGT) to Madurai Jn (MDU)

Trains and seats

  • 16622MAQ RMM EXPRESS
    01:505 hr 55 min07:45

    PGTMDU · 246 km · Mail/Express

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  • 16343AMRITHA EXP
    04:205 hr09:20

    PGTMDU · 245 km · Mail/Express

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  • 16731PALAKKAD JN. - TIRUCHENDUR EXPRESS (UNRESERVED)
    06:104 hr 45 min10:55

    PGTMDU · 245 km · Mail/Express · fastest

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  • 22629LTT TEN EXP
    20:409 hr 15 min05:55+1 arrives the next day

    PGTMDU · 359 km · Superfast

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  • 16707MAJN TEN EXPRESS
    21:456 hr 30 min04:15+1 arrives the next day

    PGTMDU · 247 km · Mail/Express

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RAC is not a confirmed berth and a waitlist number is not a seat. Fares are our estimate from the published tables, confirmed at IRCTC checkout — never a quote.

If the direct trains are full

3 ways to Madurai Jn with one change of train, on the date chosen above.

  • One change at Dindigul JnDG
    04:205 hr 55 min10:15

    1 hr 10 min longer than the fastest direct

    16343AMRITHA EXP04:2008:05Mail/Express
    Almost always holds1 hr 15 min to change at DG

    Almost always holds here. Measured on 2,21,258 paired days.

    16358NCJ AMRITBHARAT09:2010:15Mail/Express

    PGTDG

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    DGMDU

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  • One change at Dindigul JnDG
    06:106 hr12:10

    1 hr 15 min longer than the fastest direct

    16731PALAKKAD JN. - TIRUCHENDUR EXPRESS (UNRESERVED)06:1009:25Mail/Express
    Almost always holds1 hr 30 min to change at DG

    Almost always holds here. Measured on 2,21,258 paired days.

    22671TEJAS EXPRESS10:5512:10Superfast

    16731 often runs late

    PGTDG

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  • One change at Dindigul JnDG
    15:506 hr 5 min21:55

    1 hr 20 min longer than the fastest direct

    22652PGT MAS EXPRESS15:5019:25Composite
    Almost always holds1 hr 35 min to change at DG

    Almost always holds here. Measured on 2,90,602 paired days.

    17069HYB CAPE EXPRESS21:0021:55Mail/Express

    17069 often runs late

    PGTDG

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    DGMDU

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Each leg is a separate ticket on its own PNR, booked separately — and the second one is only worth buying once the first is confirmed.

Which of these arrives on time

The share of days each train has reached Madurai Jn within 15 minutes of its booked time, over the year to September 2026, from our delay history. 4 of 5 trains on this route have enough of a record to rank; the rest we have not tracked enough to say. A booked timetable is a promise — this is what has actually happened.

  1. 16343 AMRITHA EXPMost punctual
    typically 3 min late at Madurai Jn
    94%
  2. typically 4 min late at Madurai Jn
    91%
  3. 36%
  4. typically 21 min late at Madurai Jn
    36%
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Fares

Estimated from the published tables for 245 km. The exact fare is the one IRCTC shows at checkout.

Estimated fares by class for the 245 km between Palakkad and Madurai Jn, priced for a Mail/Express train in General quota.
ClassFareBasis
SL Sleeper190from observed fares
3A AC 3 tier520from observed fares
3E AC 3 economy530from observed fares
2A AC 2 tier777from observed fares
1A AC first class1,281from observed fares

One adult, General quota, for the 245 km of this route, priced as a Mail/Express — the category 4 of the 5 trains above belong to. Which classes a particular train actually carries is not in our timetable, so this is what the distance costs in each class rather than a list of what is on any one train; the seat check below reads the real classes live. Every figure is an estimate confirmed at IRCTC checkout, never a quote, and flexi-fare trains are priced at the floor because occupancy pricing cannot be known before booking.

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