Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €56.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 29m over 549 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €56.44, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€56.44
- 184%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cherepovets
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:43First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €135.09Mon21
- about €114.74Tue22
- about €118.04Wed23
- about €118.04Thu24
- about €109.79Fri25
- about €110.34Sat26
- about €122.44Sun27
- about €88.34Mon28
- about €88.89Tue29
- about €76.79Wed30
- about €103.74Thu1
- about €83.94Fri2
- about €83.94Sat3
- about €80.09Sun4
- about €68.54Mon5
- about €56.44Tue6
- about €61.39Wed7
- about €99.34Thu8
- about €74.04Fri9
- about €79.54Sat10
- about €91.64Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Nizhny Novgorod. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Nizhny Novgorod for the night the train gets in
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When to book Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.1490 days
- €76.2460 days
- €56.4445 days
- €47.6430 days
- €91.6421 days
- €80.0914 days
- €122.447 days
- €118.043 days
- €135.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €47.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €135.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
549 km
478 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
315,738 → 1,259,013
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 549 km against 478 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Ivanovo, Kostroma. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Nizhny Novgorod is large, and the road in from GOJ can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Nizhny Novgorod
Settled in advance, so the ride into Nizhny Novgorod costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near 435 km
Most of the points near 435 km open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 it take to get from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
The fastest journey from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod takes 4h 29m door to door, of which 3h 52m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 46m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
The cheapest fare from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod is €56.44, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €91.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
The cheapest way from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod is by train, at €56.44 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
Fares from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €47.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod, at €76.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod, at €52.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
АО «ФПК» publish service areas covering both Cherepovets and Nizhny Novgorod, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
20 percent of the services we sell from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod are direct. The rest connect at Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Ivanovo, Kostroma, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod use?
Services from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod by train leave from Cherepovets railroad station and arrive at 435 km. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cherepovets to Nizhny Novgorod on 20 September 2026: 549 km of route against 478 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €56.44, and 4h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Nizhny Novgorod a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Nizhny Novgorod and across Russia
Day trips that leave Nizhny Novgorod in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cherepovets reaches 62 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 113 to 1,160 km. Nizhny Novgorod reaches 85 places in 8 countries, from 51 to 3,593 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cherepovets
- 62Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Nizhny Novgorod
Leaving Nizhny Novgorod
- 85Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 16Operators