Cluj-Napoca to Craiova runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €15.58 and €41.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 55m over 314 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.58 to €41.59
- 194%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cluj-Napoca
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:48First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
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 €44.18Wed16
- about €39.78Thu17
- about €45.83Fri18
- about €32.08Sat19
- about €35.93Sun20
- about €22.73Mon21
- about €27.13Tue22
- about €24.38Wed23
- about €24.38Thu24
- about €27.68Fri25
- about €30.98Sat26
- about €27.13Sun27
- about €18.88Mon28
- about €19.43Tue29
- about €17.23Wed30
- about €19.43Thu1
- about €18.33Fri2
- about €19.98Sat3
- about €18.88Sun4
- about €18.33Mon5
- about €15.58Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Craiova. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Craiova for the night the train gets in
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When to book Cluj-Napoca to Craiova
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €27.137 days
- €45.833 days
- €44.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €45.83, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cluj-Napoca to Craiova 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
314 km
273 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
286,598 → 234,140
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 314 km against 273 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 Sibiu, Târgu Mureş, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Târgu Jiu. 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.
The fare from CRA into Craiova is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Craiova
Settled in advance, so the ride into Craiova 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 Craiova railway station
Most of the points near Craiova railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Cluj-Napoca to Craiova
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 Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
The fastest journey from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova takes 2h 55m door to door, of which 2h 19m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 8m, 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 Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
The cheapest fare from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova is €15.58, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.49. 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 Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
The cheapest way from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova is by coach, at €18.88 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 55m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
The fastest way from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova is by train, at 3h 3m door to door. Only 2h 19m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €41.59.
When should I book Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
Fares from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €15.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova, at €18.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova, at €15.03 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 Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
2 operators sell services from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova across 2 modes: CFR Călători, FlixBus. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
33 percent of the services we sell from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova are direct. The rest connect at Sibiu, Târgu Mureş, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Târgu Jiu, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova produce?
Travelling from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova by coach produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 10.4 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova use?
Services from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova by train leave from Cluj Napoca and arrive at Craiova railway station. 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 Cluj-Napoca to Craiova?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Cluj-Napoca to Craiova 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cluj-Napoca to Craiova on 15 September 2026: 314 km of route against 273 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 2h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Craiova is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Cluj-Napoca reaches 101 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 64 to 2,796 km. Craiova reaches 60 places in 19 countries, from 47 to 2,289 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cluj-Napoca
- 101Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in Craiova
Leaving Craiova
- 60Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 10Operators