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Constanța to Chisinau

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Constanța to Chisinau. From £35.63, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £35.63, every fee included. Services cover 471 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 26 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £35.63, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 26 October 2026

£35.63

  • 203%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £93.59Wed7
  2. about £89.82Thu8
  3. about £83.69Fri9
  4. about £78.51Sat10
  5. about £65.79Sun11
  6. about £60.60Mon12
  7. about £58.25Tue13
  8. about £54.01Wed14
  9. about £61.55Thu15
  10. about £62.96Fri16
  11. about £61.08Sat17
  12. about £55.89Sun18
  13. about £51.65Mon19
  14. about £49.77Tue20
  15. about £40.34Wed21
  16. about £45.52Thu22
  17. about £45.05Fri23
  18. about £48.35Sat24
  19. about £46.00Sun25
  20. about £35.63Mon26
  21. about £43.64Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Chisinau. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Chisinau for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Chișinău railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Constanța to Chisinau

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £30.9290 days
  2. £43.6460 days
  3. £40.3445 days
  4. £40.3430 days
  5. £43.6421 days
  6. £49.7714 days
  7. £58.257 days
  8. £83.693 days
  9. £93.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £30.92.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 203 percent. The dearest point is £93.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£93.59£30.92137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Constanța to Chisinau 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

471 km

315 km as the crow flies, 50% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

317,832 → 635,994

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

UkraineRomaniaBulgariaHungarySerbiaSlovakiaMontenegroBlack SeaBucharestBucharestBudapestBudapestBelgradeBelgradeSofiaSofiaRostov-on-DonRostov-on-DonOdesaOdesaDniproDniproKrasnodarKrasnodarZaporizhzhyaZaporizhzhyaSarajevoSarajevoKryvyi RihKryvyi RihMykolaivMykolaivIașiIașiSimferopolSimferopolSochiSochiVarnaVarnaConstanţaConstanţaChisinauChisinauMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 471 km against 315 km in a straight line, a detour of 50 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bucharest, Galaţi, Iaşi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 RMO into Chisinau is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Chisinau

Settled in advance, so the ride into Chisinau 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 lockers

Left luggage near Chișinău railway station

Most of the points near Chișinău railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Constanța to Chisinau

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 Constanța to Chisinau?

Constanța to Chisinau covers 471 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Constanța to Chisinau?

The cheapest fare from Constanța to Chisinau is £35.63, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £67.67. 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 Constanța to Chisinau?

The cheapest way from Constanța to Chisinau is by train, at £35.63 for one passenger on 26 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Constanța to Chisinau?

Fares from Constanța to Chisinau bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £30.92. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 203 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Constanța to Chisinau?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Constanța to Chisinau, at £49.77. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Constanța to Chisinau?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Constanța to Chisinau, at £31.39 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 Constanța to Chisinau?

2 operators sell services from Constanța to Chisinau across 1 mode: cfr, CFR Călători. 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 Constanța to Chisinau?

0 percent of the services we sell from Constanța to Chisinau are direct. The rest connect at Bucharest, Galaţi, Iaşi, with about 48 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 Constanța to Chisinau use?

Services from Constanța to Chisinau by train leave from Constanta and arrive at Chișinău 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 Constanța to Chisinau?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Constanța to Chisinau allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chisinau is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chisinau and across Moldova

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

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The two ends, compared

Constanța reaches 12 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 112 to 608 km. Chisinau reaches 30 places in 17 countries, from 97 to 2,568 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Constanța

  • 12Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Chisinau

Leaving Chisinau

  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 17Countries
  • 18Operators

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