Craiova to Sector 5 runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.28 and €23.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 14m over 208 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
€12.28 to €23.99
- 108%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Craiova
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.
- 06:49First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
CFR Călători runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Craiova to Sector 5 on your date, and you pay on their side.
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FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Craiova to Sector 5 on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.98Tue15
- about €26.58Wed16
- about €23.28Thu17
- about €26.03Fri18
- about €22.18Sat19
- about €24.93Sun20
- about €13.93Mon21
- about €16.13Tue22
- about €17.23Wed23
- about €17.23Thu24
- about €19.43Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €18.88Sun27
- about €12.28Mon28
- about €12.28Tue29
- about €12.28Wed30
- about €13.93Thu1
- about €13.38Fri2
- about €14.48Sat3
- about €13.93Sun4
- about €13.38Mon5
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 Sector 5. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sector 5 for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Sector 5 with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Craiova to Sector 5
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €11.1830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €12.2814 days
- €13.937 days
- €23.283 days
- €19.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 108 percent. The dearest point is €23.28, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Craiova to Sector 5 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
208 km
181 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
234,140 → 271,575
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 208 km against 181 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 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Ploieşti, Slatina. 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Sector 5
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Craiova to Sector 5
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 Craiova to Sector 5?
The fastest journey from Craiova to Sector 5 takes 2h 14m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 1m, 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
The cheapest fare from Craiova to Sector 5 is €12.28, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.01. 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
The cheapest way from Craiova to Sector 5 is by coach, at €12.28 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 47m 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
The fastest way from Craiova to Sector 5 is by train, at 2h 25m door to door. Only 1h 41m 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 €23.99.
When should I book Craiova to Sector 5?
Fares from Craiova to Sector 5 bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 108 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Craiova to Sector 5?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Craiova to Sector 5, at €13.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Craiova to Sector 5?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Craiova to Sector 5, at €11.18 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
2 operators sell services from Craiova to Sector 5 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
33 percent of the services we sell from Craiova to Sector 5 are direct. The rest connect at Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Ploieşti, Slatina, with about 45 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 Craiova to Sector 5 produce?
Travelling from Craiova to Sector 5 by coach produces about 5.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 6.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Craiova to Sector 5 use?
Services from Craiova to Sector 5 by train leave from Craiova railway station and arrive at Sector 5 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 Craiova to Sector 5?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Craiova to Sector 5 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 Craiova to Sector 5 on 14 September 2026: 208 km of route against 181 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 14m 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 Sector 5 is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Sector 5 and across Romania
Day trips that leave Sector 5 in the morning and cover a good part of Romania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Craiova reaches 60 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 2,289 km. Sector 5 reaches 21 places in 1 countries, from 63 to 437 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Craiova
- 60Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Sector 5
Leaving Sector 5
- 21Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators