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Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod. From €12.28, fastest 2h 21m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ivanovo 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 between €12.28 and €33.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 21m over 230 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 · Priced for 6 October 2026

€12.28 to €33.89

  • 178%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ivanovo

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

  1. about €32.63Mon21
  2. about €24.38Tue22
  3. about €26.58Wed23
  4. about €26.58Thu24
  5. about €26.58Fri25
  6. about €26.58Sat26
  7. about €25.48Sun27
  8. about €16.13Mon28
  9. about €15.58Tue29
  10. about €17.23Wed30
  11. about €18.88Thu1
  12. about €17.23Fri2
  13. about €16.13Sat3
  14. about €15.58Sun4
  15. about €13.93Mon5
  16. about €12.28Tue6
  17. about €12.83Wed7
  18. about €19.98Thu8
  19. about €17.78Fri9
  20. about €18.88Sat10
  21. about €13.93Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Nizhny Novgorod for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from 435 km and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod

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

  1. €18.8890 days
  2. €14.4860 days
  3. €11.7345 days
  4. €12.2830 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €15.5814 days
  7. €25.487 days
  8. €26.583 days
  9. €32.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €32.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€32.63€11.73137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ivanovo 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

230 km

200 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

406,1131,259,013

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

The route

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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
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 230 km against 200 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, Kovrov, Vladimir, Kostroma. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

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 taxi rank outside an airport terminal

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 coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

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 Ivanovo 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

The fastest journey from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod takes 2h 21m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 15m, 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

The cheapest fare from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod is €12.28, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.76. 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

The cheapest way from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod is by coach, at €12.28 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

The fastest way from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod is by train, at 2h 22m door to door. Only 1h 38m 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 €33.89.

When should I book Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

Fares from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 178 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod, at €15.58. 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod, at €11.73 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

АО «ФПК», ООО "Транстур" publish service areas covering both Ivanovo and Nizhny Novgorod, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

33 percent of the services we sell from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod are direct. The rest connect at Yaroslavl, Kovrov, Vladimir, Kostroma, with about 53 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod produce?

Travelling from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod by train produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Coach produces about 7.8 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod use?

Services from Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod by train leave from Ivanovo railway 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Ivanovo 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 Ivanovo to Nizhny Novgorod on 20 September 2026: 230 km of route against 200 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 21m 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.

A guided tour group

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

Ivanovo reaches 74 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 74 to 1,188 km. Nizhny Novgorod reaches 85 places in 8 countries, from 51 to 3,593 km.

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  • 5Operators

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  • 8Countries
  • 16Operators

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