St Petersburg to Kaunas runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €78.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h over 780 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €78.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€78.99
- 201%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving St Petersburg
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.
- 06:43First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
АО «ФПК» runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go 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 €208.24Sun20
- about €164.24Mon21
- about €144.69Tue22
- about €135.64Wed23
- about €166.99Thu24
- about €155.44Fri25
- about €142.33Sat26
- about €126.40Sun27
- about €105.16Mon28
- about €102.80Tue29
- about €108.14Wed30
- about €118.73Thu1
- about €118.59Fri2
- about €118.59Sat3
- about €93.28Sun4
- about €83.92Mon5
- about €78.99Tue6
- about €87.79Wed7
- about €127.58Thu8
- about €89.23Fri9
- about €98.08Sat10
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 Kaunas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kaunas for the night the train gets in
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When to book St Petersburg to Kaunas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €98.2490 days
- €75.0760 days
- €69.0845 days
- €74.4830 days
- €98.0821 days
- €118.5914 days
- €142.337 days
- €144.693 days
- €208.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €69.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 201 percent. The dearest point is €208.24, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to St Petersburg to Kaunas 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
780 km
678 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
5,351,935 → 289,380
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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 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 780 km against 678 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 Riga, Šiauliai, Gatchina, Pskov. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 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.
The fare from KUN into Kaunas is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Kaunas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kaunas 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 Kaunas
Most of the points near Kaunas open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about St Petersburg to Kaunas
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 St Petersburg to Kaunas?
The fastest journey from St Petersburg to Kaunas takes 6h door to door, of which 6h 3m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 26m, 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas?
The cheapest fare from St Petersburg to Kaunas is €78.99, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €135.64. 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas?
The cheapest way from St Petersburg to Kaunas is by train, at €78.99 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 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.
When should I book St Petersburg to Kaunas?
Fares from St Petersburg to Kaunas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €69.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 201 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for St Petersburg to Kaunas?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from St Petersburg to Kaunas, at €102.80. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for St Petersburg to Kaunas?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from St Petersburg to Kaunas, at €65.04 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas?
No operator record names St Petersburg to Kaunas directly. АО «ФПК» publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from St Petersburg to Kaunas?
20 percent of the services we sell from St Petersburg to Kaunas are direct. The rest connect at Riga, Šiauliai, Gatchina, Pskov, with about 53 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas use?
Services from St Petersburg to Kaunas by train leave from Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii and arrive at Kaunas. 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from St Petersburg to Kaunas 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 St Petersburg to Kaunas on 19 September 2026: 780 km of route against 678 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €78.99, and 6h 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 Kaunas is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Kaunas and across Lithuania
Day trips that leave Kaunas in the morning and cover a good part of Lithuania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
St Petersburg reaches 185 places in 42 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 8,745 km. Kaunas reaches 105 places in 24 countries, from 91 to 2,948 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving St Petersburg
- 185Places you can leave for
- 42Countries
- 74Operators
Arriving in Kaunas
Leaving Kaunas
- 105Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 11Operators