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Velikiye Luki to Obninsk

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk. From €47.64, fastest 3h 54m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Velikiye Luki to Obninsk runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €47.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 54m over 464 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €47.64, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€47.64

  • 220%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Velikiye Luki

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 €129.59Mon21
  2. about €115.29Tue22
  3. about €99.89Wed23
  4. about €99.89Thu24
  5. about €93.29Fri25
  6. about €93.29Sat26
  7. about €125.19Sun27
  8. about €75.14Mon28
  9. about €84.49Tue29
  10. about €65.24Wed30
  11. about €105.39Thu1
  12. about €71.29Fri2
  13. about €71.29Sat3
  14. about €68.54Sun4
  15. about €66.33Mon5
  16. about €47.64Tue6
  17. about €59.18Wed7
  18. about €89.44Thu8
  19. about €66.34Fri9
  20. about €72.94Sat10
  21. about €77.89Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Obninsk for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Velikiye Luki to Obninsk

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

  1. €77.3490 days
  2. €70.7460 days
  3. €52.0445 days
  4. €40.4930 days
  5. €77.8921 days
  6. €68.5414 days
  7. €125.197 days
  8. €99.893 days
  9. €129.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €40.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 220 percent. The dearest point is €129.59, 1 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.
€129.59€40.49137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Velikiye Luki to Obninsk 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

464 km

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

Who lives at each end

103,149107,392

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

The route

RussiaBelarusLatviaMoscowMoscowRyazanRyazanTulaTulaTver'Tver'IvanovoIvanovoVitebskVitebskVladimirVladimirKalugaKalugaSmolenskSmolenskKhimkiKhimkiYasenevoYasenevoPodolskPodolskMytishchiMytishchiKolomnaKolomnaBorisovBorisovNovomoskovskNovomoskovskVelikiye LukiVelikiye LukiObninskObninskMap 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
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 464 km against 404 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 Kaluga, Smolensk, Kuntsevo, Klin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

Obninsk is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Obninskoye

Most of the points near Obninskoye open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Velikiye Luki to Obninsk

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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

The fastest journey from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk takes 3h 54m door to door, of which 3h 13m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 7m, 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

The cheapest fare from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk is €47.64, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €77.89. 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

The cheapest way from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk is by train, at €47.64 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 57m 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

Fares from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €40.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 220 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk, at €65.24. 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk, at €44.34 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

АО «ФПК» publish service areas covering both Velikiye Luki and Obninsk, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

20 percent of the services we sell from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk are direct. The rest connect at Kaluga, Smolensk, Kuntsevo, Klin, with about 47 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk use?

Services from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk by train leave from Velikiye Luki station and arrive at Obninskoye. 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Velikiye Luki to Obninsk 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 Velikiye Luki to Obninsk on 20 September 2026: 464 km of route against 404 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 3h 54m 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 Obninsk is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Obninsk and across Russia

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

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The two ends, compared

Velikiye Luki reaches 48 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 130 to 449 km. Obninsk reaches 46 places in 2 countries, from 54 to 657 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Velikiye Luki

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 7Operators

Arriving in Obninsk

Leaving Obninsk

  • 46Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 3Operators

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