Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €88.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 47m over 891 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €88.89, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€88.89
- 168%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Yekaterinburg
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
- about €202.74Mon21
- about €170.29Tue22
- about €182.94Wed23
- about €186.79Thu24
- about €174.69Fri25
- about €177.44Sat26
- about €183.49Sun27
- about €141.69Mon28
- about €133.99Tue29
- about €123.54Wed30
- about €155.44Thu1
- about €135.09Fri2
- about €135.09Sat3
- about €119.69Sun4
- about €100.99Mon5
- about €88.89Tue6
- about €90.54Wed7
- about €147.74Thu8
- about €110.34Fri9
- about €116.94Sat10
- about €138.39Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Yoshkar-Ola. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Yoshkar-Ola for the night the train gets in
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When to book Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €111.9990 days
- €107.5960 days
- €85.5945 days
- €75.6930 days
- €138.3921 days
- €119.6914 days
- €183.497 days
- €182.943 days
- €202.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €75.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €202.74, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
891 km
775 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,495,066 → 268,272
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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 891 km against 775 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 Naberezhnyye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Kazan, Izhevsk. 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.
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 Yoshkar-Ola train station
Most of the points near Yoshkar-Ola train station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola
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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
The fastest journey from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola takes 6h 47m door to door, of which 7h is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 7h 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
The cheapest fare from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola is €88.89, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €147.74. 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
The cheapest way from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola is by train, at €88.89 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 44m 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
Fares from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €75.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 168 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola, at €123.54. 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola, at €75.69 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
АО «ФПК» publish service areas covering both Yekaterinburg and Yoshkar-Ola, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
20 percent of the services we sell from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola are direct. The rest connect at Naberezhnyye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Kazan, Izhevsk, 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola use?
Services from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola by train leave from Yekaterinburg-Sortirovochniy and arrive at Yoshkar-Ola train 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yekaterinburg to Yoshkar-Ola on 20 September 2026: 891 km of route against 775 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €88.89, and 6h 47m 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 Yoshkar-Ola is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Yoshkar-Ola and across Russia
Day trips that leave Yoshkar-Ola in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Yekaterinburg reaches 135 places in 28 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 6,441 km. Yoshkar-Ola reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 64 to 1,087 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Yekaterinburg
- 135Places you can leave for
- 28Countries
- 34Operators
Arriving in Yoshkar-Ola
Leaving Yoshkar-Ola
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators