Fastest€60.29
- CFR Călători CF545207:432h 50m10:33Bucuresti NordTimișoara Est railway station
Door to door 3h 34mCO2 13.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bucharest to Timișoara train
Trains from Bucharest to Timișoara start at €49.29 and take 3h 34m at their fastest.
The Trains from Bucharest to Timișoara starts at €49.29 and takes 3h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 410 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 34mDoor to door
- 2h 50mMoving
- €49.29From
- 13.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 cfr | €44.34 |
| CFR Călători | €43.79 |
The train gets you into Timișoara. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Timișoara
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When to book Bucharest to Timișoara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.0890 days
- €37.3160 days
- €41.4445 days
- €40.2630 days
- €43.2121 days
- €43.2114 days
- €50.297 days
- €73.303 days
- €88.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.31.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is €88.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €55.01Sun
- €47.93Mon
- €47.34Tue
- €43.21Wed
- €60.32Thu
- €56.78Fri
- €57.96Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bucharest
Rail
- Bucuresti Nord
- Bucharest Obor
- Bucharest Băneasa
Timişoara
Rail
- Timișoara Est railway station
- Timișoara Sud railway station
- Timișoara Nord railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 410 km against 410 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bucharest at 06:31 and the last at 21:13, across 20 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 34m | 2h 50m | 44m | €49.29 | 13.5 kg | 20 |
| Flight | 4h 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €43.21 | 104.1 kg | 35 |
Questions about Bucharest to Timișoara
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 the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara take?
The Train from Bucharest to Timișoara takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 2h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 410 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara cost?
The Train from Bucharest to Timișoara starts at €49.29 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €57.82. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara?
2 operators run the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara: cfr, CFR Călători. Between them they file around 20 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara use?
The Train from Bucharest to Timișoara leaves from Bucuresti Nord and arrives at Timișoara Est railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Bucharest to Timișoara?
Travelling from Bucharest to Timișoara by Flight costs €43.21 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 3h 34m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara?
Fares for the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.31. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara produce?
The Train from Bucharest to Timișoara produces about 13.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 410 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara?
Operators on the Train from Bucharest to Timișoara publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 34m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bucharest to Timișoara on 9 September 2026: 410 km of route against 410 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 3h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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