Lowest CO2€94.39
- АО «ФПК» S-911106:436h 34m13:17Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii435 km
Door to door 7h 18mCO2 29.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod train
Trains from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod start at €94.39 and take 6h 52m at their fastest.
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The Trains from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod starts at €94.39 and takes 6h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 896 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 52mDoor to door
- 6h 8mMoving
- €114.19 to €190.09From
- 06:43 to 18:27First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 29.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€114.19 to €190.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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 €173.04Mon21
- about €175.24Tue22
- about €148.29Wed23
- about €190.09Thu24
- about €181.29Fri25
- about €183.49Sat26
- about €150.49Sun27
- about €126.84Mon28
- about €120.79Tue29
- about €143.89Wed30
- about €164.24Thu1
- about €131.79Fri2
- about €131.79Sat3
- about €114.19Sun4
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 cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| АО «ФПК» | €91.09 | 6h 46m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nizhny Novgorod. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nizhny Novgorod for the night the train gets in
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When to book St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €95.7290 days
- €78.6160 days
- €68.5845 days
- €74.5930 days
- €84.5121 days
- €85.1014 days
- €115.197 days
- €131.713 days
- €144.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €68.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 111 percent. The dearest point is €144.69, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €85.10Sun
- €94.54Mon
- €101.62Tue
- €102.21Wed
- €114.01Thu
- €107.52Fri
- €108.11Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Saint Petersburg
Rail
- Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii
- Sankt-Peterburg Vitebskii
- Sankt-Peterburg Finlyandskiy
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rail
- 435 km
- Rekshino
- Kustovaya
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 896 km against 896 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kostroma, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves St Petersburg at 06:43 and the last at 18:27, across 8 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 45m | 1h 35m | 3h 10m | €73.89 | 227.1 kg | 9 |
| Train | 6h 52m | 6h 8m | 44m | €94.39 | 29.6 kg | 8 |
Questions about St Petersburg 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 the Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod take?
The Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod takes 6h 52m door to door, of which 6h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 896 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod cost?
The Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod starts at €94.39 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €107.32. 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod?
1 operators run the Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod: АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 8 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod use?
The Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod leaves from Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii and arrives at 435 km. 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod?
Travelling from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod by Flight costs €73.89 and takes 4h 45m door to door, against 6h 52m 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod?
Fares for the Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €68.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod produce?
The Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod produces about 29.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 896 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 St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod?
Operators on the Train from St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for St Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod on 20 September 2026: 896 km of route against 896 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €94.39, and 6h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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