Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov train

Trains from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov start at €31.69 and take 2h 48m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov starts at €31.69 and takes 2h 48m door to door, run by 2 operators over 280 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 14 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 48mDoor to door
  • 2h 4mMoving
  • €31.69 to €72.94From
  • 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 9.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€31.69 to €72.94 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €72.94Tue15
  2. about €60.84Wed16
  3. about €65.79Thu17
  4. about €61.94Fri18
  5. about €66.34Sat19
  6. about €55.34Sun20
  7. about €41.04Mon21
  8. about €43.79Tue22
  9. about €45.99Wed23
  10. about €48.74Thu24
  11. about €49.29Fri25
  12. about €48.19Sat26
  13. about €47.64Sun27
  14. about €31.69Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Cheapest€31.69
  1. АО «ФПК» S-162806:212h 4m08:25Ulan-Ude railway stationGoncharovo train station

Door to door 2h 48mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр за컈34.992h 41m
АО «ФПК»€31.692h 42m

The train gets you into Shelekhov. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Shelekhov for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov

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

  1. €34.4490 days
  2. €36.0960 days
  3. €39.9445 days
  4. €33.3430 days
  5. €34.4421 days
  6. €31.6914 days
  7. €41.047 days
  8. €65.793 days
  9. €72.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €31.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is €72.94, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €47.64Sun
  2. €34.44Mon
  3. €43.79Tue
  4. €45.99Wed
  5. €48.74Thu
  6. €49.29Fri
  7. €48.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ulan-Ude

Rail
  • Ulan-Ude railway station
  • Zenit
  • Uchitel

Shelekhov

Rail
  • Goncharovo train station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 280 km against 243 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 Darhan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Ulan-Ude at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov

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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov take?

The Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov takes 2h 48m door to door, of which 2h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 280 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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov cost?

The Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov starts at €31.69 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.94. 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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov?

2 operators run the Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov: Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам», АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 3 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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov use?

The Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov leaves from Ulan-Ude railway station and arrives at Goncharovo train 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.

When should I book the Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov?

Fares for the Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €31.69. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov produce?

The Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 280 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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov?

Operators on the Train from Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 48m 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 Ulan-Ude to Shelekhov on 14 September 2026: 280 km of route against 243 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.69, and 2h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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