Vladikavkaz to Sochi train

Trains from Vladikavkaz to Sochi start at €60.84 and take 3h 58m at their fastest.

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Sea Port of Sochi

The Trains from Vladikavkaz to Sochi starts at €60.84 and takes 3h 58m door to door, run by 2 operators over 465 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 58mDoor to door
  • 3h 14mMoving
  • €60.84 to €139.49From
  • 06:20 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 15.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€60.84 to €139.49 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 €122.99Tue15
  2. about €99.89Wed16
  3. about €139.49Thu17
  4. about €102.64Fri18
  5. about €100.44Sat19
  6. about €93.29Sun20
  7. about €87.79Mon21
  8. about €76.24Tue22
  9. about €77.89Wed23
  10. about €80.09Thu24
  11. about €74.59Fri25
  12. about €96.59Sat26
  13. about €73.49Sun27
  14. about €60.84Mon28

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 29 September 2026

Cheapest€52.59
  1. АО «скппк» S-880507:3054m08:24Vladikavkaz railway stationNalchik station
  2. ТК «Гранд Сервис Экспресс» S-454809:582h 37m12:35Nalchik stationSochi train station

Changes at Nalchik, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 49mCO2 15.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€64.69
  1. АО «ФПК» S-442906:203h 14m09:34Vladikavkaz railway stationSochi train station

Door to door 3h 58mCO2 15.3 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
ТК «Гранд Сервис Экспресс»€54.243h 55m
АО «ФПК»€53.693h 56m

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

A hotel room

A room in Sochi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Vladikavkaz to Sochi

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

  1. €56.4490 days
  2. €48.7460 days
  3. €65.2445 days
  4. €44.3430 days
  5. €55.8921 days
  6. €60.8414 days
  7. €87.797 days
  8. €139.493 days
  9. €122.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 215 percent. The dearest point is €139.49, 3 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.
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. €73.49Sun
  2. €60.84Mon
  3. €76.24Tue
  4. €77.89Wed
  5. €80.09Thu
  6. €74.59Fri
  7. €96.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Vladikavkaz

Rail
  • Vladikavkaz railway station

Sochi

Rail
  • Sochi train station
  • Lesnaya railway station, Sochi
  • Mamaïka
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 465 km against 405 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 Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Yessentuki, Nalchik. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Vladikavkaz at 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Vladikavkaz to Sochi

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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi take?

The Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 465 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi cost?

The Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi starts at €60.84 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €55.62. 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi?

2 operators run the Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi: ТК «Гранд Сервис Экспресс», АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 6 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi use?

The Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi leaves from Vladikavkaz railway station and arrives at Sochi 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi?

Fares for the Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi produce?

The Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi produces about 15.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 465 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi?

Operators on the Train from Vladikavkaz to Sochi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 58m 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 Vladikavkaz to Sochi on 14 September 2026: 465 km of route against 405 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €60.84, and 3h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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