Balakovo to Tula runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €96.04 and €113.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 20m over 828 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€96.04 to €113.64
- 180%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balakovo
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:11First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
АО «ФПК» runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Balakovo to Tula on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €201.09Tue15
- about €182.94Wed16
- about €236.29Thu17
- about €170.29Fri18
- about €195.59Sat19
- about €154.89Sun20
- about €142.24Mon21
- about €113.64Tue22
- about €115.29Wed23
- about €142.24Thu24
- about €132.34Fri25
- about €132.34Sat26
- about €147.19Sun27
- about €131.79Mon28
- about €106.49Tue29
- about €96.04Wed30
- about €128.49Thu1
- about €104.84Fri2
- about €105.39Sat3
- about €98.24Sun4
- about €103.74Mon5
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 train gets you into Tula. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tula for the night the train gets in
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When to book Balakovo to Tula
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €110.8990 days
- €91.6460 days
- €99.3445 days
- €84.4930 days
- €103.7421 days
- €131.7914 days
- €142.247 days
- €236.293 days
- €201.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €84.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €236.29, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balakovo to Tula and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
828 km
720 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
199,572 → 482,873
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually 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 828 km against 720 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 Penza, Tambov, Saratov, Ryazan’. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Baggage storage near Tula-I Kurskaya (Moscow terminal)
Most of the points near Tula-I Kurskaya (Moscow terminal) open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Balakovo to Tula
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Balakovo to Tula?
The fastest journey from Balakovo to Tula takes 6h 20m door to door, of which 6h 25m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 47m, 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 Balakovo to Tula?
The cheapest fare from Balakovo to Tula is €96.04, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €137.29. 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 Balakovo to Tula?
The cheapest way from Balakovo to Tula is by train, at €113.64 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 7h 9m 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 Balakovo to Tula?
Fares from Balakovo to Tula bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €84.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 180 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balakovo to Tula?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balakovo to Tula, at €113.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balakovo to Tula?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Balakovo to Tula, at €75.14 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 service from Balakovo to Tula?
1 operators sell services from Balakovo to Tula across 1 mode: АО «ФПК». Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Balakovo to Tula?
20 percent of the services we sell from Balakovo to Tula are direct. The rest connect at Penza, Tambov, Saratov, Ryazan’, with about 73 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 Balakovo to Tula use?
Services from Balakovo to Tula by train leave from Balakovo station and arrive at Tula-I Kurskaya (Moscow terminal). 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 Balakovo to Tula?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Balakovo to Tula 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Balakovo to Tula on September 14, 2026: 828 km of route against 720 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €96.04, and 6h 20m 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 Tula is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Balakovo reaches 30 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 69 to 1,010 km. Tula reaches 101 places in 4 countries, from 42 to 1,199 km.
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