Balashov to Saratov runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.28 and €23.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 20m over 224 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€12.28 to €23.99
- 181%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balashov
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.
- 06:37First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
АО «Саратовская пригородная пассажирская компания» runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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ИП Саютин С. Н. runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Balashov to Saratov 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 €29.88Fri18
- about €28.23Sat19
- about €20.53Sun20
- about €19.43Mon21
- about €22.18Tue22
- about €18.88Wed23
- about €19.98Thu24
- about €18.88Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €16.68Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €15.03Tue29
- about €16.68Wed30
- about €17.23Thu1
- about €16.13Fri2
- about €15.58Sat3
- about €17.23Sun4
- about €12.28Mon5
- about €12.83Tue6
- about €13.93Wed7
- about €18.33Thu8
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 bus gets you into Saratov. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Saratov for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Balashov to Saratov
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €10.6360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €18.3321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €20.533 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €29.88, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balashov to Saratov and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
224 km
195 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
98,107 → 844,858
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 224 km against 195 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 Uryupinsk, Tambov, Rtishchevo, Borisoglebsk. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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.
The fare from GSV into Saratov is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Saratov
Settled in advance, so the ride into Saratov costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Saratov I
Most of the points near Saratov I open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Balashov to Saratov
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 Balashov to Saratov?
The fastest journey from Balashov to Saratov takes 2h 20m door to door, of which 1h 50m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 14m, 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 Balashov to Saratov?
The cheapest fare from Balashov to Saratov is €12.28, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.31. 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 Balashov to Saratov?
The cheapest way from Balashov to Saratov is by coach, at €12.28 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 56m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Balashov to Saratov?
The fastest way from Balashov to Saratov is by train, at 2h 34m door to door. Only 1h 50m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €23.99.
When should I book Balashov to Saratov?
Fares from Balashov to Saratov bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 181 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balashov to Saratov?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balashov to Saratov, at €15.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balashov to Saratov?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Balashov to Saratov, at €12.28 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 Balashov to Saratov?
No operator record names Balashov to Saratov directly. АО «Саратовская пригородная пассажирская компания», ИП Саютин С. Н. publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Balashov to Saratov?
33 percent of the services we sell from Balashov to Saratov are direct. The rest connect at Uryupinsk, Tambov, Rtishchevo, Borisoglebsk, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Balashov to Saratov produce?
Traveling from Balashov to Saratov by coach produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.4 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Balashov to Saratov use?
Services from Balashov to Saratov by train leave from Balashov-1 and arrive at Saratov I. 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 Balashov to Saratov?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Balashov to Saratov 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 Balashov to Saratov on September 17, 2026: 224 km of route against 195 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Saratov a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Saratov and across Russia
Day trips that leave Saratov in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balashov reaches 9 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 77 to 329 km. Saratov reaches 55 places in 2 countries, from 111 to 1,981 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balashov
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Saratov
Leaving Saratov
- 55Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators