Craiova to Târgu Mureş runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €32.79 and €39.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 47m over 293 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
€32.79 to €39.94
- 143%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Craiova
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.
- 06:49First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €70.19Mon14
- about €63.59Tue15
- about €69.64Wed16
- about €69.09Thu17
- about €72.39Fri18
- about €67.99Sat19
- about €59.74Sun20
- about €39.94Mon21
- about €41.59Tue22
- about €44.34Wed23
- about €60.84Thu24
- about €53.69Fri25
- about €48.19Sat26
- about €57.54Sun27
- about €32.79Mon28
- about €35.54Tue29
- about €33.89Wed30
- about €47.64Thu1
- about €43.24Fri2
- about €42.14Sat3
- about €40.49Sun4
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 Târgu Mureş. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Târgu Mureş for the night the train gets in
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When to book Craiova to Târgu Mureş
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.8990 days
- €33.8960 days
- €33.8945 days
- €28.9430 days
- €40.4921 days
- €57.5414 days
- €59.747 days
- €69.643 days
- €70.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is €70.19, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Craiova to Târgu Mureş 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
293 km
254 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
234,140 → 212,752
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 293 km against 254 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 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Sibiu, Târgu Jiu. 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. 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 TGM into Târgu Mureş is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Târgu Mureş
Settled in advance, so the ride into Târgu Mureş costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Târgu Mureș Railway Station
Most of the points near Târgu Mureș Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Craiova to Târgu Mureş
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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
The fastest journey from Craiova to Târgu Mureş takes 2h 47m door to door, of which 2h 3m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 56m, 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
The cheapest fare from Craiova to Târgu Mureş is €32.79, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €51.49. 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
The cheapest way from Craiova to Târgu Mureş is by train, at €39.94 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 2h 47m 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
Fares from Craiova to Târgu Mureş bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €28.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 143 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Craiova to Târgu Mureş, at €39.94. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Craiova to Târgu Mureş, at €30.03 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
1 operators sell services from Craiova to Târgu Mureş across 1 mode: CFR Călători. 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
20 percent of the services we sell from Craiova to Târgu Mureş are direct. The rest connect at Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Sibiu, Târgu Jiu, with about 47 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş use?
Services from Craiova to Târgu Mureş by train leave from Craiova railway station and arrive at Târgu Mureș Railway Station. 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Craiova to Târgu Mureş 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 Craiova to Târgu Mureş on September 13, 2026: 293 km of route against 254 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 47m 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 Târgu Mureş is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Târgu Mureş and across Romania
Day trips that leave Târgu Mureş in the morning and cover a good part of Romania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Craiova reaches 60 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 2,289 km. Târgu Mureş reaches 46 places in 8 countries, from 45 to 2,365 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Craiova
- 60Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Târgu Mureş
Leaving Târgu Mureş
- 46Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 10Operators