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Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow. From €18.33, fastest 3h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 20:34. One passenger pays between €18.33 and €40.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 30m over 409 km, on services run by 6 operators across 3 modes.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€18.33 to €40.49

  • 106%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nizhny Novgorod

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.

  • 06:05First departure
  • 20:34Last departure
  • 28Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

АО «ФПК» runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.

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ООО "Транстур" runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.

Buying this trip

12Go lists departures for Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow 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

  1. about €33.18Mon21
  2. about €35.93Tue22
  3. about €28.78Wed23
  4. about €37.03Thu24
  5. about €34.28Fri25
  6. about €39.23Sat26
  7. about €28.78Sun27
  8. about €22.73Mon28
  9. about €22.73Tue29
  10. about €26.03Wed30
  11. about €27.13Thu1
  12. about €25.48Fri2
  13. about €28.23Sat3
  14. about €21.08Sun4
  15. about €19.98Mon5
  16. about €18.33Tue6
  17. about €20.53Wed7
  18. about €23.83Thu8
  19. about €22.73Fri9
  20. about €22.18Sat10
  21. about €21.08Sun11

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 flight gets you into Moscow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Moscow for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Moskva Kievskaia and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow

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

  1. €22.7390 days
  2. €19.4360 days
  3. €16.1345 days
  4. €16.6830 days
  5. €21.0821 days
  6. €21.0814 days
  7. €28.787 days
  8. €28.783 days
  9. €33.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 106 percent. The most expensive point is €33.18, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€33.18€16.13137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow 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

409 km

402 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,259,01310,381,222

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/6

6 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Nizhniy NovgorodNizhniy NovgorodMoscowMoscow
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 409 km against 402 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Moscow is large, and the road in from SVO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Moscow

Settled in advance, so the ride into Moscow costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Moskva Kievskaia

Most of the points near Moskva Kievskaia open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow

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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

The fastest journey from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow takes 3h 30m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 32m, 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

The cheapest fare from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow is €18.33, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €57.37. 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

The cheapest way from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow is by coach, at €18.33 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 6h 3m 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

The fastest way from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow is by train, at 3h 31m door to door. Only 2h 47m 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 €40.49.

When should I book Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

Fares from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €16.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 106 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow, at €21.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow, at €16.68 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

No operator record names Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow directly. Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Rossiya-Russian Airlines, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, АО «ФПК», ООО "Транстур" 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

Every service we sell from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 30m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow produce?

Traveling from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow by coach produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 101.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow use?

Services from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow by train leave from 435 km and arrive at Moskva Kievskaia. 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow?

2 of the 6 operators we sell from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow 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 Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow on September 20, 2026: 409 km of route against 402 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 3h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Nizhny Novgorod reaches 85 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 3,593 km. Moscow reaches 336 places in 71 countries, from 53 to 13,476 km.

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Leaving Nizhny Novgorod

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  • 8Countries
  • 16Operators

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  • 71Countries
  • 115Operators

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