Samara to Nizhny Novgorod runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €61.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 50m over 603 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €61.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€61.94
- 238%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Samara
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.
- 06:43First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Samara to Nizhny Novgorod 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 €175.79Sat19
- about €139.49Sun20
- about €102.09Mon21
- about €103.19Tue22
- about €105.39Wed23
- about €129.59Thu24
- about €97.14Fri25
- about €97.14Sat26
- about €106.49Sun27
- about €96.59Mon28
- about €89.99Tue29
- about €84.49Wed30
- about €108.14Thu1
- about €76.79Fri2
- about €77.34Sat3
- about €70.73Sun4
- about €76.24Mon5
- about €61.94Tue6
- about €68.54Wed7
- about €107.59Thu8
- about €80.64Fri9
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 Nizhny Novgorod. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nizhny Novgorod for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from 435 km and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Samara to Nizhny Novgorod
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €86.6990 days
- €52.0460 days
- €58.0945 days
- €67.9830 days
- €80.6421 days
- €76.7914 days
- €97.147 days
- €102.093 days
- €175.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 238 percent. The most expensive point is €175.79, 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod 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
603 km
524 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
1,163,399 → 1,259,013
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 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 603 km against 524 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 Saransk, Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, Tolyatti. 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.
Nizhny Novgorod is large, and the road in from GOJ can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Nizhny Novgorod
Settled in advance, so the ride into Nizhny Novgorod 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 435 km
Most of the points near 435 km open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Samara to Nizhny Novgorod
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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
The fastest journey from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 4h 10m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 7m, 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
The cheapest fare from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod is €61.94, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €97.14. 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
The cheapest way from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod is by train, at €61.94 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 54m 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
Fares from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €52.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 238 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod, at €80.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod, at €56.99 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
No operator record names Samara to Nizhny Novgorod directly. АО «ФПК» 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
20 percent of the services we sell from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod are direct. The rest connect at Saransk, Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, Tolyatti, with about 54 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod use?
Services from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod by train leave from Samara and arrive at 435 km. 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod 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 Samara to Nizhny Novgorod on September 18, 2026: 603 km of route against 524 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €61.94, and 4h 50m 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 Nizhny Novgorod a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nizhny Novgorod and across Russia
Day trips that leave Nizhny Novgorod in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Samara reaches 85 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 3,742 km. Nizhny Novgorod reaches 85 places in 8 countries, from 51 to 3,593 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Samara
- 85Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 23Operators
Arriving in Nizhny Novgorod
Leaving Nizhny Novgorod
- 85Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 16Operators