One passenger pays $78.01, every fee included. Services cover 610 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $78.01, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026
$78.01
- 233%Moves across the booking window
233%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $199.35Wed7
- about $197.53Thu8
- about $184.19Fri9
- about $173.27Sat10
- about $145.97Sun11
- about $136.86Mon12
- about $122.30Tue13
- about $105.32Wed14
- about $140.51Thu15
- about $138.08Fri16
- about $140.51Sat17
- about $120.49Sun18
- about $95.01Mon19
- about $98.05Tue20
- about $89.55Wed21
- about $91.97Thu22
- about $100.47Fri23
- about $94.40Sat24
- about $107.14Sun25
- about $78.01Mon26
- about $87.13Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Chisinau. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Chisinau for the night the train gets in
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When to book Timișoara to Chisinau
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $59.8290 days
- $85.3160 days
- $91.3745 days
- $79.8430 days
- $87.1321 days
- $98.0514 days
- $122.307 days
- $184.193 days
- $199.351 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $59.82.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 233 percent. The most expensive point is $199.35, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Timișoara to Chisinau 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
610 km
602 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
250,849 → 635,994
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 610 km against 602 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Iaşi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 101 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 RMO into Chisinau is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Chisinau
Settled in advance, so the ride into Chisinau 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 Chișinău railway station
Most of the points near Chișinău railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Timișoara to Chisinau
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 Timișoara to Chisinau?
Timișoara to Chisinau covers 610 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Timișoara to Chisinau?
The cheapest fare from Timișoara to Chisinau is $78.01, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $120.49. 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 Timișoara to Chisinau?
The cheapest way from Timișoara to Chisinau is by train, at $78.01 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Timișoara to Chisinau?
Fares from Timișoara to Chisinau bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $59.82. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 233 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Timișoara to Chisinau?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Timișoara to Chisinau, at $95.01. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Timișoara to Chisinau?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Timișoara to Chisinau, at $67.09 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 Timișoara to Chisinau?
2 operators sell services from Timișoara to Chisinau across 1 mode: cfr, 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 Timișoara to Chisinau?
0 percent of the services we sell from Timișoara to Chisinau are direct. The rest connect at Iaşi, with about 101 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 Timișoara to Chisinau use?
Services from Timișoara to Chisinau by train leave from Timișoara Nord and arrive at Chișinău 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 Timișoara to Chisinau?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Timișoara to Chisinau allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chisinau is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Chisinau and across Moldova
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The two ends, compared
Timișoara reaches 21 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 2,100 km. Chisinau reaches 30 places in 17 countries, from 97 to 2,568 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Timișoara
- 21Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 10Operators
11
10Arriving in Chisinau
Leaving Chisinau
- 30Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 18Operators