Vladivostok to Chongjin

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Vladivostok to Chongjin. From €26.19, fastest 2h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Vladivostok to Chongjin runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €26.19, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 34m over 259 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 16, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €26.19, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€26.19

  • 198%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Vladivostok

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.

  • 06:25First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.

Buying this trip

12Go lists departures for Vladivostok to Chongjin 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 €82.84Thu17
  2. about €63.59Fri18
  3. about €72.94Sat19
  4. about €70.74Sun20
  5. about €49.29Mon21
  6. about €52.59Tue22
  7. about €43.79Wed23
  8. about €65.24Thu24
  9. about €54.79Fri25
  10. about €60.84Sat26
  11. about €55.89Sun27
  12. about €41.04Mon28
  13. about €42.14Tue29
  14. about €52.59Wed30
  15. about €48.19Thu1
  16. about €32.24Fri2
  17. about €48.19Sat3
  18. about €31.14Sun4
  19. about €36.64Mon5
  20. about €26.19Tue6
  21. about €33.34Wed7

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 Chongjin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Chongjin for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Chongjin Chongnyon Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Vladivostok to Chongjin

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

  1. €27.8490 days
  2. €36.0960 days
  3. €31.6945 days
  4. €31.1430 days
  5. €33.3421 days
  6. €52.5914 days
  7. €43.797 days
  8. €72.943 days
  9. €82.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €27.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €82.84, 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.
€82.84€27.84137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Vladivostok to Chongjin 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

259 km

225 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

604,901327,000

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

VladivostokVladivostokChongjinChongjin
The journey

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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 259 km against 225 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 Ussuriysk, Changam-ch’on, Hyesan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Chongjin Chongnyon Station

Most of the points near Chongjin Chongnyon Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Vladivostok to Chongjin

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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

The fastest journey from Vladivostok to Chongjin takes 2h 34m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 41m, 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

The cheapest fare from Vladivostok to Chongjin is €26.19, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €49.29. 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

The cheapest way from Vladivostok to Chongjin is by train, at €26.19 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 2h 40m 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

Fares from Vladivostok to Chongjin bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €27.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 198 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Vladivostok to Chongjin?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Vladivostok to Chongjin, at €41.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 16, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Vladivostok to Chongjin?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Vladivostok to Chongjin, at €24.54 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

No operator record names Vladivostok to Chongjin directly. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

25 percent of the services we sell from Vladivostok to Chongjin are direct. The rest connect at Ussuriysk, Changam-ch’on, Hyesan, with about 60 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin use?

Services from Vladivostok to Chongjin by train leave from Vladivostok railway station and arrive at Chongjin Chongnyon 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Vladivostok to Chongjin 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 Vladivostok to Chongjin on September 16, 2026: 259 km of route against 225 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.19, and 2h 34m 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 Chongjin is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chongjin and across North Korea

Day trips that leave Chongjin in the morning and cover a good part of North Korea by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Vladivostok reaches 26 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 78 to 915 km. Chongjin reaches 33 places in 2 countries, from 65 to 542 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Vladivostok

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 3Operators

Arriving in Chongjin

Leaving Chongjin

  • 33Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

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