Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €18.49 and €22.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 49m over 147 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
€18.49 to €22.34
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Yoshkar-Ola
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.
- 06:11First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
АО «ФПК» runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash 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 €40.49Mon14
- about €32.24Tue15
- about €33.89Wed16
- about €35.54Thu17
- about €31.69Fri18
- about €36.64Sat19
- about €28.94Sun20
- about €24.54Mon21
- about €24.54Tue22
- about €22.34Wed23
- about €26.74Thu24
- about €25.09Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €27.84Sun27
- about €21.24Mon28
- about €22.33Tue29
- about €18.49Wed30
- about €26.74Thu1
- about €20.14Fri2
- about €20.14Sat3
- about €19.59Sun4
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 Kanash. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kanash for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Kanash train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3490 days
- €21.7760 days
- €15.7445 days
- €19.5930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €27.8414 days
- €28.947 days
- €33.893 days
- €40.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €40.49, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash 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
147 km
128 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
268,272 → 49,886
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 147 km against 128 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 Cheboksary, Volzhsk, Novocheboksarsk, Zelenodolsk. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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.
Who runs this route
Kanash is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Kanash train station
Most of the points near Kanash train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash
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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
The fastest journey from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash takes 1h 49m door to door, of which 1h 9m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 53m, 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
The cheapest fare from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash is €18.49, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.19. 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
The cheapest way from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash is by train, at €22.34 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 1h 53m 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
Fares from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €15.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash, at €22.34. 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash, at €15.74 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
1 operators sell services from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash across 1 mode: АО «ФПК». 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
20 percent of the services we sell from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash are direct. The rest connect at Cheboksary, Volzhsk, Novocheboksarsk, Zelenodolsk, with about 45 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash use?
Services from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash by train leave from Yoshkar-Ola train station and arrive at Kanash train 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash 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 Yoshkar-Ola to Kanash on September 13, 2026: 147 km of route against 128 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 49m 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 Kanash is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Kanash and across Russia
Day trips that leave Kanash in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Yoshkar-Ola reaches 39 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 64 to 1,087 km. Kanash reaches 20 places in 1 countries, from 67 to 312 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Yoshkar-Ola
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Kanash
Leaving Kanash
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators