Balakovo to Moscow train

Trains from Balakovo to Moscow start at €84.49 and take 6h 50m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Balakovo to Moscow starts at €84.49 and takes 6h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 902 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 50mDoor to door
  • 6h 6mMoving
  • €114.19 to €207.14From
  • 06:43 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 29.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€114.19 to €207.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

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

Buying this trip

12Go lists departures for Balakovo 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 €207.14Sun20
  2. about €171.39Mon21
  3. about €138.94Tue22
  4. about €148.29Wed23
  5. about €192.84Thu24
  6. about €179.64Fri25
  7. about €144.44Sat26
  8. about €143.89Sun27
  9. about €143.89Mon28
  10. about €127.39Tue29
  11. about €125.19Wed30
  12. about €149.94Thu1
  13. about €136.74Fri2
  14. about €114.19Sat3

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€84.49
  1. АО «ФПК» S-711907:301h 53m08:23Balakovo stationPenza 1 railway station
  2. АО «ФПК» S-763309:124h 17m13:29Penza 1 railway stationMoskva Kievskaia

Changes at Penza, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 43mCO2 27.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€91.09
  1. АО «ФПК» S-974306:436h 6m11:49Balakovo stationMoskva Kievskaia

Door to door 6h 50mCO2 29.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
АО «ФПК»€91.096h 50m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train 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 train 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 Balakovo to Moscow

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

  1. €113.6490 days
  2. €81.7460 days
  3. €70.7445 days
  4. €74.5930 days
  5. €120.2421 days
  6. €114.1914 days
  7. €144.447 days
  8. €138.943 days
  9. €207.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €70.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €207.14, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €143.89Sun
  2. €143.89Mon
  3. €127.39Tue
  4. €125.19Wed
  5. €149.94Thu
  6. €136.74Fri
  7. €120.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Moscow

Rail
  • Moskva Kievskaia
  • Moskva Belorusskaya
  • Moskva Leningradski
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 902 km against 784 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 Penza, Tambov, Ryazan’, Saransk. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Balakovo at 06:43 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Balakovo 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 the Train from Balakovo to Moscow take?

The Train from Balakovo to Moscow takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 6h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 902 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Balakovo to Moscow cost?

The Train from Balakovo to Moscow starts at €84.49 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €91.09. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Balakovo to Moscow?

1 operators run the Train from Balakovo to Moscow: АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Balakovo to Moscow use?

The Train from Balakovo to Moscow leaves from Balakovo station and arrives at Moskva Kievskaia. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Balakovo to Moscow?

Fares for the Train from Balakovo to Moscow bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €70.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Balakovo to Moscow produce?

The Train from Balakovo to Moscow produces about 29.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 902 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Balakovo to Moscow?

Operators on the Train from Balakovo to Moscow publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Balakovo to Moscow on September 19, 2026: 902 km of route against 784 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €84.49, and 6h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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