Bucharest to Bistriţa train

Trains from Bucharest to Bistriţa start at €45.44 and take 3h 24m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bucharest to Bistriţa starts at €45.44 and takes 3h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 374 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 24mDoor to door
  • 2h 40mMoving
  • €45.44From
  • 12.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€38.83
  1. cfr S-900807:302h 1m09:31Bucuresti NordTârgu Mureș Railway Station
  2. CFR Călători CF599110:5037m11:27Târgu Mureș Railway StationBistrița Nord railway station

Changes at Târgu Mureş, with 79 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 41mCO2 11.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€44.89
  1. CFR Călători CF528306:522h 40m09:32Bucuresti NordBistrița Nord railway station

Door to door 3h 24mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
CFR Călători€41.593h 19m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Bistriţa is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Bucharest to Bistriţa

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

  1. €38.8390 days
  2. €42.1460 days
  3. €45.9945 days
  4. €39.9430 days
  5. €42.6821 days
  6. €56.4414 days
  7. €66.347 days
  8. €94.393 days
  9. €122.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €122.44, 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.
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. €59.74Sun
  2. €49.84Mon
  3. €45.44Tue
  4. €56.44Wed
  5. €70.74Thu
  6. €56.99Fri
  7. €66.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bucharest

Rail
  • Bucuresti Nord
  • Bucharest Obor
  • Bucharest Băneasa

Bistriţa

Rail
  • Bistrița Nord railway station
  • Bistrița Fabricii railway station
  • Gara Măgheruș Șieu
The journey

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 374 km against 325 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 Piteşti, Ploieşti, Braşov, Târgu Mureş. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Bucharest at 06:52 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa

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 Bucharest to Bistriţa take?

The Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa takes 3h 24m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 374 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa cost?

The Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa starts at €45.44 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €44.88. 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa?

1 operators run the Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa: CFR Călători. 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa use?

The Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa leaves from Bucuresti Nord and arrives at Bistrița Nord railway station. 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa?

Fares for the Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €38.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa produce?

The Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 374 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 Bucharest to Bistriţa?

Operators on the Train from Bucharest to Bistriţa publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bucharest to Bistriţa on September 9, 2026: 374 km of route against 325 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 3h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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A guided tour group

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Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bistriţa, with free cancellation on most of it.

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