Fastest€64.14
- cfr S-245817:033h 9m20:12Bucuresti NordSatu Mare railway station
Door to door 3h 53mCO2 14.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bucharest to Satu Mare train
Trains from Bucharest to Satu Mare start at €58.09 and take 3h 53m at their fastest.
The Trains from Bucharest to Satu Mare starts at €58.09 and takes 3h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 450 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 53mDoor to door
- 3h 9mMoving
- €58.09From
- 14.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 cfr | €56.44 | 3h 49m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Satu Mare railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Bucharest to Satu Mare
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.7590 days
- €52.0660 days
- €45.5745 days
- €50.9430 days
- €60.8421 days
- €55.6014 days
- €75.667 days
- €106.343 days
- €112.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €112.24, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €59.73Sun
- €54.42Mon
- €53.83Tue
- €60.84Wed
- €74.48Thu
- €69.64Fri
- €66.81Sat
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
Satu Mare
Rail
- Satu Mare railway station
- Satu Mare Sud railway station
- Botiz railway station
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 450 km against 450 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 Braşov, Târgu Mureş, Ploieşti, Cluj-Napoca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bucharest at 06:52 and the last at 17:03, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 53m | 3h 9m | 44m | €58.09 | 14.8 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €53.83 | 114.1 kg | 2 |
Questions about Bucharest to Satu Mare
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 Satu Mare take?
The Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 450 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 Satu Mare cost?
The Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare starts at €58.09 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €64.14. 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 Satu Mare?
1 operators run the Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare: cfr. Between them they file around 7 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 Satu Mare use?
The Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare leaves from Bucuresti Nord and arrives at Satu Mare 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.
Is the Train the best way from Bucharest to Satu Mare?
Traveling from Bucharest to Satu Mare by Flight costs €53.83 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 3h 53m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare?
Fares for the Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.57. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare produce?
The Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare produces about 14.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 450 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 Satu Mare?
Operators on the Train from Bucharest to Satu Mare publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 53m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Satu Mare on September 9, 2026: 450 km of route against 450 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 3h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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