Cheapest€67.44
- АО «ФПК» S-662414:344h 22m18:56Chita IIIrkutsk railway station
Door to door 5h 6mCO2 20.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Chita to Irkutsk train
Trains from Chita to Irkutsk start at €92.19 and take 5h 6m at their fastest.
The Trains from Chita to Irkutsk starts at €92.19 and takes 5h 6m door to door, run by 1 operator over 628 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 6mDoor to door
- 4h 22mMoving
- €92.19From
- 20.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| АО «ФПК» | €67.44 | 4h 59m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Irkutsk. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Irkutsk
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When to book Chita to Irkutsk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.0790 days
- €50.2960 days
- €52.0445 days
- €55.0130 days
- €82.7421 days
- €118.0414 days
- €116.967 days
- €119.913 days
- €163.571 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €163.57, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €93.95Sun
- €94.94Mon
- €72.94Tue
- €88.05Wed
- €107.04Thu
- €110.34Fri
- €116.96Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chita
Rail
- Chita II
- Chita-1 Station
- Kenon
Irkutsk
Rail
- Irkutsk railway station
- Irkutsk-Sortirovochnyy railway station
- Akademicheskaya
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 628 km against 628 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 Ulan-Ude. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chita at 06:21 and the last at 14:34, across 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 28m | 1h 18m | 3h 10m | €69.76 | 159.2 kg | 1 |
| Train | 5h 6m | 4h 22m | 44m | €92.19 | 20.7 kg | 3 |
Questions about Chita to Irkutsk
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 Chita to Irkutsk take?
The Train from Chita to Irkutsk takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 4h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 628 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 Chita to Irkutsk cost?
The Train from Chita to Irkutsk starts at €92.19 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €67.99. 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 Chita to Irkutsk?
1 operators run the Train from Chita to Irkutsk: АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 3 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 Chita to Irkutsk use?
The Train from Chita to Irkutsk leaves from Chita II and arrives at Irkutsk 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 Chita to Irkutsk?
Traveling from Chita to Irkutsk by Flight costs €69.76 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 5h 6m 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 Chita to Irkutsk?
Fares for the Train from Chita to Irkutsk bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 225 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Chita to Irkutsk produce?
The Train from Chita to Irkutsk produces about 20.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 628 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 Chita to Irkutsk?
Operators on the Train from Chita to Irkutsk publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 6m 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 Chita to Irkutsk on September 12, 2026: 628 km of route against 628 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €92.19, and 5h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Irkutsk
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Irkutsk, with free cancellation on most of it.
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