Cheapest€42.14
- АО «ФПК» S-587106:212h 42m09:03Irkutsk railway stationDarkhan I railway station
Door to door 3h 26mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Irkutsk to Darkhan train
Trains from Irkutsk to Darkhan start at €55.34 and take 3h 24m at their fastest.
The Trains from Irkutsk to Darkhan starts at €55.34 and takes 3h 24m door to door, run by 2 operators over 383 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 24mDoor to door
- 2h 40mMoving
- €55.34From
- 12.6 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.
Fastest€54.24
- Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам» S-283706:342h 40m09:14Irkutsk railway stationDarkhan I railway station
Door to door 3h 24mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам» | €47.64 |
| АО «ФПК» | €42.14 |
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When to book Irkutsk to Darkhan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.3990 days
- €33.8960 days
- €39.9445 days
- €38.8430 days
- €47.6421 days
- €55.8914 days
- €67.447 days
- €64.693 days
- €99.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €99.34, 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.
- €60.29Sun
- €55.34Mon
- €59.19Tue
- €61.94Wed
- €66.34Thu
- €55.89Fri
- €72.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Irkutsk
Rail
- Irkutsk railway station
- Irkutsk-Sortirovochnyy railway station
- Akademicheskaya
Darhan
Rail
- Darkhan I railway station
- Darkhan II 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
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 383 km against 333 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 Ulan-Ude, Erdenet, Ulan Bator. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 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 Irkutsk at 06:21 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan
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 Irkutsk to Darkhan take?
The Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan takes 3h 24m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 383 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan cost?
The Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan starts at €55.34 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €77.34. 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan?
2 operators run the Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan: Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам», 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan use?
The Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan leaves from Irkutsk railway station and arrives at Darkhan I 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan?
Fares for the Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan produce?
The Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan produces about 12.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 383 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan?
Operators on the Train from Irkutsk to Darkhan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 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 Irkutsk to Darkhan on September 11, 2026: 383 km of route against 333 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €55.34, 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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What to book in Darkhan before you go
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