Karaj to Mashhad train

Trains from Karaj to Mashhad start at €112.53 and take 7h 23m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Karaj to Mashhad starts at €112.53 and takes 7h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 892 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 23mDoor to door
  • 6h 39mMoving
  • €112.53From
  • 29.4 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€91.63
  1. BonRail BR557407:3027m07:57Karaj Railway StationTehran Railway Station
  2. BonRail BR533109:365h 3m14:39Tehran Railway StationMashhad Railway Station

Changes at Tehran, with 99 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 53mCO2 26.0 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€127.39
  1. RAJA RA534106:146h 39m12:53Karaj Railway StationMashhad Railway Station

Door to door 7h 23mCO2 29.4 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.
OperatorFromFastest
BonRail€101.546h 45m
RAJA€110.346h 46m

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Rooms within reach of Mashhad Railway Station

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Booking window

When to book Karaj to Mashhad

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

  1. €137.8390 days
  2. €68.5460 days
  3. €81.1945 days
  4. €88.8830 days
  5. €125.1921 days
  6. €165.3414 days
  7. €200.547 days
  8. €177.443 days
  9. €311.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €68.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 355 percent. The most expensive point is €311.64, 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.
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. €133.43Sun
  2. €116.39Mon
  3. €115.84Tue
  4. €118.04Wed
  5. €168.64Thu
  6. €165.34Fri
  7. €156.54Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Karaj

Rail
  • Karaj Railway Station
  • Kordan Railway Station

Mashhad

Rail
  • Mashhad Railway Station
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 892 km against 776 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 Sari, Sabzevar, Neyshābūr, Tehran. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Karaj at 06:14 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Karaj to Mashhad

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 Karaj to Mashhad take?

The Train from Karaj to Mashhad takes 7h 23m door to door, of which 6h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 892 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 Karaj to Mashhad cost?

The Train from Karaj to Mashhad starts at €112.53 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €105.39. 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 Karaj to Mashhad?

2 operators run the Train from Karaj to Mashhad: BonRail, RAJA. Between them they file around 6 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 Karaj to Mashhad use?

The Train from Karaj to Mashhad leaves from Karaj Railway Station and arrives at Mashhad 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 Karaj to Mashhad?

Fares for the Train from Karaj to Mashhad bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €68.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 355 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Karaj to Mashhad produce?

The Train from Karaj to Mashhad produces about 29.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 892 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 Karaj to Mashhad?

Operators on the Train from Karaj to Mashhad publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 23m 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 Karaj to Mashhad on September 11, 2026: 892 km of route against 776 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €112.53, and 7h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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