Moscow to Samara train

Trains from Moscow to Samara start at €106.49 and take 6h 34m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Moscow to Samara starts at €106.49 and takes 6h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 855 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 34mDoor to door
  • 5h 50mMoving
  • €106.49From
  • 28.2 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.

Lowest CO2€108.14
  1. АО «ФПК» S-304006:206h 8m12:28Moskva KievskaiaSamara

Door to door 6h 52mCO2 28.2 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
АО «ФПК»€89.446h 30m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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Where to stay in Samara

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Booking window

When to book Moscow to Samara

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

  1. €88.0590 days
  2. €61.5060 days
  3. €61.5045 days
  4. €63.2730 days
  5. €88.0521 days
  6. €95.1314 days
  7. €110.477 days
  8. €108.703 days
  9. €154.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €154.13, 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. €104.57Sun
  2. €90.41Mon
  3. €88.05Tue
  4. €93.36Wed
  5. €116.96Thu
  6. €108.11Fri
  7. €95.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Moscow

Rail
  • Moskva Kievskaia
  • Moscow-Kalanchyovskaya
  • Moscow Kievskaya station

Samara

Rail
  • Samara
  • Lokomotivnaya railway station, Samara Oblast
  • Krasnaya Glinka
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 855 km against 855 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Moscow at 06:20 and the last at 21:00, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 42m1h 32m3h 10m€88.05216.7 kg48
Train6h 34m5h 50m44m€106.4928.2 kg12

Questions about Moscow to Samara

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 Moscow to Samara take?

The Train from Moscow to Samara takes 6h 34m door to door, of which 5h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 855 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 Moscow to Samara cost?

The Train from Moscow to Samara starts at €106.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €118.87. 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 Moscow to Samara?

1 operators run the Train from Moscow to Samara: АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 12 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 Moscow to Samara use?

The Train from Moscow to Samara leaves from Moskva Kievskaia and arrives at Samara. 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 Moscow to Samara?

Traveling from Moscow to Samara by Flight costs €88.05 and takes 4h 42m door to door, against 6h 34m 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 Moscow to Samara?

Fares for the Train from Moscow to Samara bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.50. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Moscow to Samara produce?

The Train from Moscow to Samara produces about 28.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 855 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 Moscow to Samara?

Operators on the Train from Moscow to Samara publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 34m 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 Moscow to Samara on September 12, 2026: 855 km of route against 855 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €106.49, and 6h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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