Cheapest€20.69
- cfr S-470314:391h 29m16:08Ploiești Est railway stationBrăila
Door to door 2h 13mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ploieşti to Brăila train
Trains from Ploieşti to Brăila start at €24.54 and take 2h 7m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ploieşti to Brăila starts at €24.54 and takes 2h 7m door to door, run by 2 operators over 181 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 7mDoor to door
- 1h 23mMoving
- €24.54From
- 6.0 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.
Fastest€28.94
- cfr S-122006:521h 23m08:15Ploiești Est railway stationBrăila
Door to door 2h 7mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 cfr | €20.69 |
| CFR Călători | €22.34 |
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When to book Ploieşti to Brăila
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.6990 days
- €20.1460 days
- €19.0445 days
- €17.9430 days
- €22.8921 days
- €24.5414 days
- €32.797 days
- €33.343 days
- €42.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €42.14, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €24.54Sun
- €25.64Mon
- €27.84Tue
- €26.19Wed
- €32.79Thu
- €30.59Fri
- €31.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ploieşti
Rail
- Ploiești Est railway station
- Ploiești Sud railway station
- Ploiești Nord railway station
Brăila
Rail
- Brăila
- Lacu Sărat railway station
- Baldovinești 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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 181 km against 158 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 Sector 1, Focșani, Buzău, Slobozia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Ploieşti at 06:52 and the last at 14:39, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ploieşti to Brăila
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 Ploieşti to Brăila take?
The Train from Ploieşti to Brăila takes 2h 7m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 181 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 Ploieşti to Brăila cost?
The Train from Ploieşti to Brăila starts at €24.54 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €28.12. 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 Ploieşti to Brăila?
2 operators run the Train from Ploieşti to Brăila: cfr, CFR Călători. Between them they file around 8 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 Ploieşti to Brăila use?
The Train from Ploieşti to Brăila leaves from Ploiești Est railway station and arrives at Brăila. 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 Ploieşti to Brăila?
Fares for the Train from Ploieşti to Brăila bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ploieşti to Brăila produce?
The Train from Ploieşti to Brăila produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 181 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 Ploieşti to Brăila?
Operators on the Train from Ploieşti to Brăila publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 7m 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 Ploieşti to Brăila on September 13, 2026: 181 km of route against 158 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.54, and 2h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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