Cheapest€23.99
- cfr S-222806:521h 37m08:29Cristian SibiuBucuresti Nord
Door to door 2h 21mCO2 7.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Sibiu to Bucharest train
Trains from Sibiu to Bucharest start at €28.94 and take 2h 20m at their fastest.
The Trains from Sibiu to Bucharest starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 20m door to door, run by 2 operators over 216 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 20mDoor to door
- 1h 36mMoving
- €28.94From
- 7.1 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€33.34
- cfr S-367814:391h 36m16:15Cristian SibiuBucuresti Nord
Door to door 2h 20mCO2 7.1 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 | €23.99 |
| CFR Călători | €26.19 |
The train gets you into Bucharest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Sibiu to Bucharest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.8490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €25.6445 days
- €28.3930 days
- €30.5921 days
- €32.7914 days
- €41.447 days
- €61.943 days
- €58.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €61.94, 3 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.
- €36.64Sun
- €28.94Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €32.79Wed
- €41.04Thu
- €40.26Fri
- €38.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sibiu
Rail
- Cristian Sibiu
- Sibiu railway station
- Sibiu Triaj railway station
Bucharest
Rail
- Bucuresti Nord
- Bucharest Obor
- Bucharest Băneasa
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 216 km against 216 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ploieşti, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Braşov. 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 Sibiu 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 20m | 1h 36m | 44m | €28.94 | 7.1 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 54.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Sibiu to Bucharest
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 Sibiu to Bucharest take?
The Train from Sibiu to Bucharest takes 2h 20m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 216 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 Sibiu to Bucharest cost?
The Train from Sibiu to Bucharest starts at €28.94 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €31.96. 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 Sibiu to Bucharest?
2 operators run the Train from Sibiu to Bucharest: 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 Sibiu to Bucharest use?
The Train from Sibiu to Bucharest leaves from Cristian Sibiu and arrives at Bucuresti Nord. 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 Sibiu to Bucharest?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Sibiu to Bucharest, at €28.94 and 2h 20m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Sibiu to Bucharest?
Fares for the Train from Sibiu to Bucharest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Sibiu to Bucharest produce?
The Train from Sibiu to Bucharest produces about 7.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 216 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 Sibiu to Bucharest?
Operators on the Train from Sibiu to Bucharest publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 20m 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 Sibiu to Bucharest on September 9, 2026: 216 km of route against 216 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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