Cheapest€28.94
- cfr S-642814:392h 8m16:47Târgu Mureș Railway StationBucuresti Nord
Door to door 2h 52mCO2 8.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Târgu Mureş to Bucharest train
Trains from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest start at €36.64 and take 2h 37m at their fastest.
The Trains from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest starts at €36.64 and takes 2h 37m door to door, run by 2 operators over 264 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 37mDoor to door
- 1h 53mMoving
- €36.64From
- 8.7 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€31.14
- CFR Călători CF290114:391h 53m16:32Târgu Mureș Railway StationBucuresti Nord
Door to door 2h 37mCO2 8.7 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 | €28.94 |
| CFR Călători | €31.14 |
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When to book Târgu Mureş to Bucharest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.3190 days
- €25.0960 days
- €23.9945 days
- €27.2930 days
- €33.7721 days
- €36.6414 days
- €44.897 days
- €46.753 days
- €65.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €65.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €42.03Sun
- €36.64Mon
- €40.85Tue
- €37.19Wed
- €46.54Thu
- €36.64Fri
- €48.52Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Târgu Mureş
Rail
- Târgu Mureș Railway Station
- Târgu Mureș Sud railway station
- Târgu Mureș Nord 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 264 km against 264 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sibiu, Braşov, Piteşti, Ploieşti. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Târgu Mureş 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 37m | 1h 53m | 44m | €36.64 | 8.7 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €40.85 | 66.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Târgu Mureş 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest take?
The Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest takes 2h 37m door to door, of which 1h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 264 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest cost?
The Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €37.74. 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest?
2 operators run the Train from Târgu Mureş 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest use?
The Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest leaves from Târgu Mureș Railway Station 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest, at €36.64 and 2h 37m 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest?
Fares for the Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest produce?
The Train from Târgu Mureş to Bucharest produces about 8.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 264 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest?
Operators on the Train from Târgu Mureş 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 37m 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 Târgu Mureş to Bucharest on September 11, 2026: 264 km of route against 264 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 2h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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