Lowest CO2€83.39
- BonRail BR459006:245h 31m11:55Tehran Railway StationMashhad Railway Station
Door to door 6h 15mCO2 24.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Tehran to Mashhad train
Trains from Tehran to Mashhad start at €83.94 and take 5h 45m at their fastest.
The Trains from Tehran to Mashhad starts at €83.94 and takes 5h 45m door to door, run by 2 operators over 739 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 45mDoor to door
- 5h 1mMoving
- €83.94From
- 24.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| BonRail | €83.39 | 5h 43m |
 RAJA | €80.64 | 5h 44m |
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Rooms within reach of Mashhad Railway Station
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When to book Tehran to Mashhad
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.6990 days
- €61.5060 days
- €69.1745 days
- €73.3030 days
- €72.1221 days
- €80.3814 days
- €86.287 days
- €124.633 days
- €160.621 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 161 percent. The most expensive point is €160.62, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €93.95Sun
- €81.56Mon
- €91.00Tue
- €80.38Wed
- €112.24Thu
- €104.57Fri
- €101.62Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Tehran
Rail
- Tehran Railway Station
- Ray Railway Station
- Mehrabad Railway Station
Mashhad
Rail
- Mashhad 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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 739 km against 739 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 Sabzevar, Gorgān, Neyshābūr, Sari. 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 Tehran at 06:13 and the last at 17:30, across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 32m | 1h 22m | 3h 10m | €80.38 | 187.2 kg | 5 |
| Train | 5h 45m | 5h 1m | 44m | €83.94 | 24.4 kg | 9 |
Questions about Tehran 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 Tehran to Mashhad take?
The Train from Tehran to Mashhad takes 5h 45m door to door, of which 5h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 739 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 Tehran to Mashhad cost?
The Train from Tehran to Mashhad starts at €83.94 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €108.14. 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 Tehran to Mashhad?
2 operators run the Train from Tehran to Mashhad: BonRail, RAJA. Between them they file around 9 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 Tehran to Mashhad use?
The Train from Tehran to Mashhad leaves from Tehran 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.
Is the Train the best way from Tehran to Mashhad?
Traveling from Tehran to Mashhad by Flight costs €80.38 and takes 4h 32m door to door, against 5h 45m 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 Tehran to Mashhad?
Fares for the Train from Tehran to Mashhad bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.50. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Tehran to Mashhad produce?
The Train from Tehran to Mashhad produces about 24.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 739 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 Tehran to Mashhad?
Operators on the Train from Tehran to Mashhad publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 45m 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 Tehran to Mashhad on September 9, 2026: 739 km of route against 739 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.94, and 5h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Mashhad and elsewhere in Iran. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Mashhad before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Mashhad, with free cancellation on most of it.
See Mashhad on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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