Cheapest€47.09
- cfr S-893314:393h 27m18:06Timișoara Est railway stationPloiești Est railway station
Door to door 4h 11mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Timișoara to Ploieşti train
Trains from Timișoara to Ploieşti start at €59.74 and take 3h 53m at their fastest.
The Trains from Timișoara to Ploieşti starts at €59.74 and takes 3h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 443 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 53mDoor to door
- 3h 9mMoving
- €59.74From
- 14.6 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€68.54
- cfr S-545006:523h 9m10:01Timișoara Est railway stationPloiești Est railway station
Door to door 3h 53mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 cfr | €47.09 | 3h 47m |
| CFR Călători | €51.49 | 3h 46m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Ploieşti is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Ploieşti
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When to book Timișoara to Ploieşti
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €47.6490 days
- €36.6460 days
- €48.1945 days
- €52.5930 days
- €69.0921 days
- €76.7914 days
- €101.547 days
- €103.193 days
- €141.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 285 percent. The most expensive point is €141.14, 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.
- €71.84Sun
- €59.74Mon
- €61.94Tue
- €61.39Wed
- €76.79Thu
- €74.04Fri
- €78.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Timişoara
Rail
- Timișoara Est railway station
- Timișoara Sud railway station
- Timișoara Nord railway station
Ploieşti
Rail
- Ploiești Est railway station
- Ploiești Sud railway station
- Ploiești Nord 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 443 km against 385 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 Reşiţa, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Piteşti, Târgu Jiu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Timișoara 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti
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 Timișoara to Ploieşti take?
The Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 443 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti cost?
The Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti starts at €59.74 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €53.42. 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti?
2 operators run the Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti: 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti use?
The Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti leaves from Timișoara Est railway station and arrives at Ploiești Est 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.
When should I book the Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti?
Fares for the Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.64. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 285 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti produce?
The Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 443 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti?
Operators on the Train from Timișoara to Ploieşti publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 53m 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 Timișoara to Ploieşti on September 10, 2026: 443 km of route against 385 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €59.74, and 3h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Ploieşti
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