Cheapest€26.19
- АО «ФПК» S-830606:201h 42m08:02Ulan-Ude railway stationIrkutsk railway station
Door to door 2h 26mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk train
Trains from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk start at €30.59 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk starts at €30.59 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 232 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €30.59From
- 7.7 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€26.19
- АО «ФПК» S-685614:071h 38m15:45Ulan-Ude railway stationIrkutsk railway station
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам» | €27.29 | 2h 23m |
| АО «ФПК» | €26.19 | 2h 22m |
The train gets you into Irkutsk. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Irkutsk
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When to book Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.1890 days
- €20.6960 days
- €26.7445 days
- €23.4430 days
- €31.1421 days
- €32.7914 days
- €40.857 days
- €39.393 days
- €57.961 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €57.96, 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.
- €40.26Sun
- €33.89Mon
- €30.59Tue
- €34.99Wed
- €49.84Thu
- €41.59Fri
- €32.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ulan-Ude
Rail
- Ulan-Ude railway station
- Zenit
- Uchitel
Irkutsk
Rail
- Irkutsk railway station
- Irkutsk-Sortirovochnyy railway station
- Akademicheskaya
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
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 232 km against 232 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 Darhan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Ulan-Ude at 06:20 and the last at 14:20, across 5 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 22m | 1h 38m | 44m | €30.59 | 7.7 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 53m | 43m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 58.8 kg | 1 |
Questions about Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk
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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk take?
The Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 232 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk cost?
The Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk starts at €30.59 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €30.59. 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk?
2 operators run the Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk: Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам», АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 5 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk use?
The Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk leaves from Ulan-Ude railway station and arrives at Irkutsk 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk, at €30.59 and 2h 22m 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk?
Fares for the Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 180 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk produce?
The Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk produces about 7.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 232 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk?
Operators on the Train from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m 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 Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk on September 12, 2026: 232 km of route against 232 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.59, and 2h 22m 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 Irkutsk
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