Vilnius to Moscow train

Trains from Vilnius to Moscow start at €114.74 and take 6h 25m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Vilnius to Moscow starts at €114.74 and takes 6h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 790 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 25mDoor to door
  • 5h 41mMoving
  • €114.74From
  • 26.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Lowest CO2€108.69
  1. АО «ФПК» S-135706:205h 41m12:01VilniusMoskva Kievskaia

Door to door 6h 25mCO2 26.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
АО «ФПК»€85.046h 6m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Moscow is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Vilnius to Moscow

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €89.8290 days
  2. €65.0460 days
  3. €65.2445 days
  4. €61.5030 days
  5. €95.1321 days
  6. €148.2314 days
  7. €164.757 days
  8. €151.183 days
  9. €176.551 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €61.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €176.55, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €109.29Sun
  2. €93.36Mon
  3. €99.85Tue
  4. €122.27Wed
  5. €134.54Thu
  6. €126.99Fri
  7. €148.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Vilnius

Rail
  • Vilnius
  • Vilnius train station
  • Vilnius Cargo train station

Moscow

Rail
  • Moskva Kievskaia
  • Moscow-Kalanchyovskaya
  • Moscow Kievskaya station
The journey

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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 790 km against 790 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Minsk, Smolensk, Vitebsk, Mahilyow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Vilnius at 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 40m1h 30m3h 10m€93.36200.2 kg1
Train6h 25m5h 41m44m€114.7426.1 kg5

Questions about Vilnius to Moscow

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 Vilnius to Moscow take?

The Train from Vilnius to Moscow takes 6h 25m door to door, of which 5h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 790 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 Vilnius to Moscow cost?

The Train from Vilnius to Moscow starts at €114.74 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €119.69. 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 Vilnius to Moscow?

1 operators run the Train from Vilnius to Moscow: 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 Vilnius to Moscow use?

The Train from Vilnius to Moscow leaves from Vilnius and arrives at Moskva Kievskaia. 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 Vilnius to Moscow?

Traveling from Vilnius to Moscow by Flight costs €93.36 and takes 4h 40m door to door, against 6h 25m 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 Vilnius to Moscow?

Fares for the Train from Vilnius to Moscow bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €61.50. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Vilnius to Moscow produce?

The Train from Vilnius to Moscow produces about 26.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 790 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 Vilnius to Moscow?

Operators on the Train from Vilnius to Moscow publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 25m 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 Vilnius to Moscow on September 12, 2026: 790 km of route against 790 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €114.74, and 6h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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