Travel to Craiova

Every way to reach Craiova: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Craiova is reachable from 60 places across 19 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 10 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 38m door to door. The nearest origin is 47 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Craiova

Every mode that actually calls at Craiova, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train52€21.241h 38m433 km1
Coach50€10.072h 23m1,030 km1
Flight41€34.363h 50m2,289 km8
  • 60Places you can arrive from
  • 60Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 10Operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Craiova for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Craiova railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km5337%Slatina, 47 km
200 to 600 km4229%Braşov, 205 km
600 to 1,500 km3122%Zagreb, 636 km
Over 1,500 km1712%Vejle, 1619 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Craiova that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Romania7754%
Italy107%
Germany86%
Hungary64%
Spain53%
Bulgaria43%
United Kingdom43%
Serbia43%
Türkiye43%
Greece32%
Austria21%
Bosnia & Herzegovina21%
Belgium21%
Denmark21%
Egypt21%
France21%
Croatia21%
Slovenia21%
Slovakia21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Craiova

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

Craiova

Rail
  • Craiova railway station
  • Craiova Triaj railway station
  • Almăj railway station
Bus
  • Gară
  • Bloc S200
Air
  • CRA

The fare from CRA into Craiova is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from CRA into Craiova?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Craiova costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Craiova

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Craiova, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Piteşti to Craiova bus€10.072h 23m103 km
Bucharest to Craiova bus€12.833h 14m184 km
Sector 6 to Craiova bus€13.933h 47m177 km
Sector 2 to Craiova bus€14.483h 42m186 km
Sector 4 to Craiova bus€14.483h 59m185 km
Sector 5 to Craiova bus€14.483h 54m181 km
Sector 1 to Craiova bus€14.483h 51m180 km
Niš to Craiova bus€14.484h 2m188 km
Sofia to Craiova bus€14.483h 52m184 km
Sector 3 to Craiova bus€15.033h 52m189 km
Ploieşti to Craiova bus€15.033h 42m189 km
Plovdiv to Craiova bus€18.334h 36m253 km
Timișoara to Craiova bus€18.884h 52m258 km
Belgrade to Craiova bus€19.434h 59m270 km
Cluj-Napoca to Craiova bus€19.985h273 km
Râmnicu Vâlcea to Craiova train€21.241h 42m98 km

We cannot promise Craiova railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Craiova?

Most of the points near Craiova railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Craiova

Common questions about Travel to Craiova

How can I get to Craiova?

Craiova is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 60 places, across 19 countries, on services run by 10 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Craiova?

The cheapest way into Craiova is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 60 origins we sell into Craiova over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Craiova?

The fastest journey into Craiova is by train, at 1h 38m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 47 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Craiova have?

Craiova has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Craiova railway station, Craiova Triaj railway station, Almăj railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Craiova from within 200 km?

53 of the routes we sell into Craiova start within 200 km. The nearest is Slatina, 47 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Craiova in Romania?

Craiova connects to 60 places on our network across 19 countries, the furthest of them 2,289 km away in a straight line. Romania routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Romania

The wider region

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Craiova are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Craiova and across Romania

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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