Travel to Penza

Every way to reach Penza: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Penza is reachable from 80 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 5 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €17.94 and the fastest takes 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin is 96 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Penza

Every mode that actually calls at Penza, 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
Train160€17.941h 36m1,167 km3
Flight2€63.274h 18m555 km2
  • 80Places you can arrive from
  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

Penza sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Penza 1 railway station

Sort by distance from Penza 1 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 km106%Ruzayevka, 96 km
200 to 600 km10263%Engels, 204 km
600 to 1,500 km5031%Volgodonsk, 664 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Penza 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
Russia15294%
Belarus85%
Kazakhstan21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Penza

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

Penza

Rail
  • Penza 1 railway station
  • Penza 3 railway station
Bus
  • Автовокзал
  • Пензенский автовокзал
Air
  • PEZ
Ferry
  • Причал
  • Пристань

Landing at PEZ after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from PEZ into Penza?

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

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Penza

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Penza, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Ruzayevka to Penza train€17.941h 36m96 km
Kuznetsk to Penza train€19.591h 40m106 km
Saransk to Penza train€20.691h 41m110 km
Saratov to Penza train€43.792h 31m196 km
Tolyatti to Penza train€54.243h 6m290 km
Ulyanovsk to Penza train€56.443h 4m255 km
Samara to Penza train€61.393h 52m341 km
Nizhny Novgorod to Penza train€63.043h 34m354 km
Moscow to Penza flight€63.274h 18m555 km
Lipetsk to Penza train€66.893h 50m372 km
Kazan’ to Penza train€71.844h 12m392 km
Voronezh to Penza train€79.544h 18m429 km
Ryazan to Penza train€83.393h 57m382 km
Moscow to Penza train€85.594h 33m555 km
Volgograd to Penza train€97.144h 42m500 km
Yaroslavl to Penza train€98.245h 27m590 km

A day in Penza hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Penza

Most of the points near Penza 1 railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Penza

Common questions about Travel to Penza

How can I get to Penza?

Penza is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 80 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 5 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 Penza?

The cheapest way into Penza is by Train, from €17.94 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 80 origins we sell into Penza over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Penza?

The fastest journey into Penza is by Train, at 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 96 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Penza have?

Penza has 7 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Penza 1 railway station, Penza 3 railway station, PEZ. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Penza from within 200 km?

10 of the routes we sell into Penza start within 200 km. The nearest is Ruzayevka, 96 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 Penza in Russia?

Penza connects to 80 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 1,167 km away in a straight line. Russia 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 Russia

The wider region

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

A guided tour group

What to book in Penza before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Penza, with free cancellation on most of it.

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