Timetables and tickets — in the search below
Travel time
≈ 11–14 h
Type
overnight services available
Direction
domestic
Tickets
online, e-ticket by email
The Chernivtsi — Kyiv train covers the route in roughly 11–14 hours. Some services are overnight: leave in the evening, arrive in the morning — the trip costs a night's sleep, not a day.
An overnight train to Ukraine's “little Vienna”: leave in the evening, have breakfast on Olha Kobylianska street.
Times and prices are approximate — check the search above for live schedules and fares.
Getting from Chernivtsi to Kyiv by train takes roughly 11–14 hours. Some services run overnight, so the trip does not eat into your day: leave in the evening, arrive in the morning.
The alternative on this route is the bus: roughly 9–11 hours. The bus is usually cheaper and runs more often, but depends more on traffic and border queues.
What a Chernivtsi — Kyiv ticket costs depends on the date, the class and how far ahead you book: there is no fixed fare on this route and we do not invent one. Compare services, dates and prices in the search at the top of this page — it queries every carrier at once.
Roughly 11–14 hours depending on the service. Overnight services take longer than daytime ones, but the journey happens while you sleep. The search at the top of the page shows the exact time for your date, straight from the carriers.
Direct services run on most dates. If there is none on your day, the search will offer a connection — both appear in the same list.
There is no fixed fare: it depends on the date, the carrier, the class and how early you book. We deliberately do not show a “from” price — it is almost always unattainable. The search at the top of the page shows the real fare for your date.
Ukrzaliznytsia opens sales 20 days before departure (10 for some eastern routes); European carriers set their own rules — RegioJet, for example, opens 60 days ahead. The best seats and fares go in the first days of sales. With flexible dates, also check 2–7 days before departure — returned tickets often reappear then.
In the search form at the top of this page — the official tickets.ua search: all carriers and departures in one query, time and price filters, card payment and an e-ticket by email.
