Swiss Railways train in Zurich Station
Below is a detailed map of the railways of Moldova. You can zoom in by using the +/- buttons or by using the wheel on your mouse whilst hovering over the map.
This map has been extracted from the Railway Map of Europe with kind permission of the publishers.
You can purchase copies of the full map, as well as rail timetables, from The European Railway Timetable website
MOLDOVA
Moldova has 10 times as much road as rail so has limited rail facilities but services go through to Odessa and Kyiv in Ukraine. They use the broad gauge Russian standard 1520mm, have no electric services and all lines are single track! Journey time to Bucharest from Chisinau is about 12 hours and to Odessa 3 hours
The Current Situation
As at October 2024 only the following rail services are running:-
A daily night train from Chisinau across the border into Romania and thence onto Iasi, Ploesti and Bucharest.
Two daily trains from Chisinau to Iasi Socola in Romania.
A night train from Chisinau through Balti and across the border into Ukraine and thence to Vinnitsia and Kyiv.
All the above trains serve Ungheni and there is an additional daily local service from Ungheni to Chisinau at 03.56 returning at 18.04
A local service from Bender to Chisinau departing Bender at 05.05 and returning from Chisinau at 17.55. Journey time is two hours.
The service to Odessa is currently suspended.
Link | Description |
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Calea Ferata din Moldova | Moldova State Railways: the site is in Romanian or Russian but on the Romanian language page you can click ‘bilet-online’ and an English section opens if you click EN at top right and you can then book and pay with credit card for some journeys. |
Railways in Moldova | Moldova page on Glynn Williams' "Railways of the World" |
DS December 2021