Moscow to Donetsk by train
Travel from Moscow (Russia) to Donetsk (Ukraine) by train (862km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
The train connection Moscow (Russia) - Donetsk (Ukraine) is comfortable to travel by long-distance-trains from several cities in Russia. Please read the following travel information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
862 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Moscow to Donetsk, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Donetsk - Moscow / Moscow - Dnipro / Moscow - Kharkiv / Moscow - Kryvyi Rih / Moscow - Luhansk / Moscow - Lviv / Moscow - Mykolaiv / Saint Petersburg - Kyiv / Saint Petersburg - Lviv1 Moscow (Russia) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Donetsk (Ukraine)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Kyiv (Ukraine)
Travel from Moscow to Kiev by direct train. There are 3 to 4 train connections daily with an average travel time of 13 hours. Train tickets are available from 60 EUR. The overnight trains offer 2 and 4 berth compartments.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Kyiv?
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Kyiv - Moscow
1b Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Donetsk (Ukraine)
To travel in Ukraine, you can easily buy train tickets for most long-distance trains online. Many tickets are available as e-tickets however some tickets have to be collected from a ticket office at a railway station. You can of course also buy all tickets locally at a station.
Most long-distance trains are overnight trains with different types of accommodation. On some routes between major cities there are also long-distance train which run during the day with seats only.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Donetsk?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
поїзд (UZ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
D 67 Kyiv - Warsaw / D 771/800 Kyiv - Bratislava / D 771/442 Kyiv - Prague / IC 81/33 Kyiv - Budapest / 117/381 Kyiv - Bucharest
train company:
UZ Укрзалізниця
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Donetsk - Kyiv / Kyiv - Lviv / Kyiv - Dnipro / Kyiv - Odesa / Kyiv - Kharkiv / Lviv - Odesa / Lviv - Kharkiv
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
rail.cc Deutsche Bahn / Ukraine Railways
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