Piraeus to Singapore by train
Travel from Piraeus (Greece) to Singapore (Singapore) by train (9061km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Piraeus in Greece to Singapore, the main route leads via Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia. Please read the following information and blog posts.
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9061 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 Piraeus to Singapore, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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Singapore - Piraeus / Thessaloniki - Singapore / Alexandroupoli - Singapore / Larissa - Singapore / Patras - Singapore1 Piraeus (Greece) - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Sofia (Bulgaria) - Bucharest (Romania) - Chisinau (Moldova) - Moscow (Russia) - Beijing (China) - Hanoi (Vietnam) - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Bangkok (Thailand) - Padang Besar (Malaysia) - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - Johor Bahru (Malaysia) - Singapore (Singapore)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Piraeus (Greece) to Thessaloniki (Greece)
Train tickets for Greece can be bought locally or online. Advance tickets for Intercity connections are cheaper than normal fare and are available online only.
Check times&prices 
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Inter City (IC) / Proastiakos (P)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
B 334 Thessaloniki - Belgrade / B335 Belgrade - Thessaloniki / T 600 Athens - Alexandroupoli / T 601 Alexandroupoli - Athens
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Athens - Istanbul / Thessaloniki - Istanbul / Thessaloniki - Skopje
ferry: Ferry connections that might be helpful.
Patras - Ancona / Patras - Bari
train company:
OSE TRAINOSE / BLUE Blue Star Ferries / MINO Minoan Lines / METU Metro Turizm / CRZH Crazy Holidays
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Thessaloniki - Piraeus / Athens - Alexandroupoli / Athens - Igoumenitsa / Athens - Iraklion / Athens - Larissa / Athens - Patras / Athens - Piraeus / Athens - Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki - Athens / Thessaloniki - Larissa / Thessaloniki - Patras
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1b Travelling from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Sofia (Bulgaria)
Travel from Thessaloniki to Sofia by direct day train. The journey time is 8:30 hours. Buy your train ticket for 18 EUR at the train station in Thessaloniki.
The departure time in Thessaloniki is 05:50. The arrival time in Sofia is 14:20. There are always seats available therefore it is no problem to buy the ticket at the day of departure, even very early in the morning at Thessaloniki railway station.
Note (2022/2023): currently the train traffic is interrupted and you have to travel by bus. The bus ticket price is 15-20 EUR. Buy it via the given links or on union-ivkoni.com
No discount with Interrail/Eurail.
Where to buy a ticket from Thessaloniki to Sofia?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Sofia - Thessaloniki
1c Travelling from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Bucharest (Romania)
Travel from Sofia to Bucharest by direct train connection. The journey time is 9:40 hours. The ticket fare is 161 RON (33 EUR).
The departure time in Sofia is 07:20. And the arrival time in Bucharest is 17:00. In off-season (October to May) you have to change trains in Ruse (Bulgaria). Arrival time in Ruse is 13:20. Departure time in Ruse is 14:15. You can save money if you split your ticket booking: buy one ticket for Sofia to Ruse and a second ticket for Ruse to Bucharest.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Sofia to Bucharest?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Bucharest - Sofia
1d Travelling from Bucharest (Romania) to Chisinau (Moldova)
Travel from Romania to Moldova by overnight train on the route from Bucharest to Chisinau. The journey time is 14 hours. The train ticket price starts from 25 EUR. The train route runs via Iași (Romania) and Ungheni (Moldova).
The overnight train Bucharest to Chisinau offers the following service categories:
- 2nd class: 4-bed compartments. The ticket price 135 RON (28 EUR).
- 1st class: 2-bed compartments. The ticket price 290 RON (60 EUR).
The departure time in Bucharest is 19:15. The arrival time in Chisinau is 09:30.
Additionally there are local trains from Iași (Romania) across the border to Ungheni (Moldova). Regular train connections are available from Ungheni to Chisinau.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Chisinau?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
402/106 Bucharest - Chisinau
train company:
CFR Căile Ferate Române / CFM Calea Ferată din Moldova
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Chisinau - Bucharest
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Where to buy a ticket from Chisinau to Moscow?
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train company:
RZD Российские железные дороги
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Moscow - Chisinau / Chisinau - Saint Petersburg
1f Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Beijing (China)
Travel from Moscow to Beijing by direct overnight train. The journey time is about 140 hours with six nights on board of the train. The train ticket prices start at 650 EUR. There are two direct trains per week with different routes. The departure station is Moskva Yaroslavsky.
1) Moscow to Beijing via Mongolia:
The Trans-Mongolian route (train number 4) leaves Moscow for Beijing on Tuesday night at 23:45. The train arrives in Beijing on Monday at 14:35. The route leads via Siberia, Ulaanbaatar and the Gobi desert. The route length is 7620 kilometres. This train is provided by Chinese national railway.
2) Moscow to Beijing via Manchuria:
The Trans-Manchurian route (train number 20) leaves Moscow for Beijing on Saturday night at 23:45. The train arrives in Beijing on Saturday morning at 05:50. The route leads via Harbin and does not cross Mongolia. The route length is 8980 kilometres. This train is provided by Russian national railway.
The ticket prices are nearly the same for both trains. The following service classes can be booked:
- 2nd class: compartment with four beds, two on each side. The train ticket price starts at 650 EUR.
- 1st class: compartment with two beds. The train ticket price starts at 900 EUR.
Children from 0-3 travel for free in the bed of their parents. Children from 4 to 11 pay 75% of an adult ticket.
Food:
Both trains offer restaurant cars which are not expensive and of good quality. You get main meals bellow 10 EUR. You can always buy food and drink from the vendors and kiosks on the train platforms when the train stops. Each wagon has a samovar with free boiling water, which you can use for coffee or tea and to prepare food snacks you bring with you.
Toilet and shower:
Each train wagon has at least two western-style toilets and small bathrooms with sinks. The train staff will keep the toilet clean during the whole journey. There are shared showers available for the 1st class compartments on the Chinese train via Mongolia. Otherwise just use the small bathrooms and a wash-cloth. If you don’t travel the whole journey with one train, you have of course showers in hotels you book along your travel route. But it is to expect that showers in the trains will be provided in the future.
Security:
The trains are very safe. You will meet families travelling with kids and as well women travelling alone. You can lock the compartments at night and your luggage is save. The train staff is always present. The compartments are mixed with female and male, but you can ask the train staff for women-only compartments.
Internet and electricity:
There is no WiFi available in the train itself. You have to use your mobile phone to access via a phone network provider. Some compartments have power sockets, you might also find some in the corridor. Or just ask the train staff if they charge your mobile device for a small tip.
Other train connections are available change of trains.
Find the exact train schedules, plan your trip and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Beijing?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
020 Moscow - Beijing / 019 Beijing - Moscow
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Beijing - Moscow
1g Travelling from Beijing (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam)
If you want to travel from China to Vietnam by train, you have daily train connections. There are two main travel routes available.
The first travel route is from Beijing, Guilin, Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam).
There are two direct trains per week from Beijing (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam).
There are every day connections from Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam). If you travel on a date were no direct train runs from Beijing to Hanoi, first travel by the daily overnight train from Beijing to Nanning, then by the daily overnight train from Nanning to Hanoi.
The second travel route is from Kunming (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam) with change and border crossing at Hekou (China) and Lào Cai (Vietnam). The train in China coming from Kunming ends at the station Hekou North (China). Journey time 5 hours. There you take a bus or taxi to the border (10 minutes). Walk over the border. And again by bus or taxi (10 minutes) to the station of Lào Cai (Vietnam). From there continue to Hanoi by direct train.
How to buy tickets:
- buy train tickets from China to Vietnam at Chinahighlights. For the city of Hanoi fill in Gia Lam, Hanoi !!!
Direct train: Beijing - Gia Lam, Hanoi.
Connection with change: Beijing - Nanning and Nanning - Gia Lam, Hanoi.
- buy train tickets inside of Vietnam are available via 12goasia. For example: Lào Cai - Hanoi.
Where to buy a ticket from Beijing to Hanoi?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train company:
CNR 中国铁路总公司 / VIET Đường Sắt Việt Nam
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Hanoi - Beijing / Guilin - Hanoi / Nanning - Hanoi / Shanghai - Hanoi / Wuhan - Hanoi / Kunming - Hanoi / Chengdu - Hanoi / Guangzhou - Hanoi / Shijiazhuang - Hanoi / Beijing - Ho Chi Minh City
1h Travelling from Hanoi (Vietnam) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by overnight train. The journey time is 32 to 37 hours. Train ticket fares start from 25 EUR. There are up to 6 train connections daily.
The trains of Vietnamese railways offer the following service classes:
- 3rd class, hard wooden seats
- 2nd class, soft seats with air-condition
- 2nd class, sleeper with 6 berths per compartment, with air-condition
- 1st class, sleeper with 4 berths per compartment, with air-condition
On some trains luxury train wagons are attached. For example "Violette Express" and others which offer 4-berth and 2-berth compartments.
The train numbers are as follows with departure time in Hanoi, arrival time in Ho Chi Minh City and the total journey time:
- SE1 / 22:20 / 05:45 / 31:25
- SE3 / 19:25 / 04:38 / 33:13
- SE5 / 08:50 / 18:55 / 34:05
- SE7 / 06:00 / 16:30 / 34:30
- SE9 / 14:25 / 03:25 / 37:00
- SE11 / 08:00 / 21:05 / 37:05
We recommend to travel one of the most scenic parts of this rail journey between Huế and Đà Nẵng on day light (SE1, SE3). You get to this section of the travel route 13 hours after departure in Hanoi. Sit on the left in direction of travel to have the best view.
If you travel as tourist, it makes sense to include some stops for example in Huế, Đà Nẵng and Hội An.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi
1i Travelling from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Siem Reap (Cambodia)
To travel from Vietnam to Cambodia, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Siem Reap (Cambodia) with a journey time of 9 hours and a ticket fare from 25 EUR. And from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh with a journey time of 5 hours and a ticket fare from 15 EUR.
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Phnom Penh / Hanoi - Siem Reap
1j Travelling from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Bangkok (Thailand)
To travel from Cambodia to Thailand, you have to take a bus. There is no passenger train connection between these two countries.
There are daily direct bus connections from Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Bangkok (Thailand) with a journey time of about 9 hours. Buy your bus ticket from 700 THB (20 EUR).
Find the exact bus schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
Where to buy a ticket from Siem Reap to Bangkok?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
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Bangkok - Siem Reap / Phnom Penh - Bangkok
1k Travelling from Bangkok (Thailand) to Padang Besar (Malaysia)
Travel from Thailand to Malaysia by train. The main travel route goes from Bangkok (Thailand) via Padang Besar (Malaysia) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
First travel by night train from Bangkok to Padang Besar. The journey time is 17 hours and train tickets are available from 900 THB (25 EUR). Padang Besar is the border station between Thailand and Malaysia.
You arrive by overnight train in the morning at Padang Besar where you change to a train to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The journey time is 6 hours and train tickets are available from 17 EUR.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking-links. You have to buy two tickets in total.
Where to buy a ticket from Bangkok to Padang Besar?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Padang Besar - Bangkok / Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur / Bangkok - Johor Bahru / Bangkok - Butterworth, Penang / Trang - Kuala Lumpur / Chiang Mai - Kuala Lumpur / Chiang Rai City - Kuala Lumpur / Nakhon Sawan - Kuala Lumpur / Pattaya - Kuala Lumpur / Phuket - Kuala Lumpur
1l Travelling from Padang Besar (Malaysia) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
To travel in Malaysia by train, please buy your train tickets via the following booking links or at a railway station.
Beside the main lines served by trains there are frequent bus connections to every part in Malaysia. Find schedules and ticket prices via the given links.
Where to buy a ticket from Padang Besar to Kuala Lumpur?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Kuala Lumpur - Padang Besar / Kuala Lumpur - Butterworth, Penang / Kuala Lumpur - Johor Bahru / Kuala Lumpur - Padang Besar
1m Travelling from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Johor Bahru (Malaysia)
To travel in Malaysia by train, please buy your train tickets via the following booking links or at a railway station.
Beside the main lines served by trains there are frequent bus connections to every part in Malaysia. Find schedules and ticket prices via the given links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Johor Bahru - Kuala Lumpur / Kuala Lumpur - Butterworth, Penang / Kuala Lumpur - Padang Besar
1n Travelling from Johor Bahru (Malaysia) to Singapore (Singapore)
Travel from Malaysia (arriving by train) to Singapore, you have to use first a bus to cross the border and then the Singapore Metro.
You arrive at "JB Sentral" (the station of "Johor Bahru", Malaysia). There you change to the bus number 950 in direction of "Woodlands MRT" station. This bus cross the border (border control) and its journey time is about 45 minutes.
Change at "Woodlands MRT" station to "MRT Singapore Metro" and continue to a station in the city center of Singapore. The journey time is about 45 minutes.
Metro and bus run in frequent short intervals. Total costs are less than 10 EUR.
Where to buy a ticket from Johor Bahru to Singapore?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Singapore - Johor Bahru
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