How to get from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod

Plan it for your day Nizhny Novgorod to Saransk

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Distance: 249 km; as the crow flies
Departures today: 0; 2 ways, Thu 29 Oct

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249 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare.

best₽7,500 cheaper than a cab and about as quick.

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Before you go

Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Russia; the planner lets you pick yours.

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Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department.

Departures today

Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to get from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod?

The fastest way is by car: about 4h 38m door to door. The straight-line distance is 249 km.

What is the cheapest way from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod?

Drive is the cheapest, from ₽1,040. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote.

How far is Nizhny Novgorod from Saransk by road?

About 286 km, roughly 4h 38m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₽1,040–1,390; tolls and parking are extra.

In Nizhny Novgorod

City in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is the administrative centre and largest city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and the administrative centre of the Volga Federal District, in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, and roughly 1.7 million residents in the wider urban area. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, and the second-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, architectural, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the Volga-Vyatka Economic Region, and provides the majority of Russia's river tourism.

The Nizhny Novgorod guide

Worth your time

The Kremlin
It's worth a wander around and contains a church, war monument with eternal flame, a reasonable art museum and impressive views along the Volga River.
Minin and Pozharsky Square
The main square of city, at the south-east side of the Kremlin.
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street
A pedestrian street, the main street of the city.
Rozhdestvenskaya
Parallel to Oka river under the hill, this street contains a lot of 19th century buildings in rather good condition.

From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)

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