There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Aarau by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Aarau
6h 23mCHF 165–290Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Aarau
7h 5mCHF 83–201Bus, train via Budapest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to AarauIc5 / ...
20h 28mBus, train
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploieşti to Zürich
- Take the train from Zürich HB to AarauS11 / ...
27h 45mCHF 97–161Drive 1,797.8 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Aarau1,797.8 km
18h 3mCHF 289–417Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Basel, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Basel (BSL)OTP - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Aarau
8h 1mCHF 130–318Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)OTP - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Aarau
9h 37mCHF 176–430Train
- Take the train from Bucharest to Lokoshaza
- Take the train from Loekoeshaza to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to AarauIc5 / ...
27h 54mCHF 199–284Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Zurich Bus Station1921
- Take the train from Zürich HB to AarauIc5 / ...
30h 47mCHF 151–208Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Aarau
19h 9mCHF 323–459
Bucharest to Aarau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Aarau is to fly and train which costs SFr 80 - SFr 210 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Aarau is to fly and train which takes 6h 23m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 290.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Aarau. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Aarau via Loekoeshaza, Budapest-Keleti and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 54m.
The distance between Bucharest and Aarau is 1457 km. The road distance is 1797.8 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Aarau without a car is to bus and train via Budapest which takes 20h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Bucharest to Aarau, including transfers.
Bucharest to Aarau train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucharest station.
Aarau is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 3:42 AM in Bucharest and 2:42 AM in Aarau.
Bucharest to Aarau train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Lokoshaza station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Aarau is 1798 km. It takes approximately 18h 3m to drive from Bucharest to Aarau.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Aarau, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bucharest to Aarau via Lokoshaza, Loekoeshaza, Budapest-Keleti, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 27h 54m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–32
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–25
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Lokoshaza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–49
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Loekoeshaza to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–19
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Loekoeshaza to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Ploieşti to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
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