There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Calais by plane, train, bus, car ferry, train (TGV), 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 to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane OTP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
9h 36m€169–405Bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Doverbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
21h 36m€63–80Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain Ter
35h 24m€202–492Drive 2,337.4 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar 2,337.4 km
22h 24m€362–522Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane OTP - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
10h 6m€150–346Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane OTP - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
9h 22m€160–425Fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane OTP - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport to Gare routièrebus
- Take the train from Amiens to Calais Villetrain
10h 18m€176–326Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane OTP - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
12h 2m€205–535Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Calaisbus
28h 3m€139Bus via Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Calaisbus
41h 15mBus via Brussels
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Brussels-North train stationbus 1929
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Calaisbus N280 / ...
44h€97–222Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Calaiscar
24h 17m€353–1,376
Bucharest to Calais by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Calais is to bus and car ferry which costs €60 - €80 and takes 21h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Calais is to fly and train which takes 9h 22m and costs €160 - €430.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bucharest and arriving at Calais. Services depart twice a week, and operate Thursday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 28h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Calais. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Calais Ville via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Lille Flandres. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 24m.
The distance between Bucharest and Calais is 1996 km. The road distance is 2337.4 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Calais without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 21h 36m and costs €60 - €80.
It takes approximately 9h 36m to get from Bucharest to Calais, including transfers.
Bucharest to Calais bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Calais train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Calais is to train which takes 35h 24m and costs €200 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €139 and takes 28h 3m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Calais, France?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Calais Ville via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Lille Europe, and Lille Flandres in around 35h 24m. Alternatively, Maxibus Travel operates a bus from Bucharest to Calais twice a week. Tickets cost €139 and the journey takes 28h 3m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–370
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- Rail 1st Class
- €26–40
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- €50–75
Train from Amiens to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €17–25
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €50–75
- Comfort
- €60–85
- Premium
- €85–110
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- contact@oise-mobilite.fr
- Website
- oise-mobilite.fr
Bus from Aéroport to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €1
- Website
- https://www.oise-mobilite.fr/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €139
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Calais bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Calais is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 2:28 AM in Bucharest and 1:28 AM in Calais.
Bucharest to Calais train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Calais is 2337 km. It takes approximately 22h 24m to drive from Bucharest to Calais.
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