There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Chester by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
8h£61–199Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
7h 37m£40–262Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
32h 5m£282–402Train
- 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 Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
43h 7m£434–768Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chestercar
27h 35m£490–664Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Chestertrain
8h 47m£69–207Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Liverpool (LPL)plane BBU - LPL
13h 47m£60–199Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Chestertrain
10h 11m£106–344Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchangebus Uk021 / ...
36h£138–155Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain London Euston - Chester / ...
2d 1hBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chestertrain Manchester Airport - Holyhead / ...
2d 19h£78–176Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chestercar
28h 37m£384–591
Bucharest to Chester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to fly and train which costs £60 - £200 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to fly which takes 7h 37m and costs £35 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Chester. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Chester. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Chester via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 7m.
The distance between Bucharest and Chester is 1481 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Chester without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 32h 5m and costs £280 - £410.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Bucharest to Chester, including transfers.
Bucharest to Chester bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Chester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to train which takes 43h 7m and costs £430 - £800. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £35 - £270 and takes 7h 37m, you could also bus, which costs £130 - £160 and takes 36h.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Chester via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 43h 7m. Alternatively, Ulendo Airlink and Ryanair fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £53–58
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £30–50
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £190–380
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Chester bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at London Victoria station.
Chester is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 8:34 PM in Bucharest and 6:34 PM in Chester.
Bucharest to Chester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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