There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Erfurt by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane OTP - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
8h 22m€208–421Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Leipzig central train stationbus 1926
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
29h 39m€81–193Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 29 / ...
17h 38mTrain
- 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 Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 29 / ...
26h 34m€135–281Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain Night Train
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
24h 46m€185–211Fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane OTP - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
6h 36m€130–349Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane OTP - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbftrain
7h 10m€126–378Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
8h 3m€150–350Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane OTP - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
8h 16m€163–445Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Erfurt central train stationbus N69 / ...
22h 7mDrive 1,643.6 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Erfurtcar 1,643.6 km
16h 22m€229–331
Bucharest to Erfurt by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Erfurt is to bus and train which costs €80 - €200 and takes 29h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Erfurt is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs €130 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Erfurt station. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Erfurt central train station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Erfurt. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Erfurt Hbf via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 34m.
The distance between Bucharest and Erfurt is 1432 km. The road distance is 1643.6 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Erfurt without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 17h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Bucharest to Erfurt, including transfers.
Bucharest to Erfurt bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Erfurt train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Erfurt is to train which takes 26h 34m and costs €130 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 22h 7m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Erfurt, Germany?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Erfurt Hbf via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Nuernberg Hbf, and Nürnberg Hbf in around 26h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Erfurt central train station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 22h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Meidling to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- 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 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- 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 Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Erfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Erfurt bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Erfurt is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 2:45 PM in Bucharest and 1:45 PM in Erfurt.
Bucharest to Erfurt train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Erfurt is 1644 km. It takes approximately 16h 22m to drive from Bucharest to Erfurt.
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