There are 14 ways to get from Bucharest to Folkestone by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Luton Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane OTP - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 57m£133–389Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Doverbus
19h 27m£45–56Train
- 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 St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
40h 57m£223–471Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
23h 5mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane OTP - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 26m£134–380Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London City Airport (LCY)plane OTP - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
9h 7m£191–528Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OTP - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 21m£139–323Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OTP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 7m£136–325Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 59m£120–454Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OTP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
9h 59m£140–457Bus via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Doverbus
29h 58m£120Bus #2
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Doverbus
44h 25mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Folkestonebusferry
2d 7h£55–150Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
24h 15m£339–488
Bucharest to Folkestone by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Folkestone is to bus which costs £45 - £60 and takes 19h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Folkestone is to fly and train which takes 7h 57m and costs £130 - £390.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bucharest and arriving at Folkestone. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 2 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Folkestone Central via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 57m.
The distance between Bucharest and Folkestone is 1429 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Folkestone without a car is to bus which takes 19h 27m and costs £45 - £60.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Bucharest to Folkestone, including transfers.
Bucharest to Folkestone bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Folkestone train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Folkestone is to bus which takes 19h 27m and costs £45 - £60. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £220 - £480 and takes 40h 57m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Folkestone, England?
Tarsin operates a bus from Bucharest Obor to Dover once a week. Tickets cost £23–30 and the journey takes 18h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Folkestone Central via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 40h 57m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–60
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–60
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–60
- 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
- £10–12
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £85–130
- 1st Class
- £130–190
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- £23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Folkestone bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Dover station.
Folkestone is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 1:39 AM in Bucharest and 11:39 PM in Folkestone.
Bucharest to Folkestone train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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