There are 14 ways to get from Bucharest to Lens by plane, train, bus, train (TGV), night train, 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 Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)OTP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
8h 11m€170–361Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Ghent
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Lille FlandresIc
20h 43m€40–59Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen HbfRjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof83
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to LensTgv
37h 48m€289–534Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Take the night train from Wien Meidling to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille EuropeTgv
36h 58m€198–427Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)OTP - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
8h 46m€119–310Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)OTP - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
8h 13m€161–376Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)OTP - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport to Gare routière
- Take the train from Amiens to Arras
9h 22m€141–287Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)BBU - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
9h 30m€67–256Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)OTP - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
10h 34m€211–491Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)OTP - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Take the train from Breda to Anvers-Central
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Lille Flandres
11h 45m€200–524Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to LilleN280 / ...
29h 48m€148–175Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești3908 / ...
- Take the bus from Ploiești to Lille
42h€108–171Drive 2,270.7 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Lens2,270.7 km
21h 49m€351–506Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Lens
23h 50m€348–1,361
Bucharest to Lens by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Lens is to bus and train which costs €35 - €60 and takes 20h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Lens is to fly and train which takes 8h 11m and costs €170 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Lens. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Lens via Brussels-North train station and Lille. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Lens. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Lens via Budapest-Keleti, München Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 48m.
The distance between Bucharest and Lens is 1932 km. The road distance is 2270.7 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Lens without a car is to bus and train which takes 20h 43m and costs €35 - €60.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Bucharest to Lens, including transfers.
Bucharest to Lens bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Lens train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Lens is to train which takes 37h 48m and costs €280 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs €140 - €180 and takes 29h 48m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Lens, Hauts-de-France, France?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Lens via Budapest-Keleti, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, and Paris Nord in around 37h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Lens via Brussels-North Station, Brussels-North train station, and Lille in around 29h 48m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 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
- €40–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–360
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €13–19
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
- €18–26
Train from Breda to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €10–16
Train from Anvers-Central to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 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
- €85–95
- 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 Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €95–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Amiens to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Meidling to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €90–110
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Amiens to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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 Ghent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- 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
- Hourly
- 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 Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €137
- 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 Brussels-North train station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Ploiești to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Lens bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Brussels-North Station.
Lens is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 7:04 AM in Bucharest and 6:04 AM in Lens.
Bucharest to Lens train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Lens is 2271 km. It takes approximately 21h 49m to drive from Bucharest to Lens.
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