There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Locarno by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane OTP - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 19mCHF 111–316Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BBU - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 38mCHF 37–196Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain Ic2 / ...
22h 22mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain Ic2 / ...
30h 36mCHF 218–330Drive 1,662.5 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Locarnocar 1,662.5 km
18h 33mCHF 265–383Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane OTP - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
7h 58mCHF 95–284Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 45mCHF 175–373Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane OTP - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 56mCHF 115–312Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)plane BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 45mCHF 80–267Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Bresicabus
- Take the train from Brescia to Milano Centraletrain R4
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
29h 35mCHF 69–84Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus 1922
- Take the train from Seregno to Locarnotrain Re80
34h 33mCHF 70–183Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Locarnocar
19h 48mCHF 331–467
Bucharest to Locarno by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 200 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Locarno via Budapest-Keleti, Zürich HB and Bellinzona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 36m.
The distance between Bucharest and Locarno is 1496 km. The road distance is 1662.5 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Locarno without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 22h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Bucharest to Locarno, including transfers.
Bucharest to Locarno train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
Locarno is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 6:03 AM in Bucharest and 5:03 AM in Locarno.
Bucharest to Locarno train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Locarno is 1662 km. It takes approximately 18h 33m to drive from Bucharest to Locarno.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Locarno via Budapest-Keleti, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, and Bellinzona in around 30h 36m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–85
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–120
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–180
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Brescia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Seregno to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–22
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Seregno to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–150
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 120–190
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 59–64
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Bresica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–70
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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