There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Manchester by plane, bus, train, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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 Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
6h 13m£49–162Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 23m£42–179Bus, 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
31h£287–412Train
- 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 Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
37h£413–977Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
28h 2m£491–666Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BBU - MAN
10h 13m£44–159Fly 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 Manchester Victoriatrain
8h 33m£96–233Fly 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 32m£86–199Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
2d 1hBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
2d 17h£60–150Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
29h 4m£386–593
Bucharest to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Manchester is to fly which costs £40 - £160 and takes 10h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs £45 - £170.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bucharest and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 2 days 17h.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h.
The distance between Bucharest and Manchester is 1440 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Manchester without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 31h and costs £280 - £420.
It takes approximately 6h 13m to get from Bucharest to Manchester, including transfers.
Bucharest to Manchester bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs £45 - £170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £410 - £1,000 and takes 37h.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Manchester, England?
Ryanair, KLM, and Eurowings fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Manchester Piccadilly via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 37h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
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, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £53–57
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–13
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–380
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- 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
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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
- 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
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Manchester bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., arrive at Manchester Piccadilly station.
Manchester is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 3:41 PM in Bucharest and 1:41 PM in Manchester.
Bucharest to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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