There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Sion by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane OTP - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Siontrain
7h 47mCHF 173–408Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Basel (BSL)plane BBU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Siontrain
9h 14mCHF 83–391Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Frankfurtbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Visp to Siontrain Ir / ...
28h 26mCHF 200–666Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Oltentrain
- Take the train from Olten to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Visp to Siontrain Ir / ...
32h 36mCHF 241–558Drive 1,823.9 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Sioncar 1,823.9 km
19h 56mCHF 293–423Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Siontrain
8h 36mCHF 218–513Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane OTP - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Siontrain
8h 38mCHF 125–284Fly 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 Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Siontrain
10h 2mCHF 127–333Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Bresicabus
- Take the train from Brescia to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Brig to Siontrain Ec / ...
30h 38mCHF 122–203Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Lausannebus FlixBus 1921
- Take the train from Lausanne to Siontrain Ir95 / ...
36h 28mCHF 154–314Drive, 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 Sioncar
21h 22mCHF 348–484
Bucharest to Sion by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Sion is to bus and train which costs SFr 120 - SFr 210 and takes 30h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Sion is to fly and train which takes 7h 47m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 410.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Sion. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Sion via Budapest-Keleti, Sargans, Olten and Visp. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 36m.
The distance between Bucharest and Sion is 1745 km. The road distance is 1823.9 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Sion without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 28h 26m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Bucharest to Sion, including transfers.
Bucharest to Sion train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
Sion is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 2:21 PM in Bucharest and 1:21 PM in Sion.
Bucharest to Sion train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Sion is 1824 km. It takes approximately 19h 56m to drive from Bucharest to Sion.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Sion, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Sion via Budapest-Keleti, Sargans, Olten, and Visp in around 32h 36m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sargans to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Olten to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- regionalps.ch
Train from Visp to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–31
- Schedules at
- regionalps.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 15–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 28–31
Train from Brig to Sion
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–36
- Schedules at
- regionalps.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 18–21
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 32–36
- 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 58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 110–170
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Sargans to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brescia to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–60
- 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 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 121
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.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 Bucharest to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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