There are 8 ways to get from Budapest to Olten by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Basel (BSL)plane BUD - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Oltentrain
5h 10mCHF 34–207Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Oltentrain Ir35
12h 42mCHF 161–310Bus, train
- Take the bus from Budapest Népliget bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N882 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
15h 53mCHF 96–161Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
14h 38mCHF 66–86Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BUD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Oltentrain
5h 26mCHF 102–257Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Basel (BSL)plane VIE - BSL
7h 28mCHF 89–364Train via Vienna
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
13h 31mCHF 135–202Drive 997.8 km
- Drive from Budapest to Oltencar 997.8 km
9h 53mCHF 162–234
Budapest to Olten by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Olten is to night train and train which costs SFr 65 - SFr 90 and takes 14h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Olten is to fly and train which takes 5h 10m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 210.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Olten. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Olten via Sargans. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 42m.
The distance between Budapest and Olten is 943 km. The road distance is 997.8 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Olten without a car is to train which takes 12h 42m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 310.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Budapest to Olten, including transfers.
Budapest to Olten train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
Budapest to Olten train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Sargans station.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Olten is 998 km. It takes approximately 9h 53m to drive from Budapest to Olten.
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What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Olten, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Olten via Sargans in around 12h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–150
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Sargans to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Sargans
- *
- CHF 110–170
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- CHF 35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 100–150
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–55
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Deli to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–23
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest Népliget bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
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