There are 12 ways to get from Budapest to Scotland by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUD - EDI
6h 6m£56–162Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BUD - GLA
7h 25m£49–147Bus via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgowbus
32h 32mTrain, night train via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
27h 23m£292–539Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
22h 25mFly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BUD - ABZ
8h 8m£71–189Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BUD - INV
8h 53m£65–241Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BUD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 29m£59–241Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VIE - EDI
8h 5m£63–182Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Žilinabus
- Take the bus from Žilina to Bradfordbus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 591 / ...
45h 27m£122–320Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
28h 3m£248–560Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
23h 31m£318–504
Budapest to Scotland by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Scotland is to fly which costs £45 - £150 and takes 7h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Scotland is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs £55 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Žilina, Bradford Interchange Bus Station and Leeds City Bus & Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Scotland. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Glasgow Queen Street via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 23m.
The distance between Budapest and Scotland is 1150 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Scotland without a car is to bus via Cluj-Napoca which takes 32h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Budapest to Scotland, including transfers.
Budapest to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Scotland train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Scotland is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs £55 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus via Cluj-Napoca, which costs and takes 32h 32m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Scotland?
Ryanair, Austrian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Glasgow via Nagyvárad tér M, Nagyvárad tér, Népliget, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, Manchester, Coach Station, and Manchester, Shudehill Interchange in around 32h 32m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £29–120
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Žilina to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Budapest to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Žilina station.
Scotland is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 12:50 AM in Budapest and 11:50 PM in Scotland.
Budapest to Scotland train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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