There are 7 ways to get from Carlow to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUB - OTP
7h 44m$168–379Train, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)DUB - BBU
10h 4m$81–282Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16736
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Grand Central Station Durham Street785
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
40h 18mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Carlow to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Bucharest
47h 39m$638–1,176Train, bus
- Take the train from Carlow to Dublin HeustonRe
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Bacău
- Take the train from Bacău to Bucharest
2d 11h$107–334Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Carlow to Bunclody484
- Take the bus from Bunclody to Rosslare Europort132
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Take the bus from Dunkerque to Ploiești
- Take the train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
2d 22hBus, ferry, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Carlow Bus Station to 3Arena736
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
3d 4h$177–361
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carlow to Bucharest is to train and fly which costs $80 - $290 and takes 10h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Carlow to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs $160 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Carlow station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Carlow Bus Station and arriving at Bucharest Obor via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange and Manchester, Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 18m.
The distance between Carlow and Bucharest is 2654 km.
The best way to get from Carlow to Bucharest without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 40h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Carlow to Bucharest, including transfers.
Carlow to Bucharest bus services, operated by J.J.Kavanagh & Sons, depart from Carlow Bus Station.
Carlow to Bucharest bus services, operated by J.J.Kavanagh & Sons, arrive at Dublin Airport Zone 16 station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Carlow. It is currently 6:34 AM in Carlow and 8:34 AM in Bucharest.
There are 5298+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Carlow, Ireland and Bucharest, Romania?
There is no direct connection from Carlow to Bucharest. However, you can take the train to Dublin Heuston, walk to Heuston Station, take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), walk to Bucharest Otopeni Airport, then take the shuttle to Bucharest. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Carlow Bus Station to Bucharest Obor via Dublin Airport Zone 16, Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1, Grand Central Station Durham Street, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Glasgow Buchanan, Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange, and Manchester, Coach Station in around 40h 18m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Carlow to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $10–14
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bacău to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–32
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $2–5
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Carlow Bus Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
Bus from Carlow Bus Station to 3Arena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Grand Central Station Durham Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Grand Central Station Durham Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Grand Central Station Durham Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–240
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0818 42 41 41
- Website
- locallinkckw.ie
Bus from Carlow to Bunclody
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://locallinkckw.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Bunclody to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Dunkerque to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210–522
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $522
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $220–240
- On Foot
- $45–55
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