There are 9 ways to get from Colchester to Craiova by train, plane, bus, car, car train, shuttle, 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.
Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
best- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane LTN - CRA
6h 58m$128–339Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane STN - CRA
8h 56m$84–327Train, bus via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the bus from Golders Green Station to Airport Bus Stationbus A1 / ...
- Take the bus from Luton to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Craiovatrain
30h 42m$114–181Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Colchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Craiovacar
24hBus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
10h 35m$89–215Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane BHX - CRA
7h 47m$139–507Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Colchester to Stratford (London)train Norwich - London Liverpool Street / ...
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
42h 21m$110–259Train, bus
- Take the train from Colchester to Stratford (London)train
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus
44h 45mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Colchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Craiovacar
25h 12m$422–675
Luton Airport (LTN) to Craiova Airport (CRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colchester to Craiova is to bus and fly and shuttle which costs $85 - $220 and takes 10h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Colchester to Craiova is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs $120 - $340.
The distance between Colchester and Craiova is 2119 km.
The best way to get from Colchester to Craiova without a car is to train and bus via Cluj-Napoca which takes 30h 42m and costs $110 - $190.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from Colchester to Craiova, including transfers.
Craiova is 2h ahead of Colchester. It is currently 3:30 AM in Colchester and 5:30 AM in Craiova.
There are 757+ hotels available in Craiova.
What companies run services between Colchester, England and Craiova, Romania?
There is no direct connection from Colchester to Craiova. However, you can take the train to London Liverpool Street, walk to Liverpool Street station, take the subway to Farringdon station, walk to Farringdon, take the train to Luton Airport Parkway, walk to Luton Airport Parkway Station, take the train to London Luton Airport Bus Station Bay, walk to Luton Airport (LTN) airport, fly to Craiova Airport (CRA), then take the taxi to Craiova. Alternatively, you can take a train from Colchester to Craiova via London Liverpool Street, Moorgate station, Golders Green station, Golders Green Station, Luton, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, and Cluj Napoca in around 30h 42m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Craiova Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Train from Colchester to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Colchester to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Cluj Napoca to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–41
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Golders Green Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $31–36
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–26
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–18
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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