There are 12 ways to get from Craiova to Manchester by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, 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.
Fly Craiova Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Craiova Airport (CRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 19m£120–356Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
8h 52m£57–184Train
- Take the train from Craiova to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
38h 9m£406–743Bus, train
- Take the bus from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
45h 41mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Craiova to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
27h 3m£463–624Fly Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Craiova Airport (CRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CRA - MAN
5h 34m£63–244Fly Craiova Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Craiova Airport (CRA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CRA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 55m£179–391Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
10h 2m£105–211Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
11h 11m£125–265Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
11h 11m£94–246Bus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
45h 51m£60–150Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Craiova to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
28h 5m£359–557
Craiova to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Craiova to Manchester is to bus and fly which costs £55 - £190 and takes 8h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Craiova to Manchester is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs £60 - £250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly. Services depart twice a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 45h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Craiova to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Craiova and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 9m.
The distance between Craiova and Manchester is 1397 miles.
The best way to get from Craiova to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 38h 9m and costs £400 - £750.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Craiova to Manchester, including transfers.
Craiova to Manchester bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., depart from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord station.
Craiova to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Craiova station.
The best way to get from Craiova to Manchester is to train which takes 38h 9m and costs £400 - £750. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £60 - £250 and takes 5h 34m.
What companies run services between Craiova, Romania and Manchester, England?
You can take a train from Craiova to Manchester Piccadilly via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 38h 9m. Alternatively, Ulendo Airlink, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Craiova Airport (CRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Craiova Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–450
Flights from Craiova Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
Flights from Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Craiova Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Craiova to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–44
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–12
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £30–50
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £170–360
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- balinttrans@yahoo.com
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £4–19
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Sibiu to London Stonebridge
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +4-021-312.03.45
- Website
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Craiova Benzinaria Petrom to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Craiova to Manchester bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., arrive at Manchester Piccadilly station.
Manchester is 2h behind Craiova. It is currently 11:45 AM in Craiova and 9:45 AM in Manchester.
Craiova to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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