There are 10 ways to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Dortmund Airport
best- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DTM - OTP
5h 41m$106–332Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CGN - OTP
6h 50m$72–449Train, bus via Cologne
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharestbus
25h 21m$169–226Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 13m$315–580Drive 1,947 km
- Drive from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharestcar 1,947 km
18h 57m$321–464Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUS - OTP
6h 8m$101–324Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
7h 17m$153–391Train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Nightjet
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 19m$387–682Train, bus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Duisburg central train station to București, Autogara Militaribus 1924 / ...
34h 17m$205–355Drive, car train
- Drive from Dortmund Hbf to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Bucharestcar
21h 54m$392–561
Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest by night train and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest is to train and bus via Cologne which costs $160 - $230 and takes 25h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs $100 - $340.
No, there is no direct train from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 13m.
The distance between Dortmund Hbf and Bucharest is 1603 km. The road distance is 1947 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Cologne which takes 25h 21m and costs $160 - $230.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest, including transfers.
Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Dortmund Hbf station.
The best way to get from Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs $100 - $340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $380 - $700 and takes 31h 19m.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Dortmund Hbf. It is currently 8:16 PM in Dortmund Hbf and 9:16 PM in Bucharest.
Dortmund Hbf to Bucharest train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
What companies run services between Dortmund Hbf, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Wien Meidling in around 31h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Friday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $120–160
- Couchette Carriage
- $95–120
- Seating Carriage
- $65–80
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–420
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–420
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–270
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Duisburg central train station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $200–310
- Website
- Flixbus
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