There are 13 ways to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane GLA - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
11h 40m$119–263Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane EDI - TGM
- Take the train from Vidrasău h. to Războienitrain
- Take the train from Războieni to Alba Iuliatrain
15h 53m$83–290Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Alba Iuliabus
26h 17mTrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iuliatrain 347
31h 9m$441–994Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alba Iuliacar
27h 14mFly Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EDI - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Alba Iuliatrain
13h 52m$180–350Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane EDI - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
10h 41m$108–394Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EDI - OTP
- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vesttrain
- Take the train from Ploieşti Vest to Alba Iuliatrain
15h 23m$114–255Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane GLA - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
10h 43m$114–385Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane EDI - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
10h 33m$83–262Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain Edinburgh - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iuliabusferry
43h 37m$125–311Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Alba Iuliabus
44h 25mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alba Iuliacar
28h 26m$536–816
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia is to fly and train which costs $110 - $260 and takes 15h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia is to fly and bus which takes 10h 33m and costs $80 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Alba Iulia via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive and London Stonebridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Alba Iulia via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, München Hbf and Wien Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 9m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Alba Iulia is 2379 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia is to train which takes 31h 9m and costs $440 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 44h 25m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Alba Iulia, Romania?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Alba Iulia via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Wien Westbahnhof in around 31h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Alba Iulia via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive, Harrow Road /North Circular Rd, and London Stonebridge in around 44h 25m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sibiu via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sibiu via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sibiu via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Dusseldorf, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sibiu via Prague, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- 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
- $24–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ferihegy to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/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
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $2–5
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ploieşti Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33–36
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Războieni to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–6
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40751451862
- Website
- starcof.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- starcof.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.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
- $30–55
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Alba Iulia is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:31 AM in Edinburgh and 2:31 AM in Alba Iulia.
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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