There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia by plane, bus, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane EDI - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
10h 6m$107–363Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane EDI - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
10h 28m$101–288Train, 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 18mTrain
- 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$735–1,243Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alba Iuliacar
27h 14mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- 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
12h 31m$114–270Fly 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 37m$185–410Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 183 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iuliabus
31h 8m$113–243Train, bus via London
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain Edinburgh - London Euston
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Alba Iuliabus
42h 39mTrain, 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 38m$180–378Drive, 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$512–784
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia is to bus which costs $110 - $250 and takes 31h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia is to fly and bus which takes 10h 6m and costs $100 - $370.
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 Birmingham and Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 8m.
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 2301 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 6m to get from Edinburgh to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by National Express, 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 $700 - $1,300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $250 and takes 31h 8m.
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 Birmingham and Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest in around 31h 8m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- 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
- $150–230
- 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
- $150–260
- 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
- $180–300
- 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
- $95–160
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ferihegy to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- 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
- 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
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $190–310
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- 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
- +40766.318.799
- Website
- emmalines.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- emmalines.ro
- 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
- $8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Standard Adult
- $8–12
- Phone
- 0254 / 230 540
- cornul_prest@yahoo.com
- Website
- cornulprest.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- cornulprest.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0730-223.590
- Website
- romtimex.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- romtimex.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0353.806.666
- office@eta.ro
- Website
- eta.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- eta.ro
- Phone
- +40744619453
- Website
- cotofana.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cotofana.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- cento.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
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.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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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Birmingham Coach Station.
Alba Iulia is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:00 AM in Edinburgh and 10:00 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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