There are 13 ways to get from England to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), 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 from London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
6h 9m$177–484Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain Brighton - Bedford / ...
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Oborbus
22h 17m$49–84Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbftrain 83
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
33h 32m$428–1,014Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharestcar
24h 43mFly from Birmingham Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BHX - OTP
5h 59m$149–391Fly from Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAN - OTP
6h$133–327Fly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
6h 48m$171–371Fly from Bristol Airport
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRS - OTP
6h 2m$160–444Train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LTN - OTP
6h 41m$164–429Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
31h 9m$163–173Bus via London Stonebridge
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
47h 42mBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Bucharestbusferry
2d 11h$82–290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bucharestcar
25h 51m$476–737
England to Bucharest by subway, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from England to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $45 - $85 and takes 22h 17m.
The fastest way to get from England to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs $140 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square and arriving at Bucharest via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from England station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Leicester Square station and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 32m.
The distance between England and Bucharest is 2152 km.
The best way to get from England to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 17m and costs $45 - $85.
It takes approximately 6h 9m to get from England to Bucharest, including transfers.
England to Bucharest bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from London Victoria station.
England to Bucharest train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from England to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 9m and costs $170 - $490. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $420 - $1,100 and takes 33h 32m, you could also bus, which costs $160 - $175 and takes 31h 9m.
What companies run services between England and Bucharest, Romania?
British Airways, Lufthansa City, and two other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Leicester Square station to Bucuresti Nord via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris l'Est, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 33h 32m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–340
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $15–21
- 1st Class
- $20–26
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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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England to Bucharest bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
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