There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Pest by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
7h 51mFt 39,116–82,933Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Eisenach central bus station to Dresden central stationbus 020
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N260 / ...
17h 21mFt 30,705–47,040Train
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Budapest-Nyugati putrain rj 175
15h 20mFt 32,989–65,932Drive 916.7 km
- Drive from Europe to Pestcar 916.7 km
8h 29mFt 52,400–75,688Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NUE - BUD
7h 47mFt 44,745–169,276Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
10h 20mFt 51,473–124,697Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soesttrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DTM - BUD
9h 32mFt 38,273–112,097Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane STR - BUD
9h 42mFt 41,085–123,313Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BER - BUD
9h 16mFt 36,096–102,193Train via Pardubice
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.train Drf
- Take the train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
17h 46mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Stationbus
22h 52mFt 33,382–78,993
Europe to Pest by bus, train, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Pest is to bus which costs 30 000 Ft - 47 000 Ft and takes 17h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Pest is to train and fly which takes 7h 47m and costs 44 000 Ft - 170 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Europe to Pest. However, there are services departing from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte and arriving at Deák Ferenc tér M via Eisenach central bus station, Dresden central station and Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Europe to Pest. However, there are services departing from Herleshausen Bahnhof and arriving at Ferenciek tere via Eisenach Hbf, Dresden-Neustadt and Nyugati pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 20m.
The distance between Europe and Pest is 1042 km. The road distance is 916.7 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Pest without a car is to train which takes 15h 20m and costs 33 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Europe to Pest, including transfers.
Europe to Pest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Eisenach central bus station.
Europe to Pest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Eisenach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Europe to Pest is to train which takes 15h 20m and costs 33 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 30 000 Ft - 47 000 Ft and takes 17h 21m.
What companies run services between Europe and Pest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Ferenciek tere via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Dresden-Neustadt, Budapest-Nyugati pu, and Nyugati pályaudvar in around 15h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Deák Ferenc tér M via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Eisenach central bus station, Dresden central station, and Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar in around 17h 21m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–60,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–60,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–140,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–80,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–44,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–65,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–65,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–60,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–70,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–55,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–46,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–48,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–75,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–22,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–40,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,600–8,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–27,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–7,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–39,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–7,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–22,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–8,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–40,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Budapest-Nyugati pu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,600–6,500
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–6,500
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,900–16,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–55,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–16,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–45,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–25,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 42,000–49,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eisenach central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–33,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–30,000
- Website
- Citylines
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Booking & Getting There
Europe to Pest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Europe to Pest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Pest is 917 km. It takes approximately 8h 29m to drive from Europe to Pest.
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