There are 9 ways to get from Gießen to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
5h 43m$178–359Train, bus via Aachen
cheapest- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt26
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf79
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
20h 19m$65–182Train
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt26
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofIce
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
28h 44m$301–542Drive 1,801.2 km
- Drive from Gießen to Bucharest1,801.2 km
17h 48m$297–429Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)STR - OTP
7h 36m$153–500Bus
- Take the bus from Gießen to Frankfurt
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
23h 4m$155–163Train, bus
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt26
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to București, Autogara Militari1925 / ...
32h 19m$78–177Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to FrankfurtRe30
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Flughafen to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
32h 57mDrive, car train
- Drive from Gießen to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharest
19h 16m$344–1,310
Gießen to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gießen to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $75 - $180 and takes 32h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Gießen to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 5h 43m and costs $170 - $360.
No, there is no direct bus from Gießen to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Gießen and arriving at Bucharest via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Gießen to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Gießen Bahnhof and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 44m.
The distance between Gießen and Bucharest is 1547 km. The road distance is 1801.2 km.
The best way to get from Gießen to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 20h 19m and costs $65 - $190.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Gießen to Bucharest, including transfers.
Gießen to Bucharest bus services, operated by Ecolines, depart from Gießen station.
Gießen to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Gießen Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Gießen to Bucharest is to train which takes 28h 44m and costs $300 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $155 - $165 and takes 23h 4m.
What companies run services between Gießen, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Gießen Bahnhof to Bucuresti Nord via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, and Wien Hbf in around 28h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gießen to Bucharest via Frankfurt in around 23h 4m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $450–500
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Gießen to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Frankfurt Flughafen to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Gießen to Bucharest bus services, operated by Ecolines, arrive at Frankfurt station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Gießen. It is currently 3:20 PM in Gießen and 4:20 PM in Bucharest.
Gießen to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gießen to Bucharest is 1801 km. It takes approximately 17h 48m to drive from Gießen to Bucharest.
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