There are 8 ways to get from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca 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 Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)FRA - CLJ
6h 35m$132–311Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt26
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
20h 44m$22–41Train
- 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 Budapest-KeletiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj NapocaIc
24h 24m$122–336Drive 1,393.1 km
- Drive from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca1,393.1 km
14h 50m$230–332Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)CGN - CLJ
8h 41m$175–547Train, bus via Gießen Bahnhof
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to Frankfurt26
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
21h 54m$28–54Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Gießen Bahnhof to LimburgRe25
- Take the bus from Limburg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
28h 50mDrive, car train
- Drive from Gießen to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Cluj-Napoca
14h 45m$294–410
Gießen to Cluj-Napoca by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca is to train and bus which costs $22 - $45 and takes 20h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca is to train and fly which takes 6h 35m and costs $130 - $320.
No, there is no direct train from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Gießen Bahnhof and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 24m.
The distance between Gießen and Cluj-Napoca is 1256 km. The road distance is 1393.1 km.
The best way to get from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 44m and costs $22 - $45.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Gießen to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Gießen Bahnhof station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of Gießen. It is currently 8:01 PM in Gießen and 9:01 PM in Cluj-Napoca.
Gießen to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gießen to Cluj-Napoca is 1393 km. It takes approximately 14h 50m to drive from Gießen to Cluj-Napoca.
What companies run services between Gießen, Germany and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
You can take a train from Gießen Bahnhof to Cluj Napoca via Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 24h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–260
- 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 Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- 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 Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- 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 Gießen Bahnhof to Limburg
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- 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 Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- 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
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–34
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–27
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Limburg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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