There are 13 ways to get from Holyhead to Bucharest by ferry, plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Ferry to Dublin Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUB - OTP
9h 35m$224–518Train, bus and ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Oxford Road
- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
2d 10h$80–242Train, bus
- Take the train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
25h 49m$125–147Train
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
43h 24m$497–1,037Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Holyhead to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharest
29h 17mTrain, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chester
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MAN - OTP
9h 41m$167–397Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHX - OTP
9h 24m$224–487Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BRS - OTP
11h 18m$246–690Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chester
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LBA - OTP
11h 23m$213–537Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chester
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LPL - OTP
9h 19m$185–433Bus
- Take the bus from Bangor Railway Station H to Bus DepotT2
- Take the bus from Bus Depot to Newtown Bus StationX85
- Take the bus from Newtown Bus Station Stand 2 to Birmingham Coach Station409
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals400 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
44h 8mTrain, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chester
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
2d 21h$101–182Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Holyhead to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bucharest
30h 24m$564–865
Holyhead to Bucharest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Holyhead to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $120 - $150 and takes 25h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Holyhead to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 9h 19m and costs $180 - $440.
No, there is no direct train from Holyhead to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Holyhead and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 24m.
The distance between Holyhead and Bucharest is 2667 km.
The best way to get from Holyhead to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 25h 49m and costs $120 - $150.
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Holyhead to Bucharest, including transfers.
Holyhead to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Holyhead station.
The best way to get from Holyhead to Bucharest is to train which takes 43h 24m and costs $490 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 44h 8m.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Holyhead. It is currently 8:13 AM in Holyhead and 10:13 AM in Bucharest.
Holyhead to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Holyhead, Wales and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Holyhead to Bucuresti Nord via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 43h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Holyhead to Bucharest via Bangor (Gwynedd), Bangor Railway Station H, Bus Depot, Newtown Bus Station Stand 2, Birmingham Coach Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, and London Victoria in around 44h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–210
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–83
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $31–32
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $110–170
- 1st Class
- $170–250
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- 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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Rhyl to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1654 702100
- info@lloydscoaches.com
- Website
- lloydscoaches.com
Bus from Bangor Railway Station H to Bus Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://lloydscoaches.com/
Bus from Bus Depot to Newtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://lloydscoaches.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Newtown Bus Station Stand 2 to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- $158
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- 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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