There are 11 ways to get from Jena to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Jena Paradies to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LEJ - OTP
8h 37m$227–438Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Jena Paradies to GrosskorbethaRe
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to București, Autogara Militari1926
30h 31m$101–197Bus
- Take the bus from Jena bus station to Praha, ÚAN FlorencN69 / ...
- Take the bus from Praga to Buchurest
20h 35m$103–214Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Jena West to Erfurt HbfRe1 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf29 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien MeidlingIce
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
26h 26m$333–605Drive 1,606.7 km
- Drive from Jena to Bucharest1,606.7 km
15h 55m$265–383Train, train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Jena Paradies to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DRS - OTP
9h 38m$257–561Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Jena West to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BER - OTP
7h 13m$157–497Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Jena West to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)PRG - OTP
9h 42m$176–399Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Jena West to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
8h 31m$207–440Train
- Take the train from Jena Paradies to Passau Hbf17
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien MeidlingIce
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
27h 50m$352–508Drive, car train
- Drive from Jena to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Bucharest
18h 22m$391–544
Jena to Bucharest by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Jena to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $100 - $200 and takes 30h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Jena to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs $150 - $500.
No, there is no direct bus from Jena station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Jena bus station and arriving at Buchurest via Praga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Jena to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Jena West and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Erfurt Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 26m.
The distance between Jena and Bucharest is 1402 km. The road distance is 1606.7 km.
The best way to get from Jena to Bucharest without a car is to bus which takes 20h 35m and costs $100 - $220.
It takes approximately 8h 37m to get from Jena to Bucharest, including transfers.
Jena to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Jena bus station.
Jena to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Jena West station.
The best way to get from Jena to Bucharest is to bus which takes 20h 35m and costs $100 - $220. Alternatively, you can train via Nuremberg, which costs $330 - $650 and takes 26h 26m.
What companies run services between Jena, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a bus from Jena bus station to Buchurest via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Praga in around 20h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Jena West to Bucuresti Nord via Erfurt Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, and Wien Meidling in around 26h 26m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Grosskorbetha
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Grosskorbetha
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Jena Paradies to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- 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 Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Jena Paradies to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- 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 Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- 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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Jena Paradies to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Jena West to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Jena Paradies to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Jena Paradies to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Jena West to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Jena West to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Jena West to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Jena bus station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Praga to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
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More Questions & Answers
Jena to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Jena. It is currently 5:23 AM in Jena and 6:23 AM in Bucharest.
Jena to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Jena to Bucharest is 1607 km. It takes approximately 15h 55m to drive from Jena to Bucharest.
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