There are 10 ways to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, train (TGV), or car train
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Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
6h 19m$186–420Train, bus via Aachen
cheapest- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof82 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen HbfRe
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
20h 44m$72–320Train via Salzburg
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien MeidlingRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
27h 22m$342–838Drive 1,814.9 km
- Drive from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest1,814.9 km
17h 32m$299–432Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)STR - OTP
6h 35m$168–493Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)CGN - OTP
8h 5m$191–566Bus
- Take the bus from Kaiserslautern central train station to Frankfurt central train station220 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
23h 54m$164–169Train
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof82 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
28h 2m$330–715Train, bus
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Ludwigshafen, MitteRe1
- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to București, Autogara Militari1925
31h 25m$167–246Drive, car train
- Drive from Kaiserslautern to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharest
19h 45m$366–1,342
Kaiserslautern to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest is to train and bus via Aachen which costs $70 - $320 and takes 20h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 6h 19m and costs $180 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Kaiserslautern station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Kaiserslautern central train station and arriving at Bucharest via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Kaiserslautern, Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Salzburg Hbf and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 22m.
The distance between Kaiserslautern and Bucharest is 1606 km. The road distance is 1814.9 km.
The best way to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 20h 44m and costs $70 - $320.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest, including transfers.
Kaiserslautern to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kaiserslautern central train station.
Kaiserslautern to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kaiserslautern, Hbf station.
The best way to get from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest is to train via Salzburg which takes 27h 22m and costs $340 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $160 - $170 and takes 23h 54m.
What companies run services between Kaiserslautern, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Meidling in around 27h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kaiserslautern central train station to Bucharest via Frankfurt central train station and Frankfurt in around 23h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Ludwigshafen, Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Ludwigshafen, Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $22–29
- 1st Class
- $40–55
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–22
- 1st Class
- $26–45
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–65
- 1st Class
- $90–150
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $21–35
- 1st Class
- $40–65
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $27–40
- 1st Class
- $50–90
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $24–35
- 1st Class
- $35–55
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $35–50
- Comfort
- $35–50
- Premium
- $55–75
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- 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 Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- 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/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $15–21
- 1st Class
- $20–25
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–305
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $303–305
- Couchette Carriage
- $150–180
- Seating Carriage
- $40–55
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–320
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–320
- Couchette Carriage
- $170–200
- Seating Carriage
- $75–95
- 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
- $460–510
- 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
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kaiserslautern central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- $153
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Kaiserslautern to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Kaiserslautern. It is currently 4:52 PM in Kaiserslautern and 5:52 PM in Bucharest.
Kaiserslautern to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kaiserslautern to Bucharest is 1815 km. It takes approximately 17h 32m to drive from Kaiserslautern to Bucharest.
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