There are 11 ways to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca by train, plane, bus, car, night train, or car train
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)GVA - CLJ
7h 9m$125–320Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Lausanne to BrigEc / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Take the bus from Molino Dorino to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
23h 54m$94–194Train, bus via Vienna
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich HBIc5 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien HbfRjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
- Take the bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Oradea
- Take the bus from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca
21h 19mDrive 1,554.3 km
- Drive from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca1,554.3 km
16h 57m$314–453Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)ZRH - CLJ
6h 46m$181–460Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Olten
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)BSL - CLJ
7h 12m$104–380Train, bus to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Annemasse
- Take the bus from Annemasse to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)LYS - CLJ
8h 51m$122–365Bus
- Take the bus from Lausanne to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-PályaudvarN882 / ...
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Cluj-Napoca
24h 20mTrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich HBIc5 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien HbfRjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KeletiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj NapocaIc
26h 16m$228–385Train, night train
- Take the train from Lausanne to St. GallenIc5 / ...
- Take the night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-KeletiEn
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj NapocaIc
28h 2m$309–458Drive, car train
- Drive from Lausanne to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Cluj-Napoca
16h 45m$373–539
Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca is to train and bus which costs $90 - $200 and takes 23h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca is to train and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs $180 - $460.
No, there is no direct bus from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Cluj-Napoca via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 16m.
The distance between Lausanne and Cluj-Napoca is 1420 km. The road distance is 1554.3 km.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to train and bus via Vienna which takes 21h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lausanne station.
Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lausanne station.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca is to bus which takes 24h 20m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs $220 - $390 and takes 26h 16m.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
You can take a bus from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar in around 24h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lausanne to Cluj Napoca via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 26h 16m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- 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 Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–280
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $17–24
- 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 München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Molino Dorino to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Annemasse to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lausanne to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of Lausanne. It is currently 9:20 AM in Lausanne and 10:20 AM in Cluj-Napoca.
Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca is 1554 km. It takes approximately 16h 57m to drive from Lausanne to Cluj-Napoca.
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