There are 11 ways to get from Leeds to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LBA - OTP
6h 21m$170–329Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester PiccadillyLeeds - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
24h 42m$46–100Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien MeidlingIce
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
35h 50m$507–1,188Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharest
27h 25mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MAN - OTP
7h 9m$149–364Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHX - OTP
7h 56m$182–458Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)LBA - BBU
9h 7m$86–218Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to London VictoriaUk010 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
35h 45m$173–188Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
2d 7h$48–218Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester PiccadillyLeeds - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
2d 19h$96–260Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bucharest
28h 32m$537–826
Leeds to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $45 - $100 and takes 24h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 21m and costs $170 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Leeds City Bus Station and arriving at Bucharest via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 50m.
The distance between Leeds and Bucharest is 2281 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 42m and costs $45 - $100.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Leeds to Bucharest, including transfers.
Leeds to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leeds City Bus Station.
Leeds to Bucharest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 21m and costs $170 - $330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 35h 50m, you could also bus, which costs $170 - $190 and takes 35h 45m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Bucharest, Romania?
Ryanair, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leeds to Bucuresti Nord via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, and Wien Meidling in around 35h 50m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–460
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- 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 Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–70
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- 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 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
- 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
Train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- $160
- 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
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Leeds to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 12:18 AM in Leeds and 2:18 AM in Bucharest.
Leeds to Bucharest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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