There are 11 ways to get from Leeds to Budapest by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LBA - BUD
6h 6mFt 23,115–66,583Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbftrain 83
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
20h 23mFt 78,709–271,357Bus via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 171 / ...
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
29h 15mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
25h 2mFt 76,159–276,807Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MAN - BUD
6h 53mFt 29,745–75,399Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NCL - BUD
7h 30mFt 31,126–90,980Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BHX - BUD
7h 29mFt 36,997–152,354Train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Stevenagetrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LTN - BUD
8h 21mFt 34,939–95,223Bus
- Take the bus from Bradford to Žilinabus Michalovce
- Take the bus from Žilina to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N1311
39hFt 41,191–83,407Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapestcar
19h 15mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budapestcar
20h 22mFt 132,958–198,828
Leeds to Budapest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to fly which costs 23 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 6h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs 23 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Civic Q and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Bradford and Žilina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 23m.
The distance between Leeds and Budapest is 1664 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 20h 23m and costs 75 000 Ft - 280 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Leeds to Budapest, including transfers.
Leeds to Budapest bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Bradford station.
Leeds to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs 23 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 75 000 Ft - 280 000 Ft and takes 20h 23m, you could also bus via Cluj-Napoca, which costs and takes 29h 15m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Budapest, Hungary?
Jet2.com and KLM fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leeds to Budapest-Kelenföld via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris l'Est, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 20h 23m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–130,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–120,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–120,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–55,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–47,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–65,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–41,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–44,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–85,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–90,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–120,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–70,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–49,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–85,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–90,000
- 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
- Ft 12,000–35,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–65,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–18,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–15,000
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–20,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,900–8,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- Ft 4,900–7,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 6,500–8,500
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–19,000
- 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
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–27,000
- 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
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 17,000–26,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–22,000
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–32,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 100,000–110,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 65,000–75,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 35,000–43,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–33,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–85,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–8,500
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–14,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Žilina to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–12,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Ft 14,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- Ft 30,000–75,000
- On Foot
- Ft 14,000–17,000
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Leeds to Budapest bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Žilina station.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 1:26 PM in Leeds and 2:26 PM in Budapest.
Leeds to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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