There are 8 ways to get from Leipzig to Craiova by train, plane, bus, or car
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 Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
9h 35mTrain, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Simeriabus
- Take the train from Simeria to Craiovatrain
28h 33m$108–174Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati putrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
25h 4mBus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Devabus 1926
- Take the bus from Deva to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus 1948
26h$125–211Drive 1,391.9 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Craiovacar 1,391.9 km
14h 28m$230–332Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PRG - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
11h 54mFly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane LEJ - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Craiovatrain
15h 17m$237–504Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LEJ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Vidin bus stationbus
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
16h 23m$208–480
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Craiova is to train and bus which costs $100 - $180 and takes 28h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Craiova is to drive which takes 14h 28m and costs $220 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via Deva. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Craiova via Dresden Hbf, Ferdinánd híd and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 4m.
The distance between Leipzig and Craiova is 1703 km. The road distance is 1391.9 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Craiova without a car is to train which takes 25h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Leipzig to Craiova, including transfers.
Leipzig to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Craiova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Craiova is to train which takes 25h 4m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $120 - $220 and takes 26h.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Craiova via Dresden Hbf, Dresden Hbf, Budapest-Nyugati pu, Ferdinánd híd, Keleti pályaudvar M, and Budapest-Keleti in around 25h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via Deva in around 26h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–120
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati pu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Sibiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–24
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Simeria to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–24
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +40 768 922 512
- office@bbilantravel.ro
- Website
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Deva to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Vidin bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus from Dresden to Simeria
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Deva station.
Craiova is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 4:49 AM in Leipzig and 5:49 AM in Craiova.
Leipzig to Craiova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Craiova is 1392 km. It takes approximately 14h 28m to drive from Leipzig to Craiova.
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