There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Ruse by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or night train
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LEJ - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
9h 3m$153–380Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
cheapest- 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 Buchurest to Rusebus
8h 55m$87–376Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Praga to Rusebus
21h$103–198Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 461
30h 31m$443–1,215Drive 1,636.6 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Rusecar 1,636.6 km
16h 41m$270–390Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BER - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Ruse
9h 10m$188–740Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DRS - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
11h 2m$195–524Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NUE - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
9h 30m$141–530Train, 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 Buchurest to Rusebus
11h 20mBus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to București, Autogara Militaribus 1926
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse Eastbus N984 / ...
31h 10m$163–267Train, night train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the night train from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 461
33h 27m$338–722
Leipzig to Ruse by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Ruse is to bus via Prague which costs $100 - $200 and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Ruse is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 55m and costs $85 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Ruse via Praga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Ruse via Nürnberg Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf and Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 31m.
The distance between Leipzig and Ruse is 1395 km. The road distance is 1636.6 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Ruse without a car is to bus via Prague which takes 21h and costs $100 - $200.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Leipzig to Ruse, including transfers.
Leipzig to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Ruse train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Ruse is to bus via Prague which takes 21h and costs $100 - $200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $440 - $1,300 and takes 30h 31m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Ruse via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Praga in around 21h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Ruse via Nürnberg Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf, and Bucuresti Nord in around 30h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–180
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–300
- 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
- $120–230
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–310
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–210
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- 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
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–125
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $115–125
- Couchette Carriage
- $75–90
- Seating Carriage
- $40–50
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Praga to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse East
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–260
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- 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
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 3:25 PM in Leipzig and 4:25 PM in Ruse.
Leipzig to Ruse train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Nürnberg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Ruse is 1637 km. It takes approximately 16h 41m to drive from Leipzig to Ruse.
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