There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Ruse by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LEJ - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 13m$166–577Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 4m$80–336Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
23h 11mTrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re / ...
- 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
30h 3m$370–724Drive 1,635.8 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Rusecar 1,635.8 km
16h 44m$339–490Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DRS - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
11h 50m$209–503Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BER - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Ruse
10h 1m$166–636Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NUE - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 43m$141–403Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PRG - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
12h 32m$109–306Train, night train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the nighttrain 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
33h 6m$288–557Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Mittetrain
- Take the bus from Dresden Prager Straße to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Rusenighttrain
37h 2m
Leipzig to Ruse by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Ruse is to train and bus and fly which costs $100 - $310 and takes 12h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Ruse is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 10h 1m and costs $160 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Ruse station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Ruse Central Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Gara de Nord and Bucharest Horoscop Hotel. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 11m.
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, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf and Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 3m.
The distance between Leipzig and Ruse is 1447 km. The road distance is 1635.8 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Ruse without a car is to bus which takes 23h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 13m 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 which takes 23h 11m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs $370 - $750 and takes 30h 3m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Ruse Central Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Bucharest, Gara de Nord, Piata Unirii 1, and Bucharest Horoscop Hotel in around 23h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Ruse via Nürnberg Hbf, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf, and Bucuresti Nord in around 30h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–450
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–310
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $88
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–370
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–370
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–125
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $110–125
- Couchette Carriage
- $75–90
- Seating Carriage
- $40–50
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Dresden Prager Straße to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Leipzig to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 1:25 AM in Leipzig and 2:25 AM 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 1636 km. It takes approximately 16h 44m to drive from Leipzig to Ruse.
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