There are 11 ways to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car 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 from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)CGN - OTP
5h 23m$130–386Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Leverkusen Mitte to Aachen HbfRe
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
17h 58m$45–60Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt41
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofIce
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
30h 8m$344–636Drive 1,937.9 km
- Drive from Leverkusen to Bucharest1,937.9 km
18h 51m$320–461Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUS - OTP
5h 27m$172–357Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
6h 3m$201–431Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Opladen to Holzwickede
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DTM - OTP
6h 20m$127–394Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
24h 28m$165–170Night train, train
- Take the night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
31h 29m$331–671Bus via Cologne Airport CGN
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to București, Autogara Militari1925 / ...
35h 5m$80–167Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bucharest
19h 54m$335–1,547
Leverkusen to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $45 - $65 and takes 17h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs $130 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Leverkusen to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Leverkusen and arriving at București, Autogara Militari via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Leverkusen to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Leverkusen Mitte and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 8m.
The distance between Leverkusen and Bucharest is 1623 km. The road distance is 1937.9 km.
The best way to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 17h 58m and costs $45 - $65.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest, including transfers.
Leverkusen to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cologne Airport CGN station.
Leverkusen to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Leverkusen to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs $130 - $390. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $340 - $650 and takes 30h 8m, you could also bus, which costs $165 - $170 and takes 24h 28m.
What companies run services between Leverkusen, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leverkusen Mitte to Bucuresti Nord via Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, and Wien Hbf in around 30h 8m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–220
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Leverkusen Mitte to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Opladen to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- 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 Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- 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 Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $60–110
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–320
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–320
- Couchette Carriage
- $180–210
- Seating Carriage
- $85–110
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $159
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Leverkusen to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Leverkusen. It is currently 8:39 AM in Leverkusen and 9:39 AM in Bucharest.
Leverkusen to Bucharest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leverkusen to Bucharest is 1938 km. It takes approximately 18h 51m to drive from Leverkusen to Bucharest.
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