There are 8 ways to get from Linz to Plovdiv by train, plane, bus, car, or shuttle
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 Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VIE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
8h 20m$70–325Train, bus to Bratislava Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)BTS - PDV
9h 19m$60–506Bus, train
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Take the train from Sofia to PlovdivRe / ...
20h 8m$130–133Drive 1,275.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Plovdiv1,275.5 km
13h 24m$240–347Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
10h 1m$137–470Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 6m$110–409Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)VIE - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
11h 30m$332–666Bus
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus StopCitylines 28
22h 15m$80–120
Linz to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $80 - $120 and takes 22h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 20m and costs $70 - $330.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop and arriving at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Tuesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 22h 15m.
The distance between Linz and Plovdiv is 1153 km. The road distance is 1275.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Plovdiv without a car is to bus and train which takes 20h 8m and costs $129 - $133.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Linz to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Linz to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop station.
Linz to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 4:18 PM in Linz and 5:18 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Plovdiv is 1275 km. It takes approximately 13h 24m to drive from Linz to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop 3 times a week. Tickets cost $80–120 and the journey takes 22h 15m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- 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 Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–100
- 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
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $7–8
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- 1st Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $18–26
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Business
- $31–34
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $125
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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