There are 11 ways to get from London to Romania by plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car train, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
6h 13m$126–346Bus and ferry
cheapest- Take the busferry from London Barking to Bucharestbusferry
2d 12h$82–290Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
30h 23m$164Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbftrain 60 / ...
- Take the train from Augsburg Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
34h 22m$696–1,672Drive, Eurotunnel, train
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Meuse Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Meuse Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Drive from Karlsruhe Hbf to Bucharestcar
26h 9m$646–922Fly London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
6h 40m$121–303Train to Luton Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane LTN - CLJ
6h 11m$107–456Train to Luton Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane LTN - CRA
5h 53m$163–384Train to Luton Airport, fly to Iași International Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane LTN - IAS
6h 13m$208–498Train to Luton Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane LTN - TSR
6h 17m$128–457Fly London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LHR - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
9h 13m$187–452
London to Romania by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from London to Romania is to bus which costs $164 and takes 30h 23m.
The fastest way to get from London to Romania is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $160 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Romania. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Bucharest via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Romania. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Universitate via Paris Est, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Augsburg Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof and Gara de Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 22m.
The distance between London and Romania is 2147 km.
The best way to get from London to Romania without a car is to bus which takes 30h 23m and costs $164.
It takes approximately 6h 13m to get from London to Romania, including transfers.
London to Romania bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Romania train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Romania is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs $120 - $350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $164 and takes 30h 23m, you could also train, which costs $650 - $1,700 and takes 34h 22m.
What companies run services between London, England and Romania?
British Airways, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) every 4 hours. Alternatively, Maxibus Travel operates a bus from London Victoria to Bucharest twice a week. Tickets cost $164 and the journey takes 30h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–380
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–550
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–310
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–310
Flights from Luton Airport to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–430
Flights from Luton Airport to Iași International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–430
Flights from Luton Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Meuse Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Meuse Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Augsburg Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $270–490
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $160
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $160
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $164
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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London to Romania bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Romania is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 10:50 PM in London and 12:50 AM in Romania.
London to Romania train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
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