There are 12 ways to get from Maidstone to Budapest by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LHR - BUD
6h 46mFt 47,935–122,642Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)STN - BUD
7h 29mFt 25,602–106,315Train
- Take the train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
23h 50mFt 68,202–181,515Bus
- Take the bus from Chatham to Brussel Eurolines BusstationMichalovce
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar1929
29h 34mFt 31,097–67,145Train, night train
- Take the train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
23h 44mFt 74,652–291,965Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LGW - BUD
6h 32mFt 27,935–89,467Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Take the train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LTN - BUD
7h 3mFt 31,585–97,117Train to London City Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LCY - BUD
8h 16mFt 63,452–181,215Train, train to London Southend Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Fly from London Southend Airport (SEN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)SEN - BUD
10h 11mFt 30,202–104,665Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)LHR - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
9h 2mFt 47,385–140,342Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Maidstone to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapest
15h 34mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Maidstone to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Budapest
16h 43mFt 103,604–153,650
Maidstone to Budapest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maidstone to Budapest is to bus which costs 31 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 29h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Maidstone to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 6h 32m and costs 27 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Maidstone to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Brenchley Gardens and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Chatham and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Maidstone to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Maidstone West and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strood, London St. Pancras Int., Bruxelles-Midi and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 50m.
The distance between Maidstone and Budapest is 1595 km.
The best way to get from Maidstone to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 23h 50m and costs 65 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Maidstone to Budapest, including transfers.
Maidstone to Budapest bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Chatham station.
Maidstone to Budapest train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Strood station.
The best way to get from Maidstone to Budapest is to train which takes 23h 50m and costs 65 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 31 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 29h 34m.
What companies run services between Maidstone, England and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Maidstone West to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strood, London St Pancras International, London St. Pancras Int., Brussel-Zuid, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 23h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brenchley Gardens to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Chatham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, and Brussels-North train station in around 29h 34m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–60,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–60,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–70,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–80,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–60,000
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–75,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–75,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–75,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–75,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–65,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Vienna International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–65,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–50,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–60,000
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–75,000
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–85,000
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–95,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–190,000
Flights from London City Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–120,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–150,000
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–110,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–100,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–95,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–75,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–130,000
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–170,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Southend Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–110,000
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,800–17,000
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,800–24,000
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Strood to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–14,000
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,500–22,000
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 22,000–33,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 45,000–75,000
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 38,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 38,000–55,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 55,000–85,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–130,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 100,000–110,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 65,000–75,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 34,000–43,000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–8,500
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Chatham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,900–5,500
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- Ft 30,000–75,000
- On Foot
- Ft 14,000–17,000
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Maidstone to Budapest bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Brussel Eurolines Busstation.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Maidstone. It is currently 11:20 PM in Maidstone and 12:20 AM in Budapest.
Maidstone to Budapest train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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