There are 12 ways to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia by plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)MAN - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
9h 44m$88–239Bus and ferry via Sebeş
cheapest- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Sebeș
47h 3m$30–138Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
22h 22m$31–49Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofIce
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iulia347
29h 57m$412–1,209Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alba Iulia
24h 19mFly Manchester Airport to Sibiu, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sibiu (SBZ)MAN - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
10h 53m$76–349Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Sibiu (SBZ)BHX - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
10h 31m$107–523Train to Luton Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)LTN - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
10h 42m$148–643Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)LBA - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
9h 29m$100–379Fly Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)MAN - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Take the train from Szolnok to Alba Iulia
14h 4m$97–304Bus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iulia
39h 23m$75–110Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Alba Iulia
25h 26m$488–727
Manchester to Alba Iulia by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia is to bus which costs $30 - $50 and takes 22h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 29m and costs $100 - $380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Alba Iulia. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 39h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Alba Iulia via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 57m.
The distance between Manchester and Alba Iulia is 2105 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia without a car is to bus which takes 22h 22m and costs $30 - $50.
It takes approximately 9h 44m to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Manchester to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Manchester, Coach Station.
Manchester to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Alba Iulia is to bus which takes 22h 22m and costs $30 - $50. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $410 - $1,300 and takes 29h 57m.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Alba Iulia, Romania?
You can take a bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Alba Iulia via Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest in around 22h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iulia via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, and Wien Hbf in around 29h 57m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sibiu via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sibiu via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sibiu via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- 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
- $23–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- 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 Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- 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
- +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
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Phone
- (0250) 747-41
- secretariat@dacos.com.ro
- Website
- dacos.com.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- dacos.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- dacos.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0250.861.151
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0254 / 230 540
- cornul_prest@yahoo.com
- Website
- cornulprest.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–14
- Schedules at
- cornulprest.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0730-223.590
- Website
- romtimex.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- romtimex.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0353.806.666
- office@eta.ro
- Website
- eta.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- eta.ro
- Website
- cotofana.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cotofana.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- cento.ro
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0258-732.586
- Website
- voltrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- voltrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Sebeș
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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More Questions & Answers
Manchester to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest station.
Alba Iulia is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 4:23 AM in Manchester and 6:23 AM in Alba Iulia.
Manchester to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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