There are 8 ways to get from Metz to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, train (TGV), car, 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.
Train to Luxembourg, fly
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LUX - OTP
6h 23m$146–378Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
21h 40m$63–188Train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 11m$361–806Drive 1,946.5 km
- Drive from Metz to Bucharestcar 1,946.5 km
18h 47m$349–504Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
8h 50m$246–595Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharestbus
26h 21m$211–269Bus
- Take the bus from Metz to București, Autogara Militaribus 1923
32h 55m$180–250Drive, car train
- Drive from Metz to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharestcar
21h$402–1,380
Metz to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $60 - $190 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 6h 23m and costs $140 - $380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Metz and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 32h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Strasbourg, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf and Wien Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 11m.
The distance between Metz and Bucharest is 1690 km. The road distance is 1946.5 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 40m and costs $60 - $190.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Metz to Bucharest, including transfers.
Metz to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Metz station.
Metz to Bucharest train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Metz Ville station.
The best way to get from Metz to Bucharest is to train which takes 31h 11m and costs $360 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $180 - $250 and takes 32h 55m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Bucuresti Nord via Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, and Wien Westbahnhof in around 31h 11m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Metz to București, Autogara Militari 3 times a week. Tickets cost $180–250 and the journey takes 32h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–200
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–240
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–28
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $17–25
- 1st Class
- $27–40
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $11–17
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–65
- 1st Class
- $85–150
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $460–510
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- 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
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $154
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Metz to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Metz. It is currently 4:40 PM in Metz and 5:40 PM in Bucharest.
Metz to Bucharest train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Bucharest is 1946 km. It takes approximately 18h 47m to drive from Metz to Bucharest.
Book your Metz to Bucharest bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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