There are 5 ways to get from Metz to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, train (TGV), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LUX - OTP
6h 45m$78–336Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharestbus
25h 54m$176–194Train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
29h$416–1,019Drive 1,946.5 km
- Drive from Metz to Bucharestcar 1,946.5 km
18h 48m$349–504Bus
- Take the bus from Metz to București, Autogara Militaribus 1923
32h 55m$170–280
Metz to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Bucharest is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which costs $170 - $200 and takes 25h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs $75 - $340.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Metz and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart four 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 Bahnhof, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h.
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 bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 25h 54m and costs $170 - $200.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Metz to Bucharest, including transfers.
Metz to Bucharest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Metz - Bus 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 bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 25h 54m and costs $170 - $200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $410 - $1,100 and takes 29h.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a bus from Metz - Bus Station to Bucharest via Frankfurt - Main Bus Station and Frankfurt in around 25h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Metz Ville to Bucuresti Nord via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 29h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–350
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- 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
- $11–24
- 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
- $28–60
- 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
- $15–24
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- 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 Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $152
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Metz to Bucharest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Frankfurt - Main Bus Station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Metz. It is currently 5:50 AM in Metz and 6:50 AM 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 48m to drive from Metz to Bucharest.
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