There are 10 ways to get from Metz to Budapest by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, night train, or car
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Train to Luxembourg, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LUX - BUD
6h 26mFt 24,221–93,154Train
- 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 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 Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
13h 23mFt 56,352–291,337Bus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus BlaBlaCar Bus
17h 20mFt 39,000–70,000Train, night train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
17h 49mFt 35,802–83,787Train, train to Basel, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
7h 48mFt 27,322–96,137Train to Luxembourg, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LUX - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
8h 25mFt 32,501–126,854Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane STR - BUD
8h 43mFt 37,422–123,037Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
9h 14mFt 27,721–91,154Bus via Saarbrücken
- Take the bus from Metz to Saarbrücken bus stationbus N90 / ...
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1929
19h 10mFt 35,044–58,846Drive 1,131.5 km
- Drive from Metz to Budapestcar 1,131.5 km
10h 31mFt 62,950–90,927
Metz to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Budapest is to bus via Saarbrücken which costs 35 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 19h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 6h 26m and costs 24 000 Ft - 95 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Metz - Bus Station station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 17h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strasbourg, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 23m.
The distance between Metz and Budapest is 1075 km. The road distance is 1131.5 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 13h 23m and costs 55 000 Ft - 300 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Metz to Budapest, including transfers.
Metz to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Metz - Bus Station.
Metz to Budapest 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 Budapest is to train which takes 13h 23m and costs 55 000 Ft - 300 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 39 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 17h 20m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 13h 23m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Metz - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar twice daily. Tickets cost Ft 39,000–70,000 and the journey takes 17h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–85,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–85,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–100,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–80,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–85,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 43,000–80,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–85,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 43,000–80,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–55,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–55,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–85,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–75,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–70,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–65,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,500
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–19,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–19,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–19,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–17,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,500
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–19,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,500
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–19,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–28,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–19,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–19,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–70,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–43,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–18,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–80,000
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–28,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–43,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–19,000
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–70,000
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–3,900
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–28,000
- Website
- Flibco
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,000–3,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–55,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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Metz to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Metz to Budapest train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Budapest is 1131 km. It takes approximately 10h 31m to drive from Metz to Budapest.
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