There are 11 ways to get from Paderborn to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, car, night train, 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 Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUS - OTP
7h 25m$121–348Train, bus via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Nuremberg Central Station to Bucharestbus
23h 48m$205–273Train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbftrain 25
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
28h 28m$355–752Drive 1,869.6 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Bucharestcar 1,869.6 km
18h 26m$387–559Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafentrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane HAJ - OTP
9h 7mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Soesttrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DTM - OTP
6h 58m$123–367Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FMO - OTP
9h 39m$194–453Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
8h 24m$146–401Train, night train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
30h 54m$289–557Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Detmold, Bahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Detmold, Bahnhof to Buzaubus
- Take the bus from Buzău to Bucureşti Autogara DLSbus
40h 45m$168–222Drive, car train
- Drive from Paderborn to Göttingencar
- Take the cartrain from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharestcar
25h 15m$361–511
Paderborn to Bucharest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $160 - $230 and takes 40h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs $120 - $370.
No, there is no direct train from Paderborn to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Paderborn Hbf and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 28m.
The distance between Paderborn and Bucharest is 1814 km. The road distance is 1869.6 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Nuremberg which takes 23h 48m and costs $200 - $280.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from Paderborn to Bucharest, including transfers.
Paderborn to Bucharest train services, operated by National Express, depart from Paderborn Hbf station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Paderborn. It is currently 1:57 AM in Paderborn and 2:57 AM in Bucharest.
Paderborn to Bucharest train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Paderborn to Bucharest is 1870 km. It takes approximately 18h 26m to drive from Paderborn to Bucharest.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Paderborn Hbf to Bucuresti Nord via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 28h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Thursday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- 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
- $89
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–380
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–380
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- DB Bus
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Detmold, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- $85–100
- Seating Carriage
- $50–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Nuremberg Central Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $136
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Detmold, Bahnhof to Buzau
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 021.312.65.91
- office@dlsbus.ro
- Website
- dlsbus.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucureşti Autogara DLS
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- dlsbus.ro
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