There are 13 ways to get from Plovdiv to Hanover by bus, plane, train, night train, car, or car train
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Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Hannover Airport
best- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)SOF - HAJ
9h 10m€116–269Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Hamm to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 39m€85–317Bus, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf27 / ...
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof19 / ...
28h 38m€142–258Train, night train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Take the night train from Dimitrovgrad to Videle
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen HbfRjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof25 / ...
35h 19m€212–380Drive, car train
- Drive from Plovdiv to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbf1392
16h 23m€287–1,170Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)SOF - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 34m€97–263Bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Hannover Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)SKG - HAJ
13h 30m€132–418Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)SOF - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
8h 59m€104–332Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 33m€114–319Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 47m€93–306Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Hannover Central Bus StationRacic Eurobus
32h 30m€100–130Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Hannover Hbf
41h 22m€133–162Drive 1,879.9 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Hanover1,879.9 km
18h 18m€263–380
Plovdiv to Hanover by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Hanover is to bus which costs €100 - €130 and takes 32h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Hanover is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 59m and costs €100 - €340.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South station and arriving at Hannover Central Bus Station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 32h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Plovdiv to Hanover. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv and arriving at Hannover Hauptbahnhof via Dimitrovgrad, Videle, Budapest-Keleti and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 19m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Hanover is 1645 km. The road distance is 1879.9 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Hanover without a car is to bus and train which takes 28h 38m and costs €140 - €260.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Plovdiv to Hanover, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Hanover bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Hanover train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Plovdiv station.
Plovdiv to Hanover bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Hannover Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Hanover, Germany?
Racic Eurobus operates a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Hannover Central Bus Station 3 times a week. Tickets cost €100–130 and the journey takes 32h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–130
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Night train from Dimitrovgrad to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–13
- 1st Class
- €12–16
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €4–7
- 1st Class
- €6–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–65
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–37
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €95–150
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Hannover Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €110–130
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Hanover is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 5:31 PM in Plovdiv and 4:31 PM in Hanover.
Plovdiv to Hanover train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Dimitrovgrad station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Hanover is 1880 km. It takes approximately 18h 18m to drive from Plovdiv to Hanover.
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