There are 12 ways to get from Plovdiv to Paderborn by bus, plane, train, night train, 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.
Bus, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- 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 Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
9h 25m€98–346Bus, 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 Soest to Paderborn Hbf
8h 34m€77–280Bus, train via Dresden
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Dresden Bayrische StrasseRacic Eurobus
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Paderborn Hbf51
29h 30m€134–248Train, night train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to DimitrovgradRe / ...
- 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 Paderborn Hbf41
38h 55m€217–390Drive 1,901.9 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Paderborn1,901.9 km
19h 28m€270–390Bus, fly to Hannover 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 Hannover Airport (HAJ)SOF - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Flughafen to Paderborn Hbf
11h 23mBus, 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
10h 18m€126–315Bus, fly to Eindhoven 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 Eindhoven Airport (EIN)SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Hamm
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
11h 45m€105–322Bus, fly to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD)SOF - PAD
10h 38m€101–479Bus, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Kassel Central Bus StationRacic Eurobus
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn HbfRe
33h 24m€120–162Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralCitylines 57 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to PaderbornN110
37h 10m€133–177Drive, car train
- Drive from Plovdiv to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Hannover Hbf
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Paderborn
18h 5m€305–1,197
Plovdiv to Paderborn by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Paderborn is to bus and train which costs €120 - €170 and takes 33h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Paderborn is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 34m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Paderborn. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop and arriving at Paderborn via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Plovdiv to Paderborn. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv and arriving at Paderborn Hbf via Dimitrovgrad, Videle, Budapest-Keleti and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 55m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Paderborn is 1915 km. The road distance is 1901.9 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Paderborn without a car is to bus and train via Dresden which takes 29h 30m and costs €130 - €250.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Plovdiv to Paderborn, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Paderborn bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop.
Plovdiv to Paderborn train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Plovdiv station.
Plovdiv to Paderborn bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central station.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Paderborn, Germany?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop to Paderborn via Frankfurt central train station in around 37h 10m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Sofia Airport to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Sofia Airport to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport via Vienna, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Soest to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Soest to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–29
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Soest to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 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 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- 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 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Hannover Flughafen to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Soest to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–15
- 1st Class
- €16–27
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- 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 Kassel Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Paderborn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Paderborn is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 3:08 PM in Plovdiv and 2:08 PM in Paderborn.
Plovdiv to Paderborn train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Dimitrovgrad station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Paderborn is 1902 km. It takes approximately 19h 28m to drive from Plovdiv to Paderborn.
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