There are 13 ways to get from Romania to Folkestone by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or busferry
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Fly Cluj-Napoca to Luton Airport, train
best- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CLJ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 37m£102–291Bus and ferry
cheapest- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Folkestonebusferry
2d 8h£56–151Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Doverbus
31h 17m£124Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Linz Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
42h 17m£388–702Drive, train, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofcar
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lorraine Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lorraine Tgv to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethuntrain Ter
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
25h 5m£471–694Fly Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OTP - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 24m£88–243Fly Iași International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane IAS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 51m£145–431Fly Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane TSR - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 35m£125–301Fly Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OTP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 25m£116–271Fly Cluj-Napoca to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CLJ - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 36m£112–265Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BUD - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
11h 11m£172–431Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BUD - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
10h 57m£109–278Bus via Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Doverbus
45h 52m
Romania to Folkestone by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Romania to Folkestone is to bus which costs £124 and takes 31h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Romania to Folkestone is to fly and train which takes 7h 35m and costs £120 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Romania to Folkestone station. However, there are services departing from Piata Unirii and arriving at Folkestone Central station via Bucharest and Pencester Road. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Romania to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Folkestone Central via Bucuresti Nord, Budapest-Keleti, Linz Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 17m.
The distance between Romania and Folkestone is 1245 miles.
The best way to get from Romania to Folkestone without a car is to bus which takes 31h 17m and costs £124.
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from Romania to Folkestone, including transfers.
Romania to Folkestone bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Romania to Folkestone train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Romania to Folkestone is to bus which takes 31h 17m and costs £124. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £380 - £700 and takes 42h 17m.
What companies run services between Romania and Folkestone, England?
Maxibus Travel operates a bus from Bucharest to Dover twice a week. Tickets cost £120 and the journey takes 28h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Universitate to Folkestone Central via Gara de Nord, Bucuresti Nord, Budapest-Keleti, Linz Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 42h 17m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Iași International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–480
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £53–57
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £150–310
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Lorraine Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorraine Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Romania to Folkestone bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Dover station.
Folkestone is 2h behind Romania. It is currently 10:59 AM in Romania and 8:59 AM in Folkestone.
Romania to Folkestone train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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