There are 11 ways to get from Scotland to Budapest by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EDI - BUD
6h 17mFt 25,692–80,002Fly from Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane GLA - BUD
7h 22mFt 24,745–63,055Bus via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
31h 49mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
27h 40mFt 110,716–318,063Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapestcar
22h 30mFly from Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ABZ - BUD
7h 14mFt 32,639–73,802Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane INV - BUD
8h 27mFt 30,645–104,499Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NCL - BUD
7h 19mFt 31,993–96,806Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 183 / ...
- Take the bus from Bradford to Žilinabus
- Take the bus from Žilina to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
45h 27mFt 52,769–137,536Train, night train via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
27h 49mFt 132,912–310,451Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budapestcar
23h 43mFt 144,202–222,970
Scotland to Budapest by train, foot, night train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Budapest is to fly which costs 24 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 7h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs 25 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Leeds City Bus Station, Bradford and Žilina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Clark Ádám tér via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Kelenföld vasútállomás M. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 40m.
The distance between Scotland and Budapest is 1839 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Budapest without a car is to bus via Cluj-Napoca which takes 31h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Scotland to Budapest, including transfers.
Scotland to Budapest bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Budapest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs 25 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus via Cluj-Napoca, which costs and takes 31h 49m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Budapest, Hungary?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and KLM fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Shudehill Interchange, Hanover Street, Charlotte Street, Manchester, Coach Station, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Népliget, Ecseri út, and Ecseri út M in around 31h 49m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–120,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–150,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–120,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–150,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–130,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–70,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–85,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–50,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–100,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–90,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–95,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–120,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–130,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–95,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–85,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–95,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–160,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–160,000
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 100,000–110,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 65,000–75,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 28,000–39,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–8,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–80,000
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–40,000
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–17,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Žilina to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–14,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–50,000
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–8,000
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,300–6,000
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Scotland to Budapest bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 5:06 AM in Scotland and 6:06 AM in Budapest.
Scotland to Budapest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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