There are 11 ways to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)STR - OTP
6h 37m$157–485Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Strasbourg to București, Autogara Militari1923
30h 50m$70–190Train, bus via Aachen
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf79
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
22h 14m$100–289Train
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Wien HauptbahnhofNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
29h 44m$313–635Drive 1,812.5 km
- Drive from Strasbourg to Bucharest1,812.5 km
17h 36m$325–469Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)ZRH - OTP
7h 35m$232–424Train to Basel, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)BSL - BBU
6h 46m$120–246Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
7h 36m$208–464Fly Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)FKB - BBU
6h 22m$87–303Train, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe HbfIce / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Buzau
- Take the bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
31h 8mDrive, car train
- Drive from Strasbourg to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharest
19h 9m$395–564
Strasbourg to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest is to bus which costs $70 - $190 and takes 30h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs $85 - $310.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Strasbourg and arriving at București, Autogara Militari. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 30h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Strasbourg to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Strasbourg Bahnhof and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 44m.
The distance between Strasbourg and Bucharest is 1562 km. The road distance is 1812.5 km.
The best way to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Aachen which takes 22h 14m and costs $100 - $290.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest, including transfers.
Strasbourg to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Strasbourg station.
Strasbourg to Bucharest train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Strasbourg to Bucharest is to train which takes 29h 44m and costs $310 - $650. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $85 - $310 and takes 6h 22m, you could also bus, which costs $70 - $190 and takes 30h 50m.
What companies run services between Strasbourg, France and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Bucuresti Nord via Wien Hauptbahnhof and Wien Hbf in around 29h 44m. Alternatively, Ryanair flies from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–320
- Couchette Carriage
- $180–210
- Seating Carriage
- $80–100
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32–33
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Strasbourg to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Karlsruhe to Buzau
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0723-660.987
- Website
- acomar.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- acomar.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0742-105.209
- Website
- tasasuceava.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- tasasuceava.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0238-416.702
- Website
- eprubeta.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- eprubeta.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-797.976
- Website
- hermes.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- hermes.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Strasbourg to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Strasbourg. It is currently 2:23 AM in Strasbourg and 3:23 AM in Bucharest.
Strasbourg to Bucharest train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Wien Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Strasbourg to Bucharest is 1813 km. It takes approximately 17h 36m to drive from Strasbourg to Bucharest.
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