There are 11 ways to get from Swansea to Bucharest by train, bus, plane, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BRS - OTP
8h 5m$193–579Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
25h 48m$84–216Train, night train
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
42h 12m$483–1,273Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Swansea to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharest
27h 31mTrain to Cardiff Airport, fly
- Take the train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)CWL - OTP
9h 47m$212–491Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LHR - OTP
8h 46m$235–659Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHX - OTP
9h 12m$188–520Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LTN - OTP
9h 32m$239–646Train, bus via London
- Take the train from Swansea to London PaddingtonSwansea - London Paddington / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
34h 25m$226–375Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to Lordswood Rd111 / ...
- Take the busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Bucharest
2d 20h$108–257Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Swansea to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bucharest
28h 40m$537–825
Swansea to Bucharest by train, subway, and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Swansea to Bucharest is to train and bus which costs $80 - $220 and takes 25h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Swansea to Bucharest is to train and bus and fly which takes 8h 5m and costs $190 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Swansea station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Swansea Bus Station Stand B and arriving at Bucharest via Hagley Rd West and Birmingham West Bromwich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Swansea to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Swansea and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal and Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 12m.
The distance between Swansea and Bucharest is 2424 km.
The best way to get from Swansea to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 25h 48m and costs $80 - $220.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Swansea to Bucharest, including transfers.
Swansea to Bucharest bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Swansea Bus Station Stand B.
Swansea to Bucharest train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Swansea station.
Swansea to Bucharest bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Lordswood Rd station.
What companies run services between Swansea, Wales and Bucharest, Romania?
There is no direct connection from Swansea to Bucharest. However, you can take the train to Newport (S Wales), walk to Queensway Q1, take the bus to Airport Bus Station, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), walk to Bucharest Otopeni Airport, then take the shuttle to Bucharest. Alternatively, you can take a train from Swansea to Bucharest Obor via Bristol Parkway, Birmingham New Street, and Birmingham in around 25h 48m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–300
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–31
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–15
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–30
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–350
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $190–220
- Seating Carriage
- $100–130
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to Lordswood Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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Bucharest is 2h ahead of Swansea. It is currently 1:39 AM in Swansea and 3:39 AM in Bucharest.
Swansea to Bucharest train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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