There are 13 ways to get from Szeged to Chester by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Take the train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)BUD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
9h 11m£67–227Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Szeged to Timișoara962
- Take the bus from Timișoara to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Chester Bus Interchange
31h 50m£49–79Train
- Take the train from Szeged to Koebanya-KispestIc / ...
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to St.Poelten HbfRjx
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
29h 1m£248–639Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Szeged to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Chester
20h 41mTrain to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)BUD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
9h 6m£70–240Bus to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Szeged to Timișoara
- Fly from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)TSR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
11h 52m£115–361Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Liverpool (LPL)BUD - LPL
8h 47m£49–157Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to East Midlands Airport, train
- Take the train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)BUD - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Crewe
10h 22m£95–200Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)BUD - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
10h 54m£110–402Train via Paris
- Take the train from Szeged to Koebanya-KispestIc / ...
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien MeidlingRjx
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'EstNj
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
29h 15m£208–739Bus, bus and ferry, train via Kevermes
- Take the bus from Szeged, autóbusz-állomás to Lőkösháza, vasútállomás
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
42h 42mBus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Szeged to Nădlac
- Take the busferry from Nădlac to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
46h 35mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Szeged to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chester
21h 42m£325–472
Szeged to Chester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Szeged to Chester is to bus which costs £45 - £80 and takes 31h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Szeged to Chester is to train and fly which takes 8h 47m and costs £45 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Szeged to Chester. However, there are services departing from Szeged and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest and Liverpool, Liverpool One. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Szeged to Chester. However, there are services departing from Szeged and arriving at Chester via Koebanya-Kispest, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, St.Poelten Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 1m.
The distance between Szeged and Chester is 1197 miles.
The best way to get from Szeged to Chester without a car is to train which takes 29h 1m and costs £240 - £650.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Szeged to Chester, including transfers.
Szeged to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Szeged station.
Szeged to Chester train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Szeged station.
The best way to get from Szeged to Chester is to train which takes 29h 1m and costs £240 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £45 - £80 and takes 31h 50m.
What companies run services between Szeged, Hungary and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Szeged to Chester via Koebanya-Kispest, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, St.Poelten Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 29h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Szeged to Chester Bus Interchange via Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, and Liverpool, Liverpool One in around 31h 50m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–260
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Szeged to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–8
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szeged to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–14
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–24
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–120
- 1st Class
- £130–190
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £80–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £150–170
- Seating Carriage
- £80–100
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–13
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Szeged to Timișoara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Timișoara to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–28
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Bus from Szeged, autóbusz-állomás to Lőkösháza, vasútállomás
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
- Schedules at
- https://emma.mav.hu/#/route?ui_activeItinerary=-1
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus from Szeged to Nădlac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transptur.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Nădlac to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–95
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Szeged to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Timișoara station.
Chester is 1h behind Szeged. It is currently 7:22 AM in Szeged and 6:22 AM in Chester.
Szeged to Chester train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Koebanya-Kispest station.
There are 959+ hotels available in Chester.




































































