Frankfurt am Main to Bucharest by train
Travel from Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to Bucharest (Romania) by train (1456km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Frankfurt am Main in Germany to Bucharest in Romania, the main route leads via Budapest (Hungary).
Your travel route could be like that.
1456 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Frankfurt am Main to Bucharest, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Bucharest - Frankfurt am Main / Berlin - Arad / Berlin - Brașov / Berlin - Constanța / Berlin - Sibiu / Berlin - Timișoara / Hamburg - Bucharest / Cologne - Bucharest / Stuttgart - Bucharest1 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) - Budapest (Hungary) - Bucharest (Romania)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to Budapest (Hungary)
Train tickets from Germany to Budapest and selected other cities in Hungary are available from Deutsche Bahn (German railways) via the given booking links. There you also find the train schedules.
Saver price tickets called "Sparpreis Europa" offer very attractive ticket fares from 39 EUR. These tickets are valid for routes from Germany via either Czech Republic and Slovakia or via Austria to Hungary.
If it is not possible to book a ticket until your final destination, buy a second one from Budapest to your destination from Hungarian railways MAV.
Where to buy a ticket from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
IntercityExpress (ICE) / Railjet (RJ) / EuroCity (EC)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
ÖBB nightjet NJ491 Hamburg - Vienna / ÖBB nightjet NJ40421 Düsseldorf - Vienna / EN 40457 Berlin - Budapest / EN 463 Munich - Budapest
train company:
DB Deutsche Bahn / MÁV Magyar Államvasutak - MÁV START / ARRI Arriva NL
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Budapest - Frankfurt am Main / Berlin - Budapest / Munich - Budapest / Hamburg - Budapest / Cologne - Budapest
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
rail.cc Deutsche Bahn / Interrail Planer App
1b Travelling from Budapest (Hungary) to Bucharest (Romania)
Travel from Budapest to Bucharest by overnight train or by day train. The journey time is 15 hours. Train tickets start from 29 EUR.
The overnight train is comfortable and the recommended way of travel. It offers couchettes for 4 or 6 persons per compartment with ticket fares from 39 EUR. And sleeper compartments for one to three travellers with ticket fares from 55 EUR. The departure time in Budapest is 19:10 and the arrival time in Bucharest is 12:30.
Beside the overnight train there is a comfortable air-conditioned Intercity train which run at daytime. Ticket fares start from 29 EUR. The departure time in Budapest is at 07:10 and the arrival time in Bucharest is 23:59.
As third option there is the overnight train "Dacia Express". It offers sleeper compartments as well with shower and toilet. The departure station of the train is Vienna (Austria), therefore the arrival time in Bucharest is very late the next day at 16:00. The departure time in Budapest is 23:10. You can board the train already one hour earlier. The ticket fares are the same like mentioned above.
All in all it is a recommended rail trip trough the beautiful scenery trough Transylvania and of the Carpathian mountains.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Budapest to Bucharest?
The following links could be interesting for you.
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 347 Vienna - Bucharest / EN 473 Budapest - Bucharest
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Bucharest - Budapest
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Do you have questions about the connection between Frankfurt am Main and Bucharest? Does something not work as it should? Just ask in our forum and get competent answers from our rail travel experts.
Eurail: if you want to travel this route by Eurail instead of train tickets, have a look here for reservation fees and further information.
