Kaunas to Bucharest by train
Travel from Kaunas (Lithuania) to Bucharest (Romania) by train (1175km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Kaunas in Lithuania to Bucharest in Romania, the main route leads via Poland and Hungary. Please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
1175 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 Kaunas 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 - Kaunas / Vilnius - Brașov / Vilnius - Cluj-Napoca / Vilnius - Timișoara / Kaunas - Brașov / Kaunas - Timișoara / Klaipeda - Bucharest / Klaipeda - Brașov / Klaipeda - Timișoara1 Kaunas (Lithuania) - Warsaw (Poland) - Budapest (Hungary) - Bucharest (Romania)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Kaunas (Lithuania) to Warsaw (Poland)
To travel from Lithuania to Poland by train, you have currently only one train connection on weekends. Therefore the journey by bus is the most comfortable way.
If you want to travel by train, first buy a train ticket of Lithuanian railways from your departure station to Bialystok. And a second train ticket from Polish railways from Bialystok to your travel destination in Poland.
Calculate with a train ticket price of 22 EUR for the journey from Vilnius via Bialystok to Warsaw.
Find exact train and bus schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kaunas to Warsaw?
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bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Vilnius - Warsaw
train company:
PKP IC Polskie Koleje Państwowe Intercity / LIT Lietuvos geležinkeliai / LUX Lux Express
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Warsaw - Kaunas / Vilnius - Warsaw / Klaipeda - Warsaw / Vilnius - Gdańsk / Vilnius - Katowice / Vilnius - Krakow / Vilnius - Szczecin / Vilnius - Wrocław / Vilnius - Łódź / Kaunas - Krakow
1b Travelling from Warsaw (Poland) to Budapest (Hungary)
Travel from Warsaw to Budapest by train. There exists one direct day train and one direct overnight train. More train connections are available with a change of trains. The journey time is 10:30 hours. The ticket price starts at 19 EUR.
1) Travel by day train connection.
The journey time is 10:30 hours. The departure time in Warsaw is 08:50. The arrival time in Budapest is 19:20. The ticket price starts at 19 EUR.
2) Travel by overnight train EN477.
The departure time in Warsaw is 19:45. The arrival time in Budapest is 08:30. The train offers the following service categories:
- standard seats from 19 EUR.
- shared compartments with 4 or 6 beds from 49/59 EUR.
- private compartments with 3, 2 or 1 bed (optional with private shower and toilet) from 69/89/129 EUR.
Where to buy a ticket from Warsaw to Budapest?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
EuroCity (EC)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 476/456/406 Budapest - Warsaw / EN 407/477 Warsaw - Budapest
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Budapest - Warsaw
1c 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 Kaunas 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.
