Sofia to Schengen by train
Travel from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Schengen (Luxembourg) by train (1505km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Sofia in Bulgaria to Schengen in Luxembourg, the main route leads via Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany. Please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
1505 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 Sofia to Schengen, 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
Schengen - Sofia / Burgas - Luxembourg / Plovdiv - Luxembourg / Ruse - Luxembourg / Varna - Luxembourg1 Sofia (Bulgaria) - Bucharest (Romania) - Budapest (Hungary) - Vienna (Austria) - Mannheim (Germany) - Schengen (Luxembourg)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Sofia (Bulgaria) to Bucharest (Romania)
Travel from Sofia to Bucharest by direct train connection. The journey time is 9:40 hours. The ticket fare is 161 RON (33 EUR).
The departure time in Sofia is 07:20. And the arrival time in Bucharest is 17:00. In off-season (October to May) you have to change trains in Ruse (Bulgaria). Arrival time in Ruse is 13:20. Departure time in Ruse is 14:15. You can save money if you split your ticket booking: buy one ticket for Sofia to Ruse and a second ticket for Ruse to Bucharest.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Sofia to Bucharest?
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Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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Bucharest - Sofia
1b Travelling from Bucharest (Romania) to Budapest (Hungary)
Travel from Bucharest to Budapest 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 Bucharest is 17:45 and the arrival time in Budapest is 08:50.
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 Bucharest is at 05:45 and the arrival time in Budapest is 19:50.
As third option there is the overnight train "Dacia Express". It offers sleeper compartments as well with shower and toilet. Its travel destination is Vienna (Austria), therefore the arrival time in Budapest is very early at 04:50. The departure time in Bucharest is 14:00. The ticket fares are the same like mentioned above.
All in all it is a recommended rail trip trough the beautiful scenery of the Carpathian mountains and into Transylvania.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Budapest?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 346 Bucharest - Vienna / EN 472 Bucharest - Budapest
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Budapest - Bucharest
1c Travelling from Budapest (Hungary) to Vienna (Austria)
Travel from Budapest to Vienna by Railjet train with a journey time of 2,5 hours. The ticket prices start from 14 EUR in second class and from 24 EUR in first class. Austrian railways ÖBB offers saver-fares called "Sparschiene". Book early to get these discounted tickets.
The train-connection is direct and you do not have to change trains. At least eight train connections per day let you travel from city center to city center of both capitals. Find the exact schedules and ticket fares via our booking links.
Departure is in Budapest at the railway station "Budapest Keleti". You arrive at Vienna central train station called "Wien Hauptbahnhof".
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Railjet (RJ)
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Vienna - Budapest
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1d Travelling from Vienna (Austria) to Mannheim (Germany)
From Austria to Germany you can travel cheaply by ICE and Railjet trains. ÖBB sells economy tickets ("Sparschiene") from 12 EUR. There are many train connections daily.
On longer distances, we recommend a Nightjet night train. These offer you comfortable overnight travel in a seating car, couchette car or sleeping car. Tickets for the Nightjet start at 29 EUR. In the sleeping car from just 69 EUR.
There are night train connections from Vienna, Innsbruck, Linz and Salzburg to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin.
Find your itinerary, timetable and train tickets through our booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Vienna to Mannheim?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Intercity (IC) / IntercityExpress (ICE) / Railjet (RJ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
ÖBB nightjet NJ490 Vienna - Hamburg / ÖBB nightjet NJ40490 Vienna - Düsseldorf / ÖBB nightjet NJ456 Vienna - Berlin / ÖBB nightjet NJ420 Innsbruck - Düsseldorf / ÖBB nightjet NJ40420 Innsbruck - Hamburg
train company:
DB Deutsche Bahn / ÖBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Mannheim - Vienna / Vienna - Berlin / Vienna - Cologne / Vienna - Düsseldorf / Vienna - Hamburg / Vienna - Munich / Vienna - Stuttgart / Graz - Berlin / Graz - Munich / Salzburg - Berlin / Salzburg - Munich
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1e Travelling from Mannheim (Germany) to Schengen (Luxembourg)
Travel from Germany to Luxembourg by train by a saver fare ticket from 19 EUR. These train tickets called "Sparpreis Europa" are available from Deutsche Bahn (German railways).
On the route Trier to Luxembourg there is the "Luxemburg Spezial" ticket available from 5 EUR.
Find the exact train schedules and ticket prices via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Mannheim to Schengen?
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train company:
DB Deutsche Bahn
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Schengen - Mannheim / Berlin - Luxembourg / Trier - Luxembourg / Hamburg - Luxembourg / Frankfurt am Main - Luxembourg / Munich - Luxembourg / Cologne - Luxembourg
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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Do you have questions about the connection between Sofia and Schengen? 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.
