There are 8 ways to get from Bordeaux to Arad by plane, train, train (TGV), bus, or car
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Fly Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
best- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BOD - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
9h 20m$129–319Fly Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Oradea International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane BOD - OMR
- Take the train from Oradea to Aradtrain
17h 13m$97–336Train
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain Ic
24h 34m$347–653Bus via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
35h 2m$192–268Drive 2,077.6 km
- Drive from Bordeaux to Aradcar 2,077.6 km
21h 2m$373–538Fly Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane BOD - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
11h 8m$128–281Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane TLS - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
13h 2m$162–416Bus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Aradbus 1922
39h 25m$250–410
Bordeaux to Arad by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bordeaux to Arad is to fly and train which costs $120 - $320 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Bordeaux to Arad is to fly and train which takes 9h 20m and costs $120 - $320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bordeaux and arriving at Arad. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 39h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Bordeaux to Arad. However, there are services departing from Bordeaux St Jean and arriving at Arad via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Gare De Lyon, Zürich HB, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 34m.
The distance between Bordeaux and Arad is 1812 km. The road distance is 2077.6 km.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Arad without a car is to train which takes 24h 34m and costs $340 - $700.
It takes approximately 9h 20m to get from Bordeaux to Arad, including transfers.
Bordeaux to Arad bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop station.
Bordeaux to Arad train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Bordeaux St Jean station.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Arad is to train which takes 24h 34m and costs $340 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus via Montpellier, which costs $190 - $270 and takes 35h 2m.
What companies run services between Bordeaux, France and Arad, Romania?
You can take a train from Bordeaux St Jean to Arad via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Quai de la Gare, Paris Gare De Lyon, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 24h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Arad, Autogara Transdara via Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station, Sabines, Gare Saint-Roch, and Montpellier in around 35h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Oradea International Airport via Geneva, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Oradea International Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–320
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–320
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–230
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Zürich HB to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Oradea to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Montpellier to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-267.686
- Website
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $250–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bordeaux to Arad bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station.
Arad is 1h ahead of Bordeaux. It is currently 5:31 AM in Bordeaux and 6:31 AM in Arad.
Bordeaux to Arad train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bordeaux to Arad is 2078 km. It takes approximately 21h 2m to drive from Bordeaux to Arad.
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