There are 10 ways to get from Brussels to Arad by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRU - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
8h 31m$144–342Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane CRL - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
9h 3m$96–405Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain Ic
23h 1m$303–618Train, bus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Aradbus
24h 53m$106–311Night train, train
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain Ic
22h 56m$132–311Fly Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane BRU - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
10h 59m$128–264Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
9h 45m$107–313Fly Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain
12h 15m$147–408Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Aradbus 1929
26h 25m$170–280Drive 1,581.7 km
- Drive from Brussels to Aradcar 1,581.7 km
14h 33m$282–408
Brussels to Arad by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Arad is to train and bus which costs $100 - $320 and takes 24h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Arad is to fly and train which takes 8h 31m and costs $140 - $350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Brussels-North train station station and arriving at Arad. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 26h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Brussels to Arad. However, there are services departing from Brussels-Nord and arriving at Arad via Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 1m.
The distance between Brussels and Arad is 1393 km. The road distance is 1581.7 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Arad without a car is to train which takes 23h 1m and costs $300 - $650.
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Brussels to Arad, including transfers.
Brussels to Arad bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Brussels to Arad train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Arad is to train which takes 23h 1m and costs $300 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $280 and takes 26h 25m.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Arad, Romania?
You can take a train from Brussels-Nord to Arad via Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 23h 1m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Brussels-North train station to Arad 4 times a week. Tickets cost $170–280 and the journey takes 26h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–140
- 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/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://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/
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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–490
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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
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
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
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
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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $70–90
- [email protected]
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Köln Hbf to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Brussels to Arad bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Arad station.
Arad is 1h ahead of Brussels. It is currently 12:45 PM in Brussels and 1:45 PM in Arad.
Brussels to Arad train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Wien HBF station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Arad is 1582 km. It takes approximately 14h 33m to drive from Brussels to Arad.
Book your Brussels to Arad bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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