There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Chester by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
8h£71–219Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Liverpool (LPL)plane BBU - LPL
13h 47m£60–198Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
31h 44m£272–392Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
42h 26m£413–747Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chestercar
27h 36m£486–658Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
7h 37m£90–271Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Chestertrain
8h 47m£84–221Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Chestertrain
10h 9m£121–254Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain London Euston - Chester / ...
2d 1hBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chestertrain Manchester Airport - Holyhead / ...
2d 19h£77–175Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chestercar
28h 38m£380–585
Bucharest to Chester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to fly which costs £60 - £200 and takes 13h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to fly which takes 7h 37m and costs £85 - £280.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Chester. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Chester via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 26m.
The distance between Bucharest and Chester is 1481 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Chester without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 31h 44m and costs £270 - £400.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Bucharest to Chester, including transfers.
Bucharest to Chester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Chester is to train which takes 42h 26m and costs £410 - £750. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £85 - £280 and takes 7h 37m.
Chester is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 5:30 PM in Bucharest and 3:30 PM in Chester.
Bucharest to Chester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Chester via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 42h 26m. Alternatively, Ulendo Airlink and Ryanair fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Liverpool via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Stafford to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £53–57
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £180–370
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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