There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain
7h 9m€108–344Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane OTP - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain
7h 41m€101–398Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Frankfurtbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain S2 / ...
23h 19m€160–277Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain S2 / ...
28h 19m€140–290Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain S2 / ...
27h 45m€166–432Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Basel (BSL)plane OTP - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain
9h 14m€107–430Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane OTP - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain
9h 53m€150–409Bus, train
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Karlsruhe central train stationbus 1923
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Neustadt, Hauptbahnhoftrain Rb51 / ...
33h 42m€184–334Drive 1,817 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Kaiserslauterncar 1,817 km
17h 42m€341–492
Bucharest to Kaiserslautern by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which costs €160 - €280 and takes 23h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern is to fly and train which takes 7h 9m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Kaiserslautern, Hbf via Budapest-Keleti, München Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 19m.
The distance between Bucharest and Kaiserslautern is 1605 km. The road distance is 1817 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 23h 19m and costs €160 - €280.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern, including transfers.
Bucharest to Kaiserslautern train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
Kaiserslautern is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 9:33 PM in Bucharest and 8:33 PM in Kaiserslautern.
Bucharest to Kaiserslautern train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Kaiserslautern is 1817 km. It takes approximately 17h 42m to drive from Bucharest to Kaiserslautern.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Kaiserslautern, Germany?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Kaiserslautern, Hbf via Budapest-Keleti, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 28h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Pasing to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Neustadt, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €61–66
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €34–40
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–25
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €116
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Wien Meidling to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €137
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Flixbus
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