There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Luton by plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane OTP - LTN
5h 56m£66–414Train to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport, fly to Luton Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bucharest to Brașovtrain
- Fly from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GHV - LTN
9h 32m£51–217Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Airport Bus Stationbus A1 / ...
31h 42m£125–130Train
- 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 St Pancras Intl to Lutontrain
39h 25m£384–606Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Lutoncar
24h 52m£458–612Fly Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane OTP - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Lutontrain
7h 24m£101–333Fly Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OTP - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lutontrain
7h 23m£67–292Fly Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OTP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Lutontrain
7h 10m£121–409Fly 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 London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lutontrain
8h 8m£102–430Bus via Watford Junction station
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
2dBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Lutonbusferry
2d 11h£55–150Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Lutoncar
25h 54m£367–574
Bucharest to Luton by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Luton is to train and fly which costs £50 - £220 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Luton is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £65 - £420.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bucharest and arriving at Luton. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 2 days 11h.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Luton. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Luton via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 25m.
The distance between Bucharest and Luton is 1329 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Luton without a car is to bus which takes 31h 42m and costs £125 - £130.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Bucharest to Luton, including transfers.
Bucharest to Luton bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Luton train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Luton is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £65 - £420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £125 - £130 and takes 31h 42m, you could also train, which costs £380 - £650 and takes 39h 25m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Luton, England?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Luton Airport (LTN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Airport Bus Station via London Victoria in around 31h 42m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–340
Flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport to Luton Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport to Luton Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport to Luton Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £51–55
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–13
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £180–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–22
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- 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 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +40 238 434 380
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–16
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- £5–9
- 1st Class
- £10–16
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–6
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- [email protected]
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- [email protected]
- Website
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–7
- Schedules at
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- National Express
- 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 Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- 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
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Bucharest to Luton bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at London Victoria station.
Luton is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 8:00 AM in Bucharest and 6:00 AM in Luton.
Bucharest to Luton train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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