There are 12 ways to get from București to Manchester by plane, bus, train, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
6h 31m£44–187Bus, 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
32h 43m£291–412Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Linz 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
43h 20m£431–675Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
27h 59m£492–667Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BBU - MAN
8h 38m£49–217Fly 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 Manchester Victoriatrain
8h 53m£64–315Fly 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 50m£96–381Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 57m£105–363Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
37h 37m£151–176Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
2d 2hBus and ferry
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
2d 18h£61–151Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
29h 1m£404–624
București to Manchester by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from București to Manchester is to fly which costs £40 - £190 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from București to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs £40 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from București to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Piata Unirii and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from București to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Bucuresti Nord, Budapest-Keleti, Linz Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 20m.
The distance between București and Manchester is 1442 miles.
The best way to get from București to Manchester without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 32h 43m and costs £290 - £420.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from București to Manchester, including transfers.
București to Manchester bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
București to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from București to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs £40 - £190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £430 - £700 and takes 43h 20m, you could also bus, which costs £150 - £180 and takes 37h 37m.
What companies run services between București, Romania and Manchester, England?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and two other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Universitate to Manchester Piccadilly via Gara de Nord, Bucuresti Nord, Budapest-Keleti, Linz Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 43h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- 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
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £51–55
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–20
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- Belgian 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
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- 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
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 Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- 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 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
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
București to Manchester bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at London Victoria station.
Manchester is 2h behind București. It is currently 8:55 PM in București and 6:55 PM in Manchester.
București to Manchester train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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