There are 12 ways to get from Budapest to Central London by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BUD - LHR
5h 30m£90–246Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BUD - LGW
6h 11m£39–175Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
17h 34m£311–571Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Brnobus 260 / ...
- Take the bus from Brno Benesova Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
29h 45m£106–229Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
22h 9m£207–382Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BUD - STN
6h 26m£52–195Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London City Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London City Airport (LCY)plane BUD - LCY
7h 37m£185–396Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BUD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
6h 27m£59–155Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane VIE - LHR
7h 34m£120–281Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Eindhoven Stationbus 1924
- Take the bus from Eindhoven Station to London Victoriabus N1328
30h 40m£129–199Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Central Londoncar
16h 26m£375–491Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Central Londoncar
17h 28m£285–455
Budapest to Central London by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Central London is to fly and train which costs £55 - £160 and takes 6h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Central London is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs £90 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Central London. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at South Ealing Road via Brno Benesova Bus Station, Prague Florenc Central Bus Station and Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Central London station. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Northfields station via Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross St. Pancras station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 34m.
The distance between Budapest and Central London is 948 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Central London without a car is to train which takes 17h 34m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 30m to get from Budapest to Central London, including transfers.
Budapest to Central London bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Central London train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Central London is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs £90 - £250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £310 - £600 and takes 17h 34m, you could also bus via Prague, which costs £100 - £230 and takes 29h 45m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Central London, England?
British Airways, Brussels Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Northfields station via Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross St. Pancras station in around 17h 34m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- £30–50
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- £30–50
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- £30–50
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- £30–45
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- £30–45
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- £30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17
- Website
- Thameslink
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Eindhoven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eindhoven Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brno Benesova Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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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Budapest to Central London bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brno station.
Central London is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 4:45 PM in Budapest and 3:45 PM in Central London.
Budapest to Central London train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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