There are 13 ways to get from Budapest to London by plane, train, bus, night bus, night train, car, car train 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.
Recommended option
Fly Budapest to London Heathrow • 5h 31m
Cheapest option
Bus • 26h
11 alternative options
Fly Budapest to London Stansted • 5h 56m
Fly Budapest to London City • 7h 7m
Fly Budapest to Birmingham, train • 6h 43m
Train • 17h
Bus, night bus • 29h 25m
Train, night train • 20h 48m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 15h 43m
Drive, car ferry • 16h 46m
Budapest to London by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to London is to bus which costs 4 700 Ft - 22 000 Ft and takes 26h.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to London is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs 40 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Budapest-Kelenföld and arriving at London Victoria. Services depart once a week, and operate Friday. The journey takes approximately 26h.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to London. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at London St Pancras Intl via Wien Hbf, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h.
The distance between Budapest and London is 955 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to London without a car is to train which takes 17h and costs 110 000 Ft - 220 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Budapest to London, including transfers.
Budapest to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest Népliget bus station.
Budapest to London train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
The best way to get from Budapest to London is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs 40 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 110 000 Ft - 220 000 Ft and takes 17h, you could also bus, which costs 4 700 Ft - 22 000 Ft and takes 26h.
- Distance: 955.4 miles
- Duration: 5h 31m
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and London, England?
British Airways, Lufthansa and four other airlines fly from Budapest Nepliget bus station to London Paddington hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Budapest Kelenföld train station to London King's Cross via Wien Hbf, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 17h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29 - £340
Flights from Budapest to London Stansted via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £340
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100 - £550
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest to London Heathrow via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130 - £410
Flights from Budapest to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £550
Flights from Budapest to London Gatwick via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140 - £450
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150 - £490
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150 - £490
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest to London Heathrow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140 - £600
Flights from Budapest to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £650
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140 - £700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest to London Heathrow via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180 - £550
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £290
Flights from Budapest to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £350
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £330
Flights from Budapest to London Gatwick via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £330
Flights from Budapest to London Luton via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest to London Heathrow via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £500
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £360
Flights from Vienna to London Heathrow via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £360
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Budapest to London City via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240 - £800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £500
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10 - £14
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £10 - £14
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15 - £21
- Schedules at
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Anytime Standard
- £15 - £21
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15 - £35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £15 - £22
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £22 - £35
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9 - £22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
- 1st Class
- £15 - £22
- Standard
- £9 - £15
- Phone
- 00 44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35 - £120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £80 - £120
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- londonmidland.com
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9 - £11
- Website
- https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest Kelenfold Train Station to Vienna Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8 - £29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- £8 - £12
- 1st Class
- £25 - £29
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £90 - £105
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55 - £65
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95 - £280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- £268 - £273
- Standard
- £95 - £105
- Standard Premier
- £120 - £160
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- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55 - £160
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £110 - £160
- Seating Carriage
- £55 - £120
- Couchette Carriage
- £120 - £160
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- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10 - £50
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Budapest Népliget bus station to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90 - £130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Night bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29 - £40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65 - £160
- On Foot
- £30 - £40
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45 - £60
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Budapest to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
London is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 6:12 AM in Budapest and 5:12 AM in London.
Budapest to London train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Book your Budapest to London bus tickets online with FlixBus.
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