There are 12 ways to get from Chester to Bucharest by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAN - OTP
7h 24m$95–258Fly Liverpool to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane LPL - BBU
10h 8m$87–306Train, bus via Brussels
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharestbus
32h 2m$382–538Train
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
36h 23m$777–1,713Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharestcar
27h 45m$654–932Fly Liverpool to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LPL - OTP
7h 5m$126–255Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BHX - OTP
7h 59m$110–293Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LBA - OTP
9h 24m$185–378Bus
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus Uk021 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
36h 10m$192–211Train, bus
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain Chester - London Euston / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
2d 2hTrain, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Piccadillytrain Holyhead - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
2d 19h$101–238Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bucharestcar
28h 52m$510–844
Chester to Bucharest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Bucharest is to train and fly which costs $90 - $260 and takes 7h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $120 - $260.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Bucharest via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Chester to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Chester and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf and Wien Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 23m.
The distance between Chester and Bucharest is 2371 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via Brussels which takes 32h 2m and costs $380 - $550.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Chester to Bucharest, including transfers.
Chester to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Chester to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Chester station.
The best way to get from Chester to Bucharest is to train which takes 36h 23m and costs $750 - $1,800. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $120 - $260 and takes 7h 5m, you could also bus, which costs $190 - $220 and takes 36h 10m.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a train from Chester to Bucuresti Nord via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, and Wien Westbahnhof in around 36h 23m. Alternatively, Ulendo Airlink flies from Liverpool (LPL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 4 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Liverpool to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $158
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- $158
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $16–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $162
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $162
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–65
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Chester to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Chester. It is currently 11:20 AM in Chester and 1:20 PM in Bucharest.
Chester to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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