There are 9 ways to get from Glasgow to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), 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 from Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane GLA - OTP
8h 2m$62–308Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central 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
34h 34m$465–695Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central 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
38h 57m$858–1,878Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharestcar
30h 52m$720–1,027Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EDI - OTP
7h 15m$87–271Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NCL - OTP
10h 56m$172–437Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Golders Green Stationbus 595 / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
2d 7hTrain, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
2d 22h$185–386Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bucharestcar
32h$574–932
Glasgow to Bucharest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Bucharest is to bus and fly which costs $85 - $280 and takes 7h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Bucharest is to bus and fly which takes 7h 15m and costs $85 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Bucureşti Autogara Obor via Golders Green Station, Wembley Central Station and London Stonebridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf and Wien Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 57m.
The distance between Glasgow and Bucharest is 2513 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 34m and costs $460 - $700.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Glasgow to Bucharest, including transfers.
Glasgow to Bucharest bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Bucharest is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs $60 - $310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $850 - $1,900 and takes 38h 57m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 2 days 7h.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Bucharest, Romania?
KLM, Edelweiss Air, and six other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Bucuresti Nord via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, and Wien Westbahnhof in around 38h 57m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Newcastle to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Newcastle to Bucharest Otopeni via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Newcastle to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Newcastle to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–400
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–490
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $159
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $159
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- 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
- $164
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $10–20
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Golders Green Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Website
- National Express
- 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
- $85–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–60
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Glasgow to Bucharest bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Golders Green Station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 9:19 PM in Glasgow and 11:19 PM in Bucharest.
Glasgow to Bucharest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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