There are 8 ways to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest by train, bus, car, plane, or rideshare
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Train
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
5h 9mFt 18,822–77,118Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Salzburg to Budapest537 km
6h 51mFt 9,650Train, bus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 902 / ...
6h 32mFt 20,644–57,086Drive 534.7 km
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapestcar 534.7 km
5h 4mFt 31,577–45,611Fly from Salzburg Airport
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SZG - BUD
6h 51mFt 42,363–86,929Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N965 / ...
8h 29mFt 17,988–32,292Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane VIE - BUD
5h 26mFt 33,107–89,696Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MUC - BUD
6h 21mFt 39,792–106,922
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to rideshare which costs 9 650 Ft and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to drive which takes 5h 4m and costs 31 000 Ft - 46 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Salzburg South. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 9m.
The distance between Salzburg Hbf and Budapest is 553 km. The road distance is 534.7 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 5h 9m and costs 18 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 9m to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest, including transfers.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to train which takes 5h 9m and costs 18 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 42 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft and takes 6h 51m, you could also bus, which costs 18 000 Ft - 33 000 Ft and takes 8h 29m.
What companies run services between Salzburg Hbf, Austria and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf in around 5h 9m. Alternatively, Lufthansa, Air Serbia, and three other airlines fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–130,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–85,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–100,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–90,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–90,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–85,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–85,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–80,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–100,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–85,000
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 17,000–26,000
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–29,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–44,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–44,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–43,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–35,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–42,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–17,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–18,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–14,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–29,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–31,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Salzburg to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,650
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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Salzburg Hbf to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is 535 km. It takes approximately 5h 4m to drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest.
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