There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Bochum by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SOF - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Bochum Hbftrain
7h 23m€88–311Fly to Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
6h 37m€43–415Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain Ice
25h 6m€234–483Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain Ice
37h 11m€267–501Drive 1,897.7 km
- Drive from Sofia to Bochumcar 1,897.7 km
17h€279–403Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain
6h 41m€71–299Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain
7h 24m€134–365Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbftrain
8h 40m€71–387Bus via Leipzig
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzigbus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Bochum central stationbus 023 / ...
29h 7m€93–152Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus Citylines 9
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Bochum Hbftrain Re
33h€140–221Bus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bochum Hbfbus
38h€145–195Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Bochumcar
19h 59m€336–471
Sofia to Bochum by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Bochum is to bus via Leipzig which costs €90 - €160 and takes 29h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Bochum is to fly which takes 6h 37m and costs €40 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Bochum station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Bochum central station via Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Bochum. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Bochum Hbf via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 11m.
The distance between Sofia and Bochum is 1643 km. The road distance is 1897.7 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Bochum without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 25h 6m and costs €230 - €490.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Sofia to Bochum, including transfers.
Sofia to Bochum bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Bochum train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Bochum is to fly which takes 6h 37m and costs €40 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus via Leipzig, which costs €90 - €160 and takes 29h 7m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Bochum, Germany?
Wizz Air flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bochum central station via Leipzig and Leipzig central train station in around 29h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Bochum Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldweg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Bochum central station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bochum Hbf
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Booking & Getting There
Sofia to Bochum bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Leipzig station.
Bochum is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 4:02 PM in Sofia and 3:02 PM in Bochum.
Sofia to Bochum train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Bochum is 1898 km. It takes approximately 17h to drive from Sofia to Bochum.
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