There are 11 ways to get from Zwickau to Budapest by bus, train, night train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Zwickau central train station to Dresden central stationbus 321 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N260 / ...
11h 25mFt 24,744–38,500Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Dresden Hbftrain Rb
- Take the nighttrain from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugatinighttrain En
13h 27mFt 21,387–27,812Train
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati putrain rj 175
11h 49mFt 22,556–38,049Drive 713 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Budapestcar 713 km
7h 2mFt 40,921–59,109Train via Děčín
- Take the train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Dresden Hbftrain Rb
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
13h 22mFt 37,187–58,812Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LEJ - BUD
8h 16mFt 57,636–149,874Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DRS - BUD
8h 23mFt 51,056–167,049Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PRG - BUD
9h 32mFt 26,520–75,758Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NUE - BUD
8h 36mFt 44,973–155,505Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BER - BUD
8h 14mFt 23,357–101,664Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Freisingtrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MUC - BUD
9h 54mFt 57,073–173,305
Zwickau to Budapest by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Budapest is to train and night train which costs 21 000 Ft - 28 000 Ft and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Budapest is to drive which takes 7h 2m and costs 40 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Zwickau station to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Zwickau central train station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Dresden central station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zwickau to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Nyugati pu via Dresden Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 49m.
The distance between Zwickau and Budapest is 790 km. The road distance is 713 km.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Budapest without a car is to bus which takes 11h 25m and costs 24 000 Ft - 39 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 11h 25m to get from Zwickau to Budapest, including transfers.
Zwickau to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zwickau central train station.
Zwickau to Budapest train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, depart from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf station.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Budapest is to bus which takes 11h 25m and costs 24 000 Ft - 39 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 22 000 Ft - 38 000 Ft and takes 11h 49m.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Zwickau central train station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Dresden central station in around 11h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati pu via Dresden Hbf in around 11h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,000–140,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–170,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–170,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–100,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–140,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–90,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–50,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–80,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–44,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,000–140,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–65,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–46,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–65,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–65,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–150,000
- 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 13,000–90,000
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–5,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–9,500
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati pu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–16,000
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–9,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–23,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–36,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–30,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–24,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–80,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–13,000
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Hof Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–36,000
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–7,000
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zwickau central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–5,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–33,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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Zwickau to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Zwickau to Budapest train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, arrive at Dresden Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwickau to Budapest is 713 km. It takes approximately 7h 2m to drive from Zwickau to Budapest.
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