Poznan to Budapest runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:40 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €30.43 and €80.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 9m over 651 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€30.43 to €80.64
- 129%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Poznan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:40First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
ČD runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Poznan to Budapest on your date, and you pay on their side.
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FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Poznan to Budapest on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €55.18Tue15
- about €76.08Wed16
- about €64.53Thu17
- about €74.43Fri18
- about €62.33Sat19
- about €70.58Sun20
- about €35.38Mon21
- about €42.53Tue22
- about €47.48Wed23
- about €46.38Thu24
- about €54.08Fri25
- about €60.68Sat26
- about €52.43Sun27
- about €30.43Mon28
- about €30.98Tue29
- about €32.08Wed30
- about €36.48Thu1
- about €34.28Fri2
- about €37.58Sat3
- about €35.38Sun4
- about €34.83Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Budapest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Budapest for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Budapest Keleti and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Poznan to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.1890 days
- €31.5360 days
- €37.5845 days
- €28.2330 days
- €34.8321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €35.387 days
- €64.533 days
- €55.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 129 percent. The dearest point is €64.53, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Poznan to Budapest and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
651 km
566 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
536,151 → 1,741,041
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 651 km against 566 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ostrava, Gliwice, Rybnik, Wrocław. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Budapest is large, and the road in from BUD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Budapest
Settled in advance, so the ride into Budapest costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Budapest Keleti
Most of the points near Budapest Keleti open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Poznan to Budapest
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Poznan to Budapest?
The fastest journey from Poznan to Budapest takes 5h 9m door to door, of which 4h 27m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 7h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Poznan to Budapest?
The cheapest fare from Poznan to Budapest is €30.43, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €75.34. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Poznan to Budapest?
The cheapest way from Poznan to Budapest is by coach, at €30.43 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 10h 16m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Poznan to Budapest?
The fastest way from Poznan to Budapest is by train, at 5h 11m door to door. Only 4h 27m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €80.64.
When should I book Poznan to Budapest?
Fares from Poznan to Budapest bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €28.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 129 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Poznan to Budapest?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Poznan to Budapest, at €34.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Poznan to Budapest?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Poznan to Budapest, at €27.68 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Poznan to Budapest?
2 operators sell services from Poznan to Budapest across 2 modes: ČD, FlixBus. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Poznan to Budapest?
33 percent of the services we sell from Poznan to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Ostrava, Gliwice, Rybnik, Wrocław, with about 58 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Poznan to Budapest produce?
Travelling from Poznan to Budapest by coach produces about 17.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 21.5 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Poznan to Budapest use?
Services from Poznan to Budapest by train leave from Poznan Glowny and arrive at Budapest Keleti. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Poznan to Budapest?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Poznan to Budapest allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Poznan to Budapest on 14 September 2026: 651 km of route against 566 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.43, and 5h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Budapest a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Budapest and across Hungary
Day trips that leave Budapest in the morning and cover a good part of Hungary by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Poznan reaches 152 places in 33 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 4,419 km. Budapest reaches 249 places in 61 countries, from 51 to 8,571 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Poznan
- 152Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 34Operators
Arriving in Budapest
Leaving Budapest
- 249Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 98Operators