Trains from Arad to Budapest start at €21.78 and take 6h 13m at their fastest.
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Arad to Budapest on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Arad to Budapest starts at €21.78 and takes 6h 13m door to door, run by 2 operators over 312 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.09 to €59.19 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
cfr S-524607:3030m08:00AradTimișoara Nord
FlixBus FB180509:313h 28m11:59AtlassibBudapest NepligetChanges at Timişoara, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 13mCO2 10.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| cfr | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| FlixBus | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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The Train from Arad to Budapest takes 6h 13m door to door, of which 3h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 312 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
The Train from Arad to Budapest starts at €21.78 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €29.21. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
2 operators run the Train from Arad to Budapest: cfr, FlixBus. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
The Train from Arad to Budapest leaves from Arad and arrives at Budapest Nepliget. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Fares for the Train from Arad to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Arad to Budapest produces about 14.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 312 km, which works out at roughly 48 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Operators on the Train from Arad to Budapest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 13m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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6h 13m
3h 58m
€25.09 to €59.19
07:30 to 07:30
2
14.8 kg
Rail