Oradea to Budapest train

Trains from Oradea to Budapest start at £26.68.

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Budapest at Night from the Hotel Papillon

The Trains from Oradea to Budapest starts at £26.68, run by 2 operators over 409 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 27 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 42mDoor to door
  • 4h 55mMoving
  • £30.92 to £66.73From
  • 15.1 kgCO2

£30.92 to £66.73 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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Buying this journey

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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £64.85Wed7
  2. about £66.73Thu8
  3. about £57.31Fri9
  4. about £48.83Sat10
  5. about £52.59Sun11
  6. about £33.75Mon12
  7. about £39.88Tue13
  8. about £30.92Wed14
  9. about £39.40Thu15
  10. about £33.75Fri16
  11. about £40.81Sat17
  12. about £36.10Sun18
  13. about £35.63Mon19
  14. about £37.52Tue20

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
cfr140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
FlixBus72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • cfr
  • FlixBus

The train gets you into Budapest. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

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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Booking window

When to book Oradea to Budapest

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £24.3290 days
  2. £30.9260 days
  3. £25.2645 days
  4. £29.9830 days
  5. £26.6821 days
  6. £37.5214 days
  7. £39.887 days
  8. £57.313 days
  9. £64.851 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £24.32.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is £64.85, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. £36.10Sun
  2. £33.75Mon
  3. £37.52Tue
  4. £32.80Wed
  5. £39.40Thu
  6. £33.75Fri
  7. £40.81Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Oradea

Rail
  • Oradea Railway Station
  • Oradea Est railway station
  • Oradea Vest railway station

Budapest

Rail
  • Budapest Keleti
  • Budapest-Kelenföld
  • Budapest-Déli
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 409 km against 223 km in a straight line, a detour of 100 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

Questions about Oradea 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 the Train from Oradea to Budapest take?

The Train from Oradea to Budapest covers 409 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Train from Oradea to Budapest cost?

The Train from Oradea to Budapest starts at £26.68 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £27.86. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Oradea to Budapest?

2 operators run the Train from Oradea to Budapest: cfr, FlixBus. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Oradea to Budapest use?

The Train from Oradea to Budapest leaves from Oradea Railway Station 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.

When should I book the Train from Oradea to Budapest?

Fares for the Train from Oradea to Budapest bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £24.32. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Oradea to Budapest produce?

The Train from Oradea to Budapest produces about 15.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 409 km, which works out at roughly 37 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Oradea to Budapest?

Operators on the Train from Oradea to Budapest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

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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